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The Reboot - The Assault on Internet Privacy: Why Data Encryption Is Essential

The Reboot - The Assault on Internet Privacy: Why Data Encryption Is Essential

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnDecember 8, 2020data, surveillance, privacy

Vice - Amazon’s Surveillance Drones Violate FCC Rules. It's Time To Enforce Them

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnNovember 3, 2020Amazon, surveillance, privacy

The Guardian - A human wrote this article. You shouldn’t be scared of GPT-3

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnSeptember 12, 2020artificial intelligence, technology

TechCruch Here are a few ways GPT-3 can go wrong

TechnologyAlbert cahnAugust 7, 2020

The Boston Globe - The TikTok Backlash Is Hypocritical

The Boston Globe - The TikTok Backlash Is Hypocritical

Op-ed, TechnologyAlbert cahnJuly 23, 2020TikTok, social media, technology, police, surveillance

The Guardian - Did you protest recently? Your face might be in a database

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnJuly 17, 2020police, surveillance, NYPD, New York, technology

Fast Company - Microsoft needs to stop selling surveillance to the NYPD

Fast Company - Microsoft needs to stop selling surveillance to the NYPD

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnJuly 2, 2020Microsoft, NYPD, surveillance, technology

Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Tracked Until Proven Innocent?

Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Tracked Until Proven Innocent?

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnFebruary 13, 2020New York, surveillance, technology, privacy

Fast Company - Think Iowa’s tech meltdown was bad? Just wait until the first online census

Fast Company - Think Iowa’s tech meltdown was bad? Just wait until the first online census

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnFebruary 10, 2020surveillance, data, technology, privacy, cybersecurity

Law 360 - Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works

Law 360 - Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnJanuary 31, 2020artificial intelligence

Fast Company - This unsettling practice turns your phone into a tracking device for the government.

Fast Company - This unsettling practice turns your phone into a tracking device for the government.

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnJanuary 17, 2020democracy, surveillance, technology

One Zero - Cybersecurity Workers Need to Learn From Victims

One Zero - Cybersecurity Workers Need to Learn From Victims

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnDecember 20, 2019privacy, surveillance, technology

Fast Company - The first effort to regulate AI was a spectacular failure.

Fast Company - The first effort to regulate AI was a spectacular failure.

TechnologyAlbert cahnNovember 26, 2019artificial intelligence, New York, surveillance, technology

NY Daily News - Police body cameras vs. the public

NY Daily News - Police body cameras vs. the public

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnNovember 6, 2019police, NYPD, surveillance, privacy

NBC Think - Ankle monitors can hold captives in invisible jails of debt, pain and bugged conversations

NBC Think - Ankle monitors can hold captives in invisible jails of debt, pain and bugged conversations

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnNovember 6, 2019incarceration, privacy, Technology, surveillance

The Daily Beast - Facial Recognition Tech Is a Blatant Misuse of Police Bodycams

The Daily Beast - Facial Recognition Tech Is a Blatant Misuse of Police Bodycams

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnOctober 17, 2019facial recognition, police, technology, artificial intelligence

Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Facing Up to Facial Recognition

Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Facing Up to Facial Recognition

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnOctober 10, 2019facial recognition, New York City, surveillance

BoingBoing - Identity theft's newest target: your face

BoingBoing - Identity theft's newest target: your face

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnOctober 7, 2019surveillance, technology, Google

The Daily Beast - Smart Cities Are Creating a Mass Surveillance Nightmare

The Daily Beast - Smart Cities Are Creating a Mass Surveillance Nightmare

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnOctober 1, 2019surveillance, privacy, New York, Smart Cities

The Daily Beast - Phone Tracking Data Is Notoriously Unreliable. So Why Are We Still Using It in Court?

The Daily Beast - Phone Tracking Data Is Notoriously Unreliable. So Why Are We Still Using It in Court?

Technology, Op-edAlbert cahnSeptember 16, 2019surveillance, technology