…In addition to constant surveillance, the threat of arbitrary detention hangs over minority citizens who refuse their government-sponsored work assignments. Most strikingly, local governments and private brokers are paid a price…
…At no point were Meta employees or contractors involved in the chat. On Monday, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said that “the issue that did happen has already been fixed.” On Tuesday, however…
…Microsoft had been encouraging employees without any coding experience to experiment with Claude Code, allowing designers and project managers to prototype ideas. Microsoft had also originally expected employees to use both Claude…
…Criticism of Microsoft has followed various aspects of its products and business practices, including surveillance of employees, "Velvet Sweatshop" practices, tax manipulation, and antitrust violations. Frequently criticized are the ease of use…
…It also shows how thin the line has grown between the surveillance technology sold to law enforcement and the military and the consumer products sold to everyone else. Increasingly, the same companies…
…OpenAI and Google are moving forward with Pentagon deals to supplant Anthropic, despite pressure from their employees to push back on government demands over how their technology should be used. Zohra Tejani…
…DON’T TELL ANYONE THE CODE, NOT EVEN SIGNAL EMPLOYEES.” Obviously, Ó Cearbhaill, who heads Amnesty International’s Security Lab, immediately recognized that this was an “unwise” attempt at hacking his Signal…
…A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism By Sarah-Wynn Williams In her review of this book, former Meta employee Sabhanaz Rashid Diya called it “disappointing and revealing.” While courageous…
…Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai is a Senior Writer at TechCrunch, where he covers hacking, cybersecurity, surveillance, and privacy. You can contact or verify outreach from Lorenzo by emailing lorenzo@techcrunch…
…the deputy commissioner of public information at the NYPD and an employee at a surveillance system company in Pennsylvania. It’s part of the vast surveillance network that led to Mangione’s…
