Albert Fox Cahn
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AI is using the Oxy marketing playbook to hook people on prescription drugs
Online pill services are using AI to turbocharge the same aggressive marketing tactics that drove the opioid epidemic. → Read More
In the wake of the Uvalde shooting, surveillance tech is not the answer
Politicians opposed to gun-safety regulation will continue to hold up empty surveillance answers as our salvation because it’s easier than acknowledging that only actual gun safety will protect our kids from mass shootings. → Read More
Why Tinder’s background check is a major backfire
Background checks buy into the outdated narrative that somehow abuse could have been stopped if people knew their partner had a criminal history from the start. → Read More
Tech Bans Hurt Russian Dissidents More Than They Help Ukraine
To win PR points, Western tech companies are indiscriminately endangering people's health and livelihoods. → Read More
I Accidentally Hacked A Peruvian Crime Ring
I arrived in paradise. I got a new phone number. Then the eggplant and gun emojis starting pouring in. → Read More
Congress will make your car spy on you
thanks to a new provision in the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill, your car will be used against you in a court of law. → Read More
The most devastating tool of abortion bounty hunters in Texas could be the surveillance state
People aiming to root out those who are trying to obtain abortions have a wealth of dystopian tech tools at their disposal. → Read More
20 Years After 9/11, Surveillance Has Become a Way of Life
Constant tracking has compromised Americans’ sense of themselves. But we may be able to regain our freedom. → Read More
Apple's Privacy Mythology Doesn't Match Reality
The company's claims cloak threats to millions of users' iCloud, iMessage, and facial verification data. → Read More
I'm Not a Reporter. But I'm Verified as One on Twitter
A new program makes getting a blue checkmark too easy for 'journalists'—and far too difficult for activists. → Read More
Apple’s AirTags Are a Gift to Stalkers
The tiny new tracking devices can be easily hidden in the cars and bags of victims. And exploiting them is dead simple. → Read More
Putting a price on privacy: Ending police data purchases
Our growing dependence on big tech makes it easier for police to track more and more of us with less and less effort. → Read More
Vaccine Registries Are Good, Vaccine Apps Are Invasive
Registries are essential to reopening schools. Apps act as invasive bouncers that could block many communities out of essential spaces. → Read More
We don’t need weak laws governing AI in hiring—we need a ban
The New York City Council is considering new rules meant to curb bias in hiring AI, which is increasingly being used to evaluate job applications. But the bill won’t provide true accountability. → Read More
Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen—or Further Divide Us
Overly restrictive “yellow cards” could end up disproportionately excluding Black and Latinx citizens from jobs, schools, or even the neighborhood market. → Read More
New York City’s Surveillance Battle Teaches National Lessons
A lack of police transparency highlights how citizens need to remain vigilant to take back control over their privacy. → Read More
States are failing on big tech and privacy — Biden must take the lead
Biden’s White House can give us more; it can give us a roadmap. → Read More
The U.S. can’t rebuke global tyranny when our companies sell tools that enable it
American companies are exporting facial recognition around the world and profiting from its use at home—making it hypocritical for the U.S. to denounce surveillance states abroad. → Read More
Remote test-taking software is an inaccurate, privacy-invading mess
Surveillance technology, designed to ensure students don’t cheat at remote tests, has become a source of horror and frustration in an already unbelievably difficult school year. → Read More
Remote test-taking software is an inaccurate, privacy-invading mess
Surveillance technology, designed to ensure students don’t cheat at remote tests, has become a source of horror and frustration in an already unbelievably difficult school year. → Read More