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themarkup, 5 months ago to random

It’s that time of year.

Instead of arguing at family gatherings, help your loved ones find better-quality information online: https://mrkup.org/misinfo-guide

themarkup, 5 months ago to privacy

We recently shared a guide to anonymizing your phone.

Y’all had questions.

We’ve got the answers:

#Privacy #Security
https://themarkup.org/levelup/2023/12/13/without-a-trace-how-to-keep-your-phone-off-the-grid

themarkup, 5 months ago to random

7,200 images per hour—or two every second.

That’s how many screenshots smart TVs are taking to identify the shows you watch, and ultimately, target ads and make content recommendations. ⬇️
https://themarkup.org/privacy/2023/12/12/your-smart-tv-knows-what-youre-watching

themarkup, 5 months ago to generative

#Generative #AI is making it easier and easier to flood communities with fake #news that looks incredibly real: https://themarkup.org/2023/12/09/it-isnt-news-its-just-sand

themarkup, 5 months ago to random

Algorithms aren’t new.

Faulty algorithms especially aren’t new.

From the 1700s to today, @aaronsankin explains how institutions have been using predictions and failing communities in the process:
https://themarkup.org/2023/12/07/how-certain-algorithms-to-improve-the-human-condition-have-failed

themarkup, 5 months ago to random

Our #new #report with Capital B News explains how a lack of internet access is impacting Black communities’ ability to thrive in the rural south.

Read: https://themarkup.org/still-loading/2023/12/06/digital-redlining-and-the-black-rural-south

themarkup, 5 months ago to random

Our latest Hello World newsletter is live.

Learn about the campaign connecting Palestinians to eSIMs so they can remain in touch with loved ones. https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/12/02/on-conflict-and-connection

themarkup, 5 months ago to random

#New report: From keyboard readers to facial recognition, college students’ lives are being converted into a steady stream of data.

What that looks like in practice:
https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2023/11/30/he-wanted-privacy-his-college-gave-him-none

themarkup, 5 months ago to news

#News: Kroger has been sued—twice—for tracking online shoppers’ pharmacy purchases.

From @jonkeegan: https://themarkup.org/privacy/2023/11/27/kroger-sued-for-sharing-sensitive-health-data-with-meta

themarkup, 6 months ago to random

#New investigation: Tracking tech is collecting user data on sites that K-12 students are all but required to use if they want to participate in school or apply to college.
https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/11/22/facebook-watches-teens-online-as-they-prep-for-college

themarkup, 6 months ago to random

"No one is immune from AI harm."

Don't miss our latest newsletter, a conversation with Dr. Joy Buolamwini:
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/11/18/unmasking-ai-and-the-fight-for-algorithmic-justice

themarkup, 6 months ago to Youtube

“I want to bring legitimate news to my community.”

Bùi Như Mai has built a #YouTube following translating articles from mainstream English-language news sources into Vietnamese. Her story:

#misinfo #news #access https://themarkup.org/languages-of-misinformation/2023/11/16/meet-the-vietnamese-grandmother-fighting-misinformation-one-youtube-video-at-a-time

themarkup, 6 months ago to news

#News: The FCC just passed a historic set of rules that aim to close the digital divide.

Learn more: https://themarkup.org/still-loading/2023/11/15/fcc-approves-rules-to-prevent-digital-discrimination

themarkup, 6 months ago to random

A team of researchers wants artists to be able to fight back against their work being used to train new AI models.

Read all about their efforts:
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/11/11/meet-nightshade-a-tool-empowering-artists-to-fight-back-against-ai

themarkup, 6 months ago to random

“The uncertainty is a monster. It can eat you alive.”

Mirna El Helbawi is connecting Palestinians with eSIMs so that they can stay in touch with loved ones despite outages. Read her story:
https://themarkup.org/news/2023/11/07/let-me-tell-them-goodbye-before-they-get-killed-how-esims-cards-are-connecting-palestinian-families

themarkup, 6 months ago to random

Drones, robots, and tracking devices that look like cigarettes.

We went to 'Cop Con' and here's what we saw:
https://themarkup.org/news/2023/11/03/the-tech-at-cop-con

themarkup, 6 months ago to ai

Our journalists marked up Biden's latest #ExecutiveOrder on #AI. Let us know what you think: https://themarkup.org/news/2023/11/01/the-problems-bidens-ai-order-must-address

themarkup, 6 months ago to random

Predictive policing tech identifies “hot spots” of crime reports for police to patrol.

What it often fails to consider is why these hot spots of reported crimes exist in the first place.
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/10/28/how-to-use-reported-crime-data-to-actually-prevent-crime

themarkup, 6 months ago to random

What we learned in our quest toward an anonymous iPhone:
✅ Cash is king
✅ Public Wi-Fi can be safer than private
✅ Setting up an anonymous phone is easier than using it
https://themarkup.org/levelup/2023/10/25/without-a-trace-how-to-take-your-phone-off-the-grid

themarkup, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to privacy

“People want a little bit of anonymity and like the freedom to make bad decisions, you know, within reason.”

In our latest newsletter, our editor Ryan Tate spoke with longtime #privacy journalist Kashmir Hill about Hill’s new book on startup Clearview AI, possible ways to address the problems created by facial recognition, and much more. Read: https://mrkup.org/S6r5o

eloquence, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

@themarkup has 15K followers around here, but they deserve many more.

The Markup is a nonprofit journalism site that publishes investigations and tools to hold technology firms to account.

E.g., you can use their tool https://themarkup.org/blacklight to investigate exactly how a site is tracking you.

Or you can read investigations like this one into the police-industrial surveillance complex:

https://themarkup.org/neighborhood-watch/2023/10/11/accidental-spies-amazon-ring-owners-may-be-unknowingly-emailing-police

Beyond following, consider donating if you value their work!

#FollowFriday

themarkup, 7 months ago to random

🎉We’re thrilled to welcome five new colleagues to the team! Their work will continue to push our investigations, tools, and blueprints forward, and further equip The Markup’s readers with the tools, knowledge, and agency to drive change. https://themarkup.org/inside-the-markup/2023/10/19/natasha-uzcategui-liggett-tomas-apodaca-miles-hilton-mohamed-al-elew-and-ross-teixeira-join-the-markup

themarkup, 7 months ago to random

“It's another big tech company trying to squash little guys.”

Twitter is delaying traffic on links to Patreon, WhatsApp, and Messenger, a Markup #analysis confirms. These new findings come from readers who used our tool that tests how long it takes to load links on Twitter.

Read our latest: https://mrkup.org/y6F0I

themarkup, 7 months ago to ArtificialIntelligence

As a keen observer of misinformation on social media, Markup reporter Lam Thuy Vo knows that #algorithms and #social platforms can often favor a privileged minority.

How that pattern appears on Neighbors, explained in this week’s newsletter:
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/10/14/how-ring-cameras-have-the-power-to-perpetuate-bias-to-police