Many hospitals conduct nightly wealth screenings to gauge which patients are most likely to be the source of large donations. via @philgalewitz for @nytimes https://t.co/2JtYHMdSJe — Kaiser Health News (@KHNews) January 24, 2019
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RSS feed for this sectionAdobe is reading our PDFs. Online accounts default opted-in to “allow my content to be analyzed by Adobe using machine learning techniques.”
Adobe is reading our PDFs. Online accounts default opted-in to "allow my content to be analyzed by Adobe using machine learning techniques." — Joel Winston (@joelwinston) January 24, 2019
Android phones, running Google’s operating system, are voracious & unscrupulous collectors of information about their owners. #privacy #data
Android phones, running Google’s operating system, are voracious & unscrupulous collectors of information about their owners. #privacy #data — Joel Winston (@joelwinston) January 24, 2019
Google spent $21M lobbying the US government in 2018 & Facebook spent $12M, more than either tech co has ever spent. https://t.co/9pXJoSwm0Z
Google spent $21M lobbying the US government in 2018 & Facebook spent $12M, more than either tech co has ever spent. https://t.co/9pXJoSwm0Z — Joel Winston (@joelwinston) January 23, 2019
Rapid DNA machines dont have rigorous protocols for the sample. “There really are no actual rules written anywhere.” https://t.co/lWf7DbmGnU
Rapid DNA machines dont have rigorous protocols for the sample. "There really are no actual rules written anywhere.” https://t.co/lWf7DbmGnU — Joel Winston (@joelwinston) January 22, 2019
What’s our data worth? Amazon’s advertising business is valued at $125 billion, more than Nike or IBM. https://t.co/vblWYDvbaN #datamining
What's our data worth? Amazon’s advertising business is valued at $125 billion, more than Nike or IBM. https://t.co/vblWYDvbaN #datamining — Joel Winston (@joelwinston) January 20, 2019
The government shutdown is temporary, but credit reports will remember all these bounced checks, missed rents & unpaid bills for 7 years.
The government shutdown is temporary, but credit reports will remember all these bounced checks, missed rents & unpaid bills for 7 years. — Joel Winston (@joelwinston) January 18, 2019
“Users have a right to know the name of every organization and person who has their data.”—Roger McNamee https://t.co/ntXt8TbQUa #privacy
"Users have a right to know the name of every organization and person who has their data."—Roger McNamee https://t.co/ntXt8TbQUa #privacy — Joel Winston (@joelwinston) January 17, 2019
Apple CEO Tim Cook says @FTC should “establish a data-broker clearinghouse, requiring all data brokers to register.” https://t.co/6sCEZ2Bgdi
Apple CEO Tim Cook says @FTC should "establish a data-broker clearinghouse, requiring all data brokers to register." https://t.co/6sCEZ2Bgdi — Joel Winston (@joelwinston) January 17, 2019
RT @hshaban: AT&T says it will end all of its “location aggregation services – even those with clear consumer benefits” following Motherboa…
AT&T says it will end all of its “location aggregation services – even those with clear consumer benefits” following Motherboard’s investigation of the shadowy market for our phone location data. Our story: https://t.co/UNoz0NyNG8 Motherboard report: https://t.co/JSuEKBPAsR pic.twitter.com/8mPRLu2W4l — Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) January 10, 2019
