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Clashes Over Ethics At Major Tech Companies Are Causing Problems For Recruiters - 1er septembre 2018
Already dealing with backlash from employees who object to working with government agencies, major tech companies are now facing criticism from a new source "” prospective hires.
When Matt Meshulam, a Chicago-based software engineer, received a cold recruiting email from Amazon, he already knew he wouldn’t be (...)
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How Facebook Failed The Rohingya In Myanmar - 27 août 2018
The UN calls Myanmar’s treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority a genocide, and says Facebook has done little to tackle hate speech. Analysis by BuzzFeed News sheds new light on Facebook’s failures.
Lawmakers from the home state of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority regularly posted hateful anti-Muslim content (...)
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Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data - 4 avril 2018
A data analysis conducted by an outside research firm, and independently verified by BuzzFeed News, shows that a popular gay dating app is sharing its users’ HIV status with two other companies. (Update : Late on Monday Grindr said it would stop sharing this information.)
The gay hookup app Grindr, which has more (...)
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Growth At Any Cost : Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection In 2016 Memo "” And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed - 30 mars 2018
Facebook Vice President Andrew "Boz" Bosworth said that "questionable contact importing practices," "subtle language that helps people stay searchable," and other growth techniques are justified by the company’s connecting of people.
On June 18, 2016, one of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s most trusted (...)
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FBI Software For Analyzing Fingerprints Contains Russian-Made Code, Whistleblowers Say - 1er janvier 2018
In a secret deal, a French company purchased code from a Kremlin-connected firm, incorporated it into its own software, and hid its existence from the FBI, according to documents and two whistleblowers. The allegations raise concerns that Russian hackers could compromise law enforcement computer systems.
The (...)
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Trump Supporters Quietly Built A Massive List With The Personal Information Of Thousands Of People - 22 septembre 2017
The list began traveling the dark corners of the internet around April as a scattered collection of names, addresses, phone numbers, and social media accounts. It’s now a massive organized database of thousands of people.
The pastebin file has been traveling around the internet since at least April. It started as (...)
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This Shadowy Company Is Flying Spy Planes Over US Cities - 28 août 2017
For six straight days in the middle of March, a small twin-propeller plane flew over Phoenix. Each evening, it picked two or three spots and circled for hours, flying at more than 17,000 feet. The plane was loaded with sophisticated surveillance equipment, including technology developed by the National Security (...)
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You Should Probably Check Your Pokémon Go Privacy Settings - 11 juillet 2016
The company behind the game is collecting players’ data. And it’s most definitely catching them all.
In the five frenzied days since its American release, Pokémon Go has become an economic and cultural sensation. Downloaded by millions, the game has boosted Nintendo’s market value by $9 billion (and counting), made a (...)
