Notices by Ind.ie (indie@mastodon.social)

‘Facebook, Google face first GDPR complaints over ‘forced consent’’

“Schrems argues that the companies are using a strategy of “forced consent” to continue processing the individuals’ personal data — when in fact the law requires that users be given a free choice unless a consent is strictly necessary for provision of the service.”

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/25/facebook-google-face-first-gdpr-complaints-over-forced-consent/

Also on our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/facebook-google-face-first-gdpr-complaints-over-forced-consent/2154

‘Cambridge Analytica Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg’

“We have the opportunity to help explain the situation as more of an environmental problem—privacy is about me… but surveillance is about other people, especially more vulnerable people, and the ways in which they can be exploited or manipulated through the use of vast collections of data and algorithmic governance.”—Siva Vaidhyanathan

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/04/why-the-privacy-crisis-is-bigger-than-facebook

https://forum.ind.ie/t/cambridge-analytica-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/2127

‘Stephen Hawking’s final words to the internet: robots aren’t the problem, capitalism is’

“If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution.”

https://boingboing.net/2018/03/14/brief-history-of-class-war.html

Also on our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/stephen-hawkings-final-words-to-the-internet-robots-arent-the-problem-capitalism-is/2078

‘Facebook And Google’s Surveillance Capitalism Model Is In Trouble’

“Most people associate Facebook with cute family photos and think of Google like a semi-reliable encyclopedia. But these services have only a tangential relationship to the way either company actually makes money. The twin Silicon Valley titans rely on two closely intertwined technologies, customer surveillance and advertising, to maximize shareholder profits.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/facebook-google-privacy-antitrust_us_5a625023e4b0dc592a088f6c

On our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/facebook-and-googles-surveillance-capitalism-model-is-in-trouble/2030

‘Personal data of a billion Indians sold online for £6, report claims’

“The reported breach is the latest in a series of alleged leaks from the Aadhaar database, which has been collecting the photographs, thumbprints, retina scans and other identifying details of every Indian citizen.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/04/india-national-id-database-data-leak-bought-online-aadhaar

Our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/personal-data-of-a-billion-indians-sold-online-for-6-report-claims/2002

🇪🇺 ‘Good news on the privacy front: no more EU demands for crypto backdoors’

“It was widely feared that protection against backdoors would be dropped in the committee’s vote, but instead it was passed.”

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/10/good-news-privacy-front-no-eu-demands-crypto-backdoors/

On our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/good-news-on-the-privacy-front-no-more-eu-demands-for-crypto-backdoors/1920