It is often discussed if google/apple/huawei/Amazon/etc are actively listening in on your conversations in order to target ads for you. It has mostly been dismissed as paranoia.
But now Cox media claim that they have an ad system that does exactly that using voice data from before mentioned companies. They call it Active Listening.
If this is the case, the companies will have a lot of explaining to do
Is this legal? YES- it is totally legal for #phones and #devices to listen to you. That's because consumers usually give #consent when accepting #terms and conditions of software #updates or app #downloads."
I am really upset to see so many #women of my #generationX jumping to the defense of #RussellBrand, claiming 'these women knew exactly what they were letting themselves in for". Nevermind being a living proof of how slowly #feminism has progressed, they display an understanding of #sexualassault & #consent BELOW the very #legal definitions, ignoring it ain't just PIV (penis in vagina) or not having awakened to marital r*pe law (voted in 1991 in the UK).
NEW #AudioPorn by the fabulous @JMSeaborn - this is the piece he read at @Eroticon and was like OMFG PLEASE can I have this for the audio project??
The #fantasy is devastatingly hot (note: contains elements of consensual non-consent), but equally as good as the scenario itself is just how beautifully #consent is woven in to the storytelling.
"I tell her that her body is mine. That her cunt is mine."
I'd like to take some time to discuss #consent when dealing with #DisabledPeoples & am open to others sharing their lived & witnessed experiences & related thoughts.
First off, for folks who don't know me well - I'm a 48 yr old polio survivor, who is now living w/PPS, scoliosis & osteoporosis. I walk daily w/2 full leg braces & wooden cane. I have a mobility scooter & electric wheelchair for my really bad pain days(I live w/daily chronic pain).
Together with Florian Naudet and Mark Seidenberg, I've coauthored a commentary on a 2017 paper by Le Floch and Ropars that argues for atypical visual asymmetry as a basis for dyslexia. The journal's guidelines don't allow us to include ethical issues in the comment, so we've just posted them on PubPeer: https://pubpeer.com/publications/A49D0064BDA0529CC994B19DE8A432#4
Will post again when comment is published #dyslexia#vision#ethics#consent
Heads up, because this will likely start happening more regularly in the next six months:
If a person sends a bot (will be marketed as an ”AI assistant”) to participate in their place at an online meeting you are hosting, your safest option is to kick it out. That bot will be recording everything and using it for things that meeting participants have not consented to.
Updates:
Google Duet is the most talked about at the moment, but we also started getting pitches for CEOs of companies that make these to be on our podcast…
Yes, I know recording meetings can aldready be a problem but this will certainly amplify, and perhaps normalize, the practice - I also wrote about issues with asking consent too late in meetings, here: https://axbom.com/consent-for-recording-meetings/
So even if the bot asks consent (by voice?) as soon as it joins a meeting, this won't be enough in many cases. It would also have to disclose subprocessors and data management practices. Imagine starting a meeting with this and each participant having to respond 😬
Anyway, this was just my observation and take on it. From a data protection perspective you have responsibilities as a meeting host if you know it's being recorded, hence why I wrote "you are hosting".
This bit at the end reminded of someone who had their signature as something like, “this is not a secure channel” … which lately seems to be referring to the whole internet.
also really appreciate your PS about #consent. ✨💖✨
Spain striker Borja Iglesias has quit the national team after federation president Luis Rubiales refused to resign following his unsolicited kiss on the lips of Jenni Hermoso at the Women's World Cup.
"As a player and as a person I do not feel represented by what happened. I have taken the decision not to return to the national team until things change, and these type of acts don't go unpunished."
«X will begin to have users verify their #identity by having them submit a #selfie alongside a government issued #ID. The process requires users to #consent to #X storing their information for 30 days and sharing it with AU10TIX, an identity verification company based in #Israel.»
Thinking about how if more #tech#companies working in #ML and #NLProc had an actual vision for what they wanted to build, and focused on finding a sustainable niche for themselves instead of infinite growth at any cost, they could ::gasp:: plan for how to collect the #data they need, including informed #consent. Instead of just collecting everything they think they can get away with, and hanging on to it indefinitely, in the hopes it'll be useful for whatever the latest hot thing is
The interesting thing about this ongoing Meta data handling thing is that no one is trying to prevent Meta from doing anything, they're just trying to make sure Meta has the consent for doing what they want to do.
Any commentary on it with the gist of "The EU are preventing social media companies from being able to sustain themselves" should be read as "The business case for social media relies on using data in ways the companies themselves know the users wouldn't agree to if they were asked."
@clq On the other hand, #GDPR#consent is only valid if it is voluntary and informed consent, which isn't possible for all the stuff that #Meta does because the way they sell out their users is too complex for average humans to understand. Therefore there is no way for any of the current Meta services to be offered legally under the GDPR.
Requiring consent in practice means asking them to stop. That is why they're fighting back so hard.
THACKER PASS AND THE UGLY TRADITION OF EXTRACTION WITHOUT INDIGENOUS PERMISSION
By Tokata Iron Eyes
Peehee mu'huh (or #ThackerPass, as it’s known in English), a sensitive wilderness area located in what is now called #HumboldtCounty, #Nevada, sits on the ancestral homelands of the #Paiute and #Shoshone peoples. Right now, these lands are threatened by a #lithium mining project being developed by a company called #LithiumNevada, a subsidiary of #LithiumAmericasCorp .
Let’s explore what that means. Free, Prior, and Informed Consent ( #FPIC ) is a specific right granted to #IndigenousPeoples recognized in the #UnitedNationsDeclarationOnTheRightsOfIndigenousPeoples , aligning with our universal right to self-determination. FPIC allows Indigenous peoples to provide, withhold, or withdraw #consent, at any point, regarding projects impacting our #territories, and it provides us the opportunity to engage in negotiations
"10.1 Customer Content. You or your End Users may provide, upload, or originate data, content, files, documents, or other materials (collectively, “Customer Input”) in accessing or using the Services or Software, and Zoom may provide, create, or make available to you, in its sole discretion or as part of the Services, certain derivatives, transcripts, analytics, outputs, visual displays, or data sets resulting from the Customer Input (together with Customer Input, “Customer Content”) [...]"
This is so broadly written ("other materials"?) that it isn't clear if they define "customer content" to include our use of their service for video conferencing. Their privacy policy does carve out "meeting, webinar, or messaging content" explicitly so why don't they also do so here?
And if they are making such claims about video conferencing (and all it includes) they are delusional if they think the TOS grants them sufficient rights to do so.
It went really well, I'm very grateful for people coming out to listen to it 😍
There were a lot of questions afterwards, and I love that there is such a big interest in the subject. Giving the talk helped me get closer to what I think is necessary:
Reject all the cookie banner solutions, and focus on building consent solutions for real consent.
Wir alle müssen über Consent - über Einverständnis und Einvernehmlichkeit - reden können. Die meisten von uns haben “nein heißt nein” und “ja heißt ja” gelernt, aber es gibt noch viel mehr.
Es gibt einen sehr guten Workshop dazu von der Consent Academy, und wir haben ihn in Zusammenarbeit mit CA übersetzt und können ihn jetzt auf deutsch anbieten!
Firstly, clicking "vendor list" on the site gave a list of 641 vendors (possible to consent to individually, wtf).
All vendors are then allowed to use IP addresses etc however they want to create shadow profiles. Pretty sure that Threads.net will do the same with IPs and "anonymous" Fediverse account names.
They also allow themselves to reuse device characteristic, exactly which are a unclear.