The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

Either way, a singular piece of technology – artificial intelligence (AI) — is destined to profoundly influence which way we go from here. At the moment, there’s little to constrain corporations or government agencies from using AI however they want. Only time will tell. This is not just my casual observation.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Last year the app escaped a total ban in the US after rumors that it was sharing the data of US citizens with the Chinese government. Another point brought forward, claims that TikTok doesn’t adequately disclose how user data is shared with entities outside the US. Biometric data. So, this is settled now?

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 29, 2024

For decades, governments and companies have surveilled the conversations, movements, and behavior of the public. That’s a lot of data that, until now, has been difficult to parse at scale. We kind of know what mass surveillance, mass spying looks like. And then the internet came along and made that a whole lot easier.

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