# Freedom **URL:** https://community.humanetech.com/c/freedom/75.md?page=1 [Latest](https://community.humanetech.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.humanetech.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.humanetech.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Banning Facial Recognition Isn’t Enough](https://community.humanetech.com/t/banning-facial-recognition-isn-t-enough/4646)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/banning-facial-recognition-isn-t-enough/4646 "2020-02-07T20:32:18Z")
“Today, facial recognition technologies are receiving the brunt of the tech backlash, but focusing on them misses the point. We need to have a serious conversation about all the technologies of identification, correlatio… --- ## [The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-secretive-company-that-might-end-privacy-as-we-know-it/4644)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-secretive-company-that-might-end-privacy-as-we-know-it/4644 "2020-01-23T11:45:13Z")
The end of privacy as we know it? “Then Mr. Ton-That — an Australian techie and onetime model — did something momentous: He invented a tool that could end your ability to walk down the street anonymously, and provided i… --- ## [Google docs- are they secure and/or privacy-respecting?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/google-docs-are-they-secure-and-or-privacy-respecting/3505)
**Author:** [@healthyswimmer](https://community.humanetech.com/u/healthyswimmer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/google-docs-are-they-secure-and-or-privacy-respecting/3505 "2020-01-13T15:05:45Z")
Original title: Google docs- are they secure? I’m falling into the grove of using google docs because I feel I have no choice. Fir example- my daughter’s school is using google docs for her independent study school pla… --- ## [Security and Privacy Checklist for New Computer?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/security-and-privacy-checklist-for-new-computer/4587)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Rondo](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Hal_Rondo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/security-and-privacy-checklist-for-new-computer/4587 "2019-12-29T00:44:07Z")
Hi everyone, I am going to be building a computer soon and was looking for suggestions for things I should make sure I do for security and privacy. Does anyone use a checklist for this? Any good links or videos to check… --- ## [Irresponsible answers by Yahoo and Facebook to report of account takeover security flaw](https://community.humanetech.com/t/irresponsible-answers-by-yahoo-and-facebook-to-report-of-account-takeover-security-flaw/4589)
**Author:** [@biswa](https://community.humanetech.com/u/biswa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/irresponsible-answers-by-yahoo-and-facebook-to-report-of-account-takeover-security-flaw/4589 "2019-12-23T19:36:31Z")
i am from Nepal. we don’t have best technology access that developed Nation have. But the level of internet access in my place is comparable to any country in the world. The basic purpose of internet in my place is soci… --- ## [Is Android the land of opportunity for humane tech?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/is-android-the-land-of-opportunity-for-humane-tech/1906)
**Author:** [@andrewmurraydunn](https://community.humanetech.com/u/andrewmurraydunn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/is-android-the-land-of-opportunity-for-humane-tech/1906 "2019-12-20T11:00:03Z")
I wrote some thoughts on why the solutions to the digital attention crisis will emerge from Google \> Apple. What do you think of this view? --- ## [Why would a company guarantee GDPR rights for another company?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/why-would-a-company-guarantee-gdpr-rights-for-another-company/4474)
**Author:** [@haraldlk](https://community.humanetech.com/u/haraldlk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/why-would-a-company-guarantee-gdpr-rights-for-another-company/4474 "2019-11-28T15:32:51Z")
Hi everyone, GDPR lays down rights for private individuals, which means that a legal person (e.g. a company) living/based in Europe basically have no rights to claim according to EU law. However, I have seen terms and … --- ## [What the Chinese Surveillance State Means for the Rest of the World](https://community.humanetech.com/t/what-the-chinese-surveillance-state-means-for-the-rest-of-the-world/4534)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/what-the-chinese-surveillance-state-means-for-the-rest-of-the-world/4534 "2019-11-23T15:07:29Z")
“Today’s economic business model all encourage to share data” says a privacy expert. In China, he adds we are seeing " what happens when the state goes after that data to exploit and weaponize it. … --- ## [What installing the Messenger app tells us about Facebook](https://community.humanetech.com/t/what-installing-the-messenger-app-tells-us-about-facebook/4520)
**Author:** [@louisbarclay](https://community.humanetech.com/u/louisbarclay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/what-installing-the-messenger-app-tells-us-about-facebook/4520 "2019-11-22T15:36:27Z")
Hi all, I’ve written an analysis of the onboarding experience for Facebook’s Messenger app. Here’s the quick summary: tl;dr: to install Messenger without enabling notifications, giving Facebook your phone number, or gi… --- ## [Splinternet: The end of the open internet?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/splinternet-the-end-of-the-open-internet/3317)
**Author:** [@geo](https://community.humanetech.com/u/geo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/splinternet-the-end-of-the-open-internet/3317 "2019-11-21T20:21:37Z")
(Original title: "The end of the global internet) With the creation and advent of the Internet, humanity lives in two worlds. One world, virtually global, where most of the people like “brothers and sisters”. And the … --- ## [What's the best solution to an AI or machine learning algorithm that's gone awry?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/whats-the-best-solution-to-an-ai-or-machine-learning-algorithm-thats-gone-awry/4527)
**Author:** [@haraldlk](https://community.humanetech.com/u/haraldlk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/whats-the-best-solution-to-an-ai-or-machine-learning-algorithm-thats-gone-awry/4527 "2019-11-19T20:56:40Z")
Hi all, I am wondering what the solution is to an AI or machine learning algorithm that’s gone awry, for example when it’s been developing a certain bias. A biased AI or machine learning algorithm can interfere with ou… --- ## [The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-government-protects-our-food-and-cars-why-not-our-data/4485)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-government-protects-our-food-and-cars-why-not-our-data/4485 "2019-11-04T12:25:30Z")
“In fact, the United States is virtually the only developed nation without a comprehensive consumer data protection law and an independent agency to enforce it. Instead, Americans have to rely on the Federal Trade Commis… --- ## [The Fantasy of Opting Out](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-fantasy-of-opting-out/4480)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-fantasy-of-opting-out/4480 "2019-11-02T11:19:59Z")
A great article on MIT detailing how opting-out of privacy-infringing technology is near impossible. The article makes the case for adopting a strategy of Obfuscation to delude the data collectors in their profile-buildi… --- ## [Uncle Sam demands summary judgment on Snowden memoir: We're not saying it's true, but no one should read it](https://community.humanetech.com/t/uncle-sam-demands-summary-judgment-on-snowden-memoir-were-not-saying-its-true-but-no-one-should-read-it/4466)
**Author:** [@Broodwich](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Broodwich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/uncle-sam-demands-summary-judgment-on-snowden-memoir-were-not-saying-its-true-but-no-one-should-read-it/4466 "2019-11-02T11:47:14Z")
--- ## [EU GDPR "the right to be forgotten" has broadened its scope](https://community.humanetech.com/t/eu-gdpr-the-right-to-be-forgotten-has-broadened-its-scope/4411)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/eu-gdpr-the-right-to-be-forgotten-has-broadened-its-scope/4411 "2019-10-23T16:26:39Z")
This is good news for people who love their privacy. EU GDPR is considered the gold standard for privacy regulation. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/technology/right-to-be-forgotten-law-europe.html --- ## [Support Privacy Respecting Apps like Duck Duck Go Search Engine.](https://community.humanetech.com/t/support-privacy-respecting-apps-like-duck-duck-go-search-engine/4233)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/support-privacy-respecting-apps-like-duck-duck-go-search-engine/4233 "2019-07-16T01:39:56Z")
Duck Duck Go offers a privacy-focused alternative to search engine. Our support will send a message out there that we are serious about our privacy and would like to see option to surveilance business model. And encourag… --- ## [Memes instead of arguments: Toxic discussion culture on twitter & co](https://community.humanetech.com/t/memes-instead-of-arguments-toxic-discussion-culture-on-twitter-co/4357)
**Author:** [@vasyugan](https://community.humanetech.com/u/vasyugan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/memes-instead-of-arguments-toxic-discussion-culture-on-twitter-co/4357 "2019-10-20T07:53:51Z")
These are just some random reflections based on my recent experiences with debates on Twitter, Youtube and co. I don’t actually have good ideas for how incentives for real engagement in debates could look like, but since… --- ## [How to Set your Google Data to Self-Destruct.](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-to-set-your-google-data-to-self-destruct/4432)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-to-set-your-google-data-to-self-destruct/4432 "2019-10-19T17:19:13Z")
Google has now given us the option to automatically delete our set search and location data after a certain time. Using it would be showing to Google one of the data big tech companies that we want our privacy respected… --- ## [How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technologyu](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-photos-of-your-kids-are-powering-surveillance-technologyu/4456)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-photos-of-your-kids-are-powering-surveillance-technologyu/4456 "2019-10-19T17:17:39Z")
“The pictures of Chloe and Jasper Papa as kids are typically goofy fare: grinning with their parents; sticking their tongues out; costumed for Halloween. Their mother, Dominique Allman Papa, uploaded them to Flickr aft… --- ## [How Facebook can have your Data even if you're not on Facebook.](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-facebook-can-have-your-data-even-if-youre-not-on-facebook/4430)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-facebook-can-have-your-data-even-if-youre-not-on-facebook/4430 "2019-10-01T01:06:10Z")
“Why your privacy is at risk despite not being a Facebook user.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2018/04/13/how-facebook-can-have-your-data-even-if-youre-not-facebook/512674002/ --- ## ["Fingerprinting" to Track Us Online is on the Rise. Here"s What to Do](https://community.humanetech.com/t/fingerprinting-to-track-us-online-is-on-the-rise-here-s-what-to-do/4429)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/fingerprinting-to-track-us-online-is-on-the-rise-here-s-what-to-do/4429 "2019-10-04T14:28:19Z")
Fingerprinting involves looking at the many characteristics of your digital devices. Security researcher considered it as the next generation of tracking.technology. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/technology/personal… --- ## [What Personal Data do companies like Facebook and Google know about us?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/what-personal-data-do-companies-like-facebook-and-google-know-about-us/1799)
**Author:** [@Georgy](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Georgy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/what-personal-data-do-companies-like-facebook-and-google-know-about-us/1799 "2019-10-04T11:58:54Z")
It’s knows where you born, who’s almost all of your relatives, What school You were visiting, College, you’re working place. It knows your friends, it knows your hobbies, what you like, what you don’t like, your politica… --- ## [When Apps Get Your Medical Data, Your Privacy May Go with It.](https://community.humanetech.com/t/when-apps-get-your-medical-data-your-privacy-may-go-with-it/4397)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/when-apps-get-your-medical-data-your-privacy-may-go-with-it/4397 "2019-09-26T17:53:31Z")
“Americans may soon be able to get their medical records through smartphone apps as easily as they order takeout food from Seamless or catch a ride from Lyft.” “But prominent medical organizations are warning that patie… --- ## [Seeking Experts/Speakers: Creating an impact with storytelling (Photo Festival in Cambodia)](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seeking-experts-speakers-creating-an-impact-with-storytelling-photo-festival-in-cambodia/4408)
**Author:** [@JessLim](https://community.humanetech.com/u/JessLim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seeking-experts-speakers-creating-an-impact-with-storytelling-photo-festival-in-cambodia/4408 "2019-09-23T01:40:50Z")
Hi! I’m a director of an annual non-profit photography festival in Cambodia. We would like to do a workshop which addresses the very real issue journalists/storytellers (print, photography, video) face when it comes to c… --- ## [You Watch TV. Your TV Watches Back.](https://community.humanetech.com/t/you-watch-tv-your-tv-watches-back/4403)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/you-watch-tv-your-tv-watches-back/4403 "2019-09-25T18:13:41Z")
Personalized ads on tv. You are being tracked, followed and watched. What do you think? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/18/you-watch-tv-your-tv-watches-back/?hpid=hp\_hp-top-table-mai… --- ## [Facebook to merge its 3 messaging platforms](https://community.humanetech.com/t/facebook-to-merge-its-3-messaging-platforms/3298)
**Author:** [@anon51879794](https://community.humanetech.com/u/anon51879794)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/facebook-to-merge-its-3-messaging-platforms/3298 "2019-09-03T02:11:50Z")
Seems like Facebook will be making plans to integrate Facebook Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp. See this article from The Guardian: The plan includes using end to end encryption for all messaging platforms. What’s t… --- ## [What is section 230 the most important law of the internet](https://community.humanetech.com/t/what-is-section-230-the-most-important-law-of-the-internet/4349)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/what-is-section-230-the-most-important-law-of-the-internet/4349 "2019-08-23T14:20:29Z")
How it protects freedom of expression and innovation on the internet. https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230 --- ## [Recent Events Revived Freedom of Speech Debate](https://community.humanetech.com/t/recent-events-revived-freedom-of-speech-debate/4302)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/recent-events-revived-freedom-of-speech-debate/4302 "2019-08-21T16:16:30Z")
“But in Europe, where history has proved that domestic threats can be as devastating to democracy as those from abroad, freedom of speech, while a constitutional rights, comes with a certain caveats. Restricted in scope … --- ## [Economics of Data Privacy](https://community.humanetech.com/t/economics-of-data-privacy/4345)
**Author:** [@penmanship](https://community.humanetech.com/u/penmanship)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/economics-of-data-privacy/4345 "2019-08-21T14:05:34Z")
Lately I’ve been on an Austrian Economics kick and thought you all might find this video interesting: https://safeyoutube.net/w/g8er You will not like some of what he says (i.e. that privacy is not valued highly by the… --- ## [I Shared My Phone Number. I Learned I Shouldn't Have.](https://community.humanetech.com/t/i-shared-my-phone-number-i-learned-i-shouldnt-have/4336)
**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/i-shared-my-phone-number-i-learned-i-shouldnt-have/4336 "2019-08-21T12:21:39Z")
Is it worth the risk sharing your phone number to your grocery store? or at the pharmacy? or when we used apps and websites? [Previous page](https://community.humanetech.com/c/freedom/75.md) [Next page](https://community.humanetech.com/c/freedom/75.md?page=2)