«As patterns of malicious activity evolve, we’re adapting to meet them head-on. On average, our automated systems catch more than 3.2 million suspicious accounts globally per week — more than double the amount we detected this time last year».
Source : Update: Russian Interference in 2016 US Election, Bots, & Misinformation
« I used to be a techno-utopian. Now I can’t believe that I’m sitting here talking to you about all this » – Kate Starbird.
Source : UW professor: The information war is real, and we’re losing it | The Seattle Times via @inactinique
La condamnation d’un ingénieur impliqué dans le scandale Volkswagen est l’illustration de la responsabilité à laquelle s’exposent les techniciens, développeurs et plus généralement les informaticiens lorsqu’ils conçoivent des logiciels qui flirtent avec la ligne jaune ou franchissent carrément la ligne rouge.
« For the extremely low price of 50 Russian rubles ($.89), you can make sure your selfie gets the extra 100 fake Instagram likes it deserves. For double the price ($1.77) you can purchase 100 Instagram followers, without even needing to leave the underground shopping center where you’re hanging out ».
Source : This Russian Vending Machine Will Sell You Fake Instagram Likes – Motherboard
« Facebook executives promote advertising campaigns that exploit Facebook users’ emotional states—and how these are aimed at users as young as 14 years old. According to the report, the selling point of this 2017 document is that Facebook’s algorithms can determine, and allow advertisers to pinpoint, « moments when young people need a confidence boost. » If that phrase isn’t clear enough, Facebook’s document offers a litany of teen emotional states that the company claims it can estimate based on how teens use ».
Source : Facebook helped advertisers target teens who feel “worthless” | Ars Technica
« By releasing our technology publicly and making it available to anyone, we want to ensure that there will be no such risks. We hope that everyone will soon be aware that such technology exists and that copying the voice of someone else is possible. More generally, we want to raise attention about the lack of evidence that audio recordings may represent in the near future ».
Source : Eerie tech promises to copy anyone’s voice from just 1 minute of audio
« Last November, some of these new approaches helped convince a United States district court to invalidate the Wisconsin state assembly district map—the first time in more than 30 years that any federal court has struck down a map for being unconstitutionally partisan. That case is now bound for the Supreme Court ».
Source : Gerrymandering Is Illegal, But Only Mathematicians Can Prove It | WIRED
« Cela fait des années que les gens comme moi annoncent que la surveillance de masse allié à la Big Data détruira la démocratie, j’aurai beaucoup aimé que nous n’en arrivions pas à Trump pour en faire la démonstration ».
« The Dutch cast paper votes, which are tallied by hand locally. However, the regional and national collation of vote tallies are done electronically.Dutch media have reported that the software used may not be secure ».
Source : Dutch will hand count ballots due to hacking fears | Reuters
The ride-sharing company will pay the Federal Trade Commission $20 million to settle charges that it misled people over how much they could earn driving. Uber is also settling an FTC claim that its vehicle-financing programs, designed to make cars available to people who need them, were not in fact the “best financing options available.” By settling, Uber has not explicitly admitted to any of the FTC’s allegations. But the evidence against the company is compelling. For years, the company exaggerated and o
Source : Uber is paying the FTC $20 million for misleading drivers about how much they really make — Quartz
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