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April, 2019

Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction - The New York Times

Last year, with much fanfare, the tech giant unveiled a screen-time tracker of its own. Then it quietly began purging competitors from its store.

Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm - (Part 1/3) Smarter Every Day 213 - YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

Facebook plans to pass your photographs to advertisers and make users the stars of online ads, patent reveals

Facebook has developed a plan to turn its users into the stars of advertising campaigns through new technology which can automatically scan people’s photographs and identify which products are featured in them.

Big Brother is smartwatching you: China's workers monitored by wearable tech | Abacus

Nanjing city cleaners are tracked by GPS and warned about long breaks

A look at home routers, and a surprising bug in Linux/MIPS | Cyber Independent Testing Lab

We reviewed 28 popular home routers for basic hardening features. None performed well. Oh, and we found a bug in the Linux/MIPS architecture.

We All Work for Facebook

Digital labor is valuable even when we do it for free. Should we get paid?

Fake reviews: How the Facebook 'factories' are still ripping us off | Technology | The Guardian

Months after a Which? investigation into the manufacture of misleading reviews most are still active

Popular Apps In Google's Play Store Are Abusing Permissions And Committing Ad Fraud
Amazon 'flooded by fake five-star reviews' - Which? report - BBC News

Top-rated reviews on popular items are dominated by unknown brands, consumer group Which? finds.

Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police - The New York Times

The tech giant records people’s locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent.

Well-funded surveillance operation infected both iOS and Android devices | Ars Technica

Malware that stole contacts, audio, location and more was under development for years.

Avian’s Blog: Google is eating our mail

Gmail servers have been randomly rejecting my personal mail with vague SMTP errors about spam detection.

Ethical Alternatives & Resources - ethical.net

We’ve compiled an open list of resources for ethical living — from browsers to books, TED talks to apps. Click to check it out — or make a contribution!

Facebook uploaded 1.5 million users' email contacts without permission - Business Insider

Facebook said that the new privacy issue stemmed from a code change from May 2016.

Your Smartphone Apps Are Filled With Trackers You Know Nothing About

The privacy crisis Apple and Google need to fix—now

Does Google meet its users’ expectations around consumer privacy? This news industry research says no » Nieman Journalism Lab

A significant majority of consumers do not expect Google to track their activities across their lives, their locations, on other sites, and on other platforms.

Judge orders Fairfax police to stop collecting data from license plate readers - The Washington Post