Blacklight – The Markup
WEBSep 22, 2020 · Enter the address of any website, and Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies on the site—and who’s getting your data. You may be surprised at what you learn. Blacklight normally takes between 30 seconds and one minute to finish all tests.
What Are Geofence Warrants? - The Markup
WEBSep 1, 2020 · A traditional search warrant for a car or a house or a laptop typically targets a specific person police have probable cause to suspect of a crime. Geofence warrants allow law enforcement officers to search when they don’t have a potential suspect. Geofencing itself simply means drawing a virtual border around a predefined geographical area.
Machine Learning - The Markup
WEBNov 30, 2023 · A Markup examination of a typical college shows how students are subject to a vast and growing array of watchful tech, including homework trackers, test-taking software, and even license plate readers. November 30, 2023 08:00 ET.
How We Investigated Banned Items on Amazon.com - The Markup
WEBJun 18, 2020 · Among the prohibited items we found: AR-15 parts, compounds that reviews showed were used as injectable drugs, and equipment used to make potentially deadly counterfeit pills and for the dangerous process of butane hash oil extraction. After we contacted Amazon, all but 16 of the banned listings were removed.
Should Doxing Be Illegal? - The Markup
WEBAug 17, 2021 · Lauren Krapf, the technology policy and advocacy counsel for the Anti-Defamation League, argues there are ways to craft anti-doxing laws that don’t harm whistleblowers. Under the proposed Nebraska law, doxing is only illegal if the perpetrator intends to cause harm by releasing information, or …
What Does the “Connection Not Private” Warning Really Mean?
WEBMar 8, 2022 · In this case, the Connection Not Private message is triggered because the certificate of the website isn’t authentic. If a user types in their bank’s URL and sees this message, something has gone awry because the bank’s website would certainly have a working certificate.
Whistleblowing While Black: How Truth-Telling Changes the …
WEBMar 13, 2024 · Whistleblowing While Black: How Truth-Telling Changes the Careers of Black Women in Tech Black women whistleblowers not only jeopardize their professional prospects, experts say, but often face more intense backlash By Ese Olumhense
The Shadows of Removed Posts Are Hiding in Plain Sight on Reddit
WEBDec 16, 2021 · The Shadows of Removed Posts Are Hiding in Plain Sight on Reddit. Offending posts—including sexually explicit images—linger in comment histories long after their removal from subreddits By Emma Betuel. It’s hard to shock Collin Williams, a volunteer moderator for r/RoastMe, a comedic insult forum with 2.3 million members.
I Tried to Use the Ad Tech Industry’s Tool to Opt Out of …
WEBMar 25, 2021 · Last year, while reporting a story about how the digital advertising industry burrowed its tracking technology into scores of websites serving vulnerable and marginalized communities, I did something counterintuitive, especially for a reporter who writes about tech for a living: I surrendered to the surveillance economy.
The Little-Known Data Broker Industry Is Spending Big Bucks …
WEBApr 1, 2021 · The Little-Known Data Broker Industry Is Spending Big Bucks Lobbying Congress. Data brokers’ millions of dollars in lobbying spending in 2020 rivaled that of some Big Tech firms By Alfred Ng and Maddy Varner. The data brokers who’ve made fortunes from collecting and sharing millions of people’s personal information tend to fly under the ...
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