Experts Say Keep Amazon's Alexa Away From Your Kids
Citing professors, pediatricians and others, critics say the listening device could stunt development and normalize surveillance.
Technology
You Can’t Handle the Truth About Facebook Ads, New Harvard Study Shows
When you tell people you've been tracking them across the internet, they freak out and avoid buying your product, research at the Harvard Business School found.
It’s Impossible to Prove Your Laptop Hasn’t Been Hacked. I Spent Two Years Finding Out.
I spent two years trying to get someone to tamper with my laptop, so I could then detect it. Somewhere along the way, I realized this might never happen.
Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Your Future Actions for Advertisers, Says Confidential Document
Facebook can identify people people "at risk" of jumping ship from one brand to a competitor. The technology raises ethical alarms among experts.
Mark Zuckerberg Is Either Ignorant or Deliberately Misleading Congress
Facebook's CEO claimed that he didn't know information about his own company 13 times in one day of Senate testimony.
Cambridge Analytica Might Have to Return Ad Award — but Industry Still Embraces Company's Goals
The Advertising Research Foundation is investigating its award to Cambridge Analytica in 2017, as the firm is under fire for pilfering Facebook user data.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Used Private Facebook Data to Find and Track Criminal Suspect, Internal Emails Show
The hunt for a suspect provides a rare window into how ICE agents use social media and data analytics tools to find suspects.
Snowden Archive
The NSA Worked to “Track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal
A mysterious data source provided the spy agency with a wealth of information to identify bitcoin holders.
Democrats Want to Subpoena Apple to Find Out When Key Administration Officials Downloaded Encrypted Messaging Apps
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee said that if they ran the Trump-Russia inquiry, they would seek records about use of encrypted messaging apps.
Facebook Quietly Hid Webpages Bragging of Ability to Influence Elections
Bragging about Facebook's ability to shape election outcomes via its social network probably doesn't look so great right now.