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How Israeli Spy Tech Reaches Deep Into Our Lives

November 13, 2019 Opinion

Digital age weapons developed by Israel to oppress Palestinians are rapidly being repurposed for much wider applications – against Western populations who have long taken their freedoms for grant…

The Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation. The Right to Know. Don’t Put in Your Shirt Pocket

July 13, 2019 Technology

A landmark Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the City of Berkeley’s cell phone right to know ordinance rejecting industries argument that the ordinance violates the first amendment. The Berkeley o…

WhatsApp Founder Admits to Selling Users’ Privacy to Facebook

September 29, 2018 Technology

When WhatsApp sold its giant messaging platform to Facebook for $22 billion, “I sold my users’ privacy,” one of the company’s co-founders said. WhatsApp founder Mike Acton has opened up about some of …

Google Tracking 70% of Retail Purchases Thanks to Secret Deal with Mastercard

September 3, 2018 Technology

Over the past year, certain Google advertisers have been able to use a "potent new tool" which allows them to track whether ads they run online translated to sales at physical stores throughout the Un…

How to permanently DELETE Your Facebook Account – 2018 Update

August 9, 2018 Technology

Are you living life or are you just talking about it? One of the biggest problems with Facebook is the more time we spend updating our profile and following other people’s lives, the less time we actu…

It’s Not a Conspiracy Theory – Your Phone Really Is Watching You, Research Finds

July 11, 2018 Technology

If you’ve ever had the sneaking suspicion that your phone might be watching you, new research suggests you’re not being paranoid. Research scientists at Northwestern University in Boston spent a year …

The “Dark Arts” of Artificial Intelligence

June 14, 2018 Technology

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seen as both a boon and a threat. It uses our personal data to influence our lives without us realising it. It is used by social media to draw our attention to things w…

Your Phone Is Listening and it’s Not Paranoia

June 11, 2018 Technology

A couple years ago, something strange happened. A friend and I were sitting at a bar, iPhones in pockets, discussing our recent trips in Japan and how we’d like to go back. The very next day, we both …