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Renke Siems on user tracking on science publisher platforms, its implications for their individual users and ways to face this issue
Digital sanctuary initiatives look for ways to minimize the risks to students and their data as a result of the technologies they encounter at higher
A school custodian says she was fired after refusing to put an app on her phone that checked her location, citing privacy concerns. As more people work remotely in the pandemic, "tattleware" that tracks employees’ productivity is on the rise, prompting lawyers to call for more protections.
Concordia students say Proctorio is invasive and infringes on their security, but their complaints seem to fall on deaf ears.
In tests, it detected black faces less than half the time
A fleshy webcam to lock eyes with
A student researcher has reverse-engineered the controversial exam software—and discovered a tool infamous for failing to recognize non-white faces.
Paper covers IDFA alternatives, rules for Apple's own apps, and more.
A BuzzFeed News investigation has found that employees at law enforcement agencies across the US ran thousands of Clearview AI facial recognition searches — often without the knowledge of the public or even their own departments.
Over a decade, 101 million arrest records and 45.7 million mugshots will be posted to the internet by police departments. Many of these people will be found innocent.
Some Miami faculty use testing software when administering exams online, but a student petition alleges Proctorio, the most popular software, is ineffective, problematic and insecure with data. Miami teaching faculty and Proctorio officials weighed in on the controversy.
Apple App Tracking Transparency Feature Forces Google to Reveal What Personal Data Chrome and It’s Apps Collect on You
A decade ago, a surging Silicon Valley giant was making plans to dominate the internet. Given a chance to stop it, regulators chosen by Barack Obama misread the evidence in front of their eyes.
15 billion car locations. Nearly any country on Earth. ‘The Ulysses Group’ is pitching a powerful surveillance technology to the U.S. government.
Everybody had root, apparently.
Dashboard of collected student data
The report outlines a set of recommendations for institutions and campus administrators related to different uses of student data.
McMaster University students say the online proctoring system is causing heightened anxiety, and they're also concerned about where this data can end up.
The attack on a video surveillance startup by a hacktivist group raises questions not just over cyber security, but the use and extent of surveillance technology.