Sidney Fussell
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The Dangers Of Tech’s Privacy Promises
Where do you go to tell a secret? Probably depends on the secret. What you’d feel comfortable murmuring to a friend in a private meeting is likely not what you’d say loudly to a coworker while your boss is in earshot. Online, we not only communicate, we calculate – based on who we’re speaking to,…
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Snap Begins Mission To Infiltrate Other Apps, Swears It Won’t Screw Up With Your Data Like Facebook Did
Photo: AP Snap Inc. announced today that it’s releasing a new developer kit that embeds Snapchat’s signature features like bitmoji and stickers into other apps. Reports of Snap Kit leaked last month, but this is the official confirmation.
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Facebook Says A ‘Bug’ Changed Millions Of Users’ Default Privacy Settings To Public
For 10 days in May, a Facebook “bug” changed the default privacy settings of new posts for as many as 14 million users, Recode reports. As a result, posts meant to be shared privately may have instead been shared publicly.
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Mozilla Puts Up $295,000 To Explore How AI Threatens A ‘Healthy Internet’
Mozilla announced on Tuesday that it’s offering five-figure grants to researchers and creatives studying the impact of artificial intelligence on society. This latest round of the annual Mozilla awards will net lucky winners up to $US50,000 ($65,501) for producing AI-awareness content: Videos, browser extensions or interactive data visualisations.