Sidney Fussell
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New York, NY, United States
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The Most Important Things to Know About Apps That Track Your Location
Companies are increasingly facing backlash over apps that collect users' location data. This data can be especially sensitive and private. → Read More
‘We’ve Got an Uber Driver Who’s Got a Gun’
Uber officially bans drivers from carrying firearms—but the company’s business model prevents it from enforcing such a ban. The results can be deadly. → Read More
Did Body Cameras Backfire?
Body cameras were supposed to fix a broken system. What happened? → Read More
The Endless Aerial Surveillance of the Border
New reports suggest that drone activity at the southern border is spreading to nearby cities, erasing the line between police procedures and immigration enforcement. → Read More
The Endless, Invisible Persuasion Tactics of the Internet
Online shopping turns your brain against you, but you can fight back. → Read More
ICE and the Ever-Widening Surveillance Dragnet
ICE agents have used facial-recognition technology on state driver’s-license photos, turning a public database into a de facto criminal database. → Read More
Amazon Ring Will Survive the Anti-surveillance Backlash
People are far more comfortable with surveillance when they think they’re the only ones watching. → Read More
The Problem With the SAT’s Idea of Objectivity
Faced with the messy realities of entrenched privilege, the College Board is trying to find a quantitative solution. → Read More
The Push to ‘Predict’ Police Shootings
Tracking officers’ stress exposure and body-camera practices could help keep them from pulling the trigger. → Read More
Behind Every Robot Is a Human
Why Amazon workers sometimes listen in on users’ conversations with Alexa, and what it tells us about the technology that powers “smart” devices → Read More
Airbnb Has a Hidden-Camera Problem
The home-rental start-up says it’s cracking down on hosts who record guests. Is it doing enough? → Read More
The Microphones That May Be Hidden in Your Home
The controversy around Google’s Nest home-security devices shows that consumers never really know what their personal technology is capable of. → Read More
The Analysts Recording Your Screen Say It’s for Your Own Good
Secretly watching users navigate an app can help companies fix bugs. But it can also be a tool to manipulate customers’ behavior. → Read More
San Francisco Wants to Ban Government Face Recognition
Is it too late, too difficult, or too ironic to try to stop it from becoming a city of surveillance? → Read More
Now Your Groceries See You, Too
Walgreens is exploring new tech that turns your purchases, your movements, even your gaze, into data. → Read More
The Spyware That Brought Down El Chapo’s Drug Empire
For months, the FBI listened as Mexico’s infamous drug kingpin allegedly trafficked drugs and arranged assassinations. Here’s how. → Read More
The Quiet Ways Automation Is Remaking Service Work
Workers may not be replaced by robots anytime soon, but they’ll likely face shorter hours, lower pay, and stolen time. → Read More
Who Wins When Cash Is No Longer King?
Some stores are turning people away if they can't pay digitally. But for many people, cashlessness is not an option. → Read More
Who Wins When Cash Is No Longer King?
It won’t be the poor. → Read More
The City of the Future Is a Data-Collection Machine
In Toronto, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, hopes to create the sensor-filled metropolis of tomorrow. → Read More