Internet-connected thermostats, Locks and Lights: Tools of Domestic Abuse - NYTimes

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/technology/smart-home-devices-domestic-abuse.html

now also being used as a means for harassment, monitoring, revenge and control.

Here Are 18 Things You Might Not Have Realized Facebook Tracks About You

https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicolenguyen/here-are-18-things-you-might-not-have-realized-facebook

contact information “such as an address book” and, for Android users, “call log or SMS log history”

Opinion | Trump Was Outfoxed in Singapore - NYTimes

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/opinion/trump-kim-summit-north-korea.html

Trump made a huge concession — the suspension of military exercises with South Korea.

Apple skal gjøre det vanskeligere for Facebook og Google å spore deg – NRK

https://www.nrk.no/kultur/apple-skal-gjore-det-vanskeligere-for-facebook-og-google-a-spore-deg-1.14069903

blokkert nettgigantene fra å overvåke deg når du besøker andre nettsider.

Facebook Gave Data Access to Chinese Firm Flagged by U.S. Intelligence - NYTimes

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/technology/facebook-device-partnerships-china.html

gave private access to some user data to Huawei, … flagged as a national security threat

Meet Norman, the psychopathic AI - BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44040008

The psychopathic algorithm was created by a team at the MIT, as part of an experiment to see what training AI on data from “the dark corners of the net” would do to its world view.

A planetary census puts humans in their place

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/05/26/a-planetary-census-puts-humans-in-their-place

A new study, published this week by Yinon Bar-On and others from the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Israel, provides a comprehensive estimate of how the Earth’s carbon stock is distributed among its inhabitants.

Amazon’s explanation for the Alexa eavesdropping scandal - Recode

https://www.recode.net/2018/5/24/17391480/amazon-alexa-woman-secret-recording-echo-explanation

A Portland, Ore., woman’s claim that her Amazon Echo device secretly recorded a private conversation between her and her husband and sent it to an acquaintance of theirs

Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology - ACLU

https://www.aclunc.org/blog/amazon-teams-law-enforcement-deploy-dangerous-new-face-recognition-technology

Amazon … has officially entered the surveillance business.

Police are using Amazon facial recognition tech and the ACLU is pissed - Recode

https://www.recode.net/2018/5/22/17380450/amazon-aws-facial-recognition-aclu-technology-police

“helps identify persons of interest against a collection of millions of faces in real-time.”