Geoffrey A. Fowler reports: You may not realize all the ways Amazon is watching you. No other Big Tech company reaches deeper into domestic life. Two-thirds of Americans who shop on Amazon own at least one of its smart gadgets, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. Amazon now makes (or has acquired) more than two…
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“Don’t spy on a privacy lab” (and other career advice for university provosts)
Cory Doctorow writes: This is a wild and hopeful story: grad students at Northeastern successfully pushed back against invasive digital surveillance in their workplace, through solidarity, fearlessness, and the bright light of publicity. It’s a tale of hand-to-hand, victorious combat with the “shitty technology adoption curve.” What’s the “shitty tech adoption curve?” It’s the process…
Feds: Ex Louisville Police Officer Used Law Enforcement Tech To Help Hack Sexually Explicit Photos From Women
Josh Wood reports: A former Louisville Metro Police Department officer used law enforcement technology as part of a scheme that involved hacking the Snapchat accounts of young women and using sexually explicit photos and videos they had taken to extort them, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed on Tuesday. According to a sentencing memorandum,…
Chegg No Longer Sharing Student Information with Universities to Protect Student Privacy
Caera Learmonth reports: Chegg, a textbook rental and tutoring website that reported over 5.3 million subscribers in August, has stopped providing student information to colleges and professors in an effort to protect student privacy. On Aug. 8, Chegg updated its honor code policy to only provide colleges with dates and time stamps of when questions are posted…