Steve Owens·5h agoThe Carpetas Never EndedBeginning in the 1930s, the intelligence division of the Puerto Rico Police compiled secret dossiers on more than 135,000 people. That was…A response icon2A response icon2
Analytics·6h agoThe police watchlists Flock’s audits can’t seeCobb County, Georgia says its audits found no misuse of its Flock cameras. The audit records it released leave out 7,757 watchlist entries.
terminal epoch·10h agoThe “Libertarian” Who Chairs PalantirIn 1999, Peter Thiel gave a speech to the staff of the company that would become PayPal. He told them it would give “citizens worldwide…
Thomas Karat·1d agoThe Message Only You Could SeeIf you have used the assistant built into WhatsApp, Instagram or Facebook, some of the most candid sentences you wrote this year may now be…
terminal epoch·2d agoThe Confidence ScoreCarlyn Williams and Polyxenia Pantos live in Maine. Earlier this year they did something that is entirely legal: they watched federal…
Victoria T. Brooks·2d agoBefore the World Changes, Someone Has Already Made the PlansWhat if the greatest danger is not the world we see changing, but the people quietly preparing the world that comes after it?
Kevin J. W. Driscoll·2d agoThe Tell-Tale Algorithm — Chapter 6The ArchiveA response icon1A response icon1
InPOND Foundation for Human-Machine IntelligencebySteven Vincent·3d agoControl Is an Architecture, Not a Talking PointTwo AI giants spent the same week promising us control. Control isn’t something a company can promise. It comes from where the intelligence…
Marty Nemko·3d agoSurveillance Pros and ConsThe zeitgeist worries about surveillance, an incipient 1984 culture. Here’s my best arguments for why the worry is justified and why it…A response icon1A response icon1
