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Adverteerders financieren valse info corona

Misinformatie: Massaal delen bezorgde burgers ongefundeerde artikelen en video’s over het coronavirus. Die komen in veel gevallen van commerciële producenten. „Facebook zorgt voor het bereik, Google voor het geld.”
advertising · conspiracy-thinking · corona-virus · facebook · google
Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 23:42
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/07/06/adverteerders-financieren-valse-info-corona-a4005111

To Gmail, Most Black Lives Matter Emails Are “Promotions” – The Markup

Google shuffled mass emails about racial justice into the marketing tab in our test, mirroring its categorization of political emails
black-struggle · email · google
Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 20:55
https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2020/07/02/to-gmail-black-lives-matter-emails-are-promotions

Coronavirus apps show governments can no longer do without Apple or Google - The Correspondent

Google and Apple forced governments to follow tighter privacy standards for coronavirus contact-tracing apps. This sounds like good news, but it also reveals our dependency on Big Tech.
apple · corona-virus · google · platforms · privacy
Tue, 23 Jun 2020 at 10:09
https://thecorrespondent.com/546/coronavirus-apps-show-governments-can-no-longer-do-without-apple-or-google/71545622148-0c7ce35d

Why are Google and Apple dictating how European democracies fight coronavirus? | Ieva Ilves | Opinion | The Guardian

In Latvia we wanted to harness smartphone technology for contact tracing. We ran into a Silicon Valley-built brick wall, says Ieva Ilves, an adviser to the Latvian president
apple · corona-virus · google · privacy
Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 10:49
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/16/google-apple-dictating-european-democracies-coronavirus

The Economist - Shared Article 'Everything in moderation'

The case of the vanishing comments
china · google · moderation · youtube
Mon, 1 Jun 2020 at 00:36
https://www.economist.com/node/21786924?frsc=dg%7Ce

Google Says It Will Not Build Custom A.I. for Oil and Gas Extraction

A Greenpeace report details Silicon Valley’s ties to Big Oil — and spurs Google to take a step towards opting out
climate-change · google
Thu, 21 May 2020 at 00:01
https://onezero.medium.com/google-says-it-will-not-build-custom-a-i-for-oil-and-gas-extraction-72d1f71f42c8

Stop the Apple and Google contact tracing platform. (Or be ready to ditch your smartphone.) // Jaap-Henk Hoepman

apple · bluetooth · corona-virus · google · privacy · tracking
Sat, 11 Apr 2020 at 19:29
https://blog.xot.nl/2020/04/11/stop-the-apple-and-google-contact-tracing-platform-or-be-ready-to-ditch-your-smartphone/

Apple & Google can save us from this lockdown. | Medium

Contact tracing will likely require Apple and Google’s support as individual developers and governments will be limited in several areas.
apple · corona-virus · google
Thu, 9 Apr 2020 at 15:00
https://medium.com/@jelleprins/apple-google-can-save-us-from-this-lockdown-92fc397726ba

Opinion | Google Searches Can Help Us Find Emerging Covid-19 Outbreaks - The New York Times

They can also reveal symptoms that at first went undetected. I may have found a new one.
corona-virus · google
Sun, 5 Apr 2020 at 20:35
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/opinion/coronavirus-google-searches.html

How We Examined Gmail’s Treatment of Political Emails – The Markup

We conducted an experiment with a new email address to try to figure out how Gmail's sorting algorithm worked without user input
email · google
Sun, 8 Mar 2020 at 20:17
https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2020/02/26/show-your-work-wheres-my-email

Search-warrant demands that Google turn over account info, Android info, all accounts and passwords, calendar, contacts, cloud docs, financial data, photos, location history, search history, call records, etc

Scott Budnick (producer of the “Hangover” movies) is embroiled in a complicated feud with an LA homicide cop named Sgt. Richard Biddle; Biddle has pursued his investigation against Budn…
de-week · google
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 at 08:56
https://boingboing.net/2019/12/17/organize-the-worlds-informatio-2.html

Will Google get away with grabbing 50m Americans' health records? | Technology | The Guardian

Google’s reputation has remained relatively unscathed despite behaviors similar to Facebook’s. This could be the tipping point
de-week · google
Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 19:33
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/14/google-healthcare-data-ascension

The Google Squeeze

Google, the real Aggregator, is squeezing OTAs, which acted like Aggregators while depending on Google for demand. It’s easy to say Google is being unfair, but this may be better for consumer…
de-week · google
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 at 21:34
https://stratechery.com/2019/the-google-squeeze/

'Tossed my Fitbit in the trash': users fear for privacy after Google buys company | Technology | The Guardian

Fitbit says data of its 28 million users will not be sold or used for Google ads
fitbit · google
Thu, 7 Nov 2019 at 04:35
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/05/fitbit-google-acquisition-health-data

Aan Googles liefde voor onderwijs zit iets dubbels – creëert Google klanten voor het leven? | De Volkskrant

de-week · educational-surveillance · google
Fri, 1 Nov 2019 at 10:42
https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/aan-googles-liefde-voor-onderwijs-zit-iets-dubbels-creeert-google-klanten-voor-het-leven~bfa09fbe/

The voice from our Nest camera threatened to steal our baby – Silicon Valley

cyber-security · de-week · google
Sun, 20 Oct 2019 at 10:41
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/10/18/the-voice-from-our-nest-camera-threatened-to-steal-our-baby/

Not only is Google's auto-delete good for privacy, it's also good news for competition

Earlier this month, Google announced a new collection of auto-delete settings for your personal information that allows you balance some of the conveniences of data-collection (for example, remembe…
advertising · de-week · google · privacy
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 19:57
https://boingboing.net/2019/10/16/data-is-overvalued.html

Google and Ambient Computing – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Google presented a vision of ambient computing that goes beyond the smartphone. The company is well-placed, but faces challenges both in the marketplace and in the mirror.
de-week · google
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 19:54
https://stratechery.com/2019/google-and-ambient-computing/

Google releases a free/open differential privacy library

“Differential privacy” (previously) is a promising, complicated statistical method for analyzing data while preventing reidentification attacks that de-anonymize people in aggregated da…
de-week · differential-privacy · google
Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 08:11
https://boingboing.net/2019/09/05/cakeism-within-reach.html

Jason Fried on Twitter: "When Google puts 4 paid ads ahead of the first organic result for your own brand name, you’re forced to pay up if you want to be found. It’s a shakedown. It’s ransom. But at least we can have fun with it. Search for Basecamp and you may see this attached ad.… https://t.co/RPJEtr99o5"

advertising · de-week · google
Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 12:21
https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/1168986962704982016

Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs

apple · china · de-week · google
Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 19:43
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/09/massive_iphone_.html

Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection

de-week · google · tracking
Sat, 24 Aug 2019 at 00:26
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2019/08/23/deconstructing-googles-excuses-on-tracking-protection/

Google stelt 'Privacy Sandbox' voor koppelen relevante ads en privacy voor - Computer - Nieuws - Tweakers

advertising · de-week · google · tracking
Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 19:29
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/156374/google-stelt-privacy-sandbox-voor-koppelen-relevante-ads-en-privacy-voor.html

Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech | WIRED

Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there’s no end in sight.
de-week · feminism · google · tech-workers-protests
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 at 02:01
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-google-three-years-misery-happiest-company-tech/

Opinion | Good for Google, Bad for America - The New York Times

At its core, artificial intelligence is a military technology. Why is the company sharing it with a rival?
artificial-intelligence · china · google
Sat, 3 Aug 2019 at 12:29
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/peter-thiel-google.html

Google-medewerkers luisteren mee naar uw gesprekken, ook in uw huiskamer | VRT NWS

Via de slimme luidsprekers en de Assistent-app van Google krijgen medewerkers dingen te horen die bewust of onbewust zijn ingesproken.
de-week · google
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 23:52
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/07/10/google-luistert-mee/

Google’s Jigsaw Was Supposed to Save the Internet. Behind the Scenes, It Became a Toxic Mess - VICE

Google’s internet freedom moonshot has gotten glowing attention for its ambitious projects. But current and former employees, leaked documents, and internal messages reveal a grim reality.
google · jigsaw
Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 01:09
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb98pb/google-jigsaw-became-toxic-mess

Google tweaked algorithm after rise in US shootings | Technology | The Guardian

Mass murders present challenge for search engine to deliver accurate results
fake-news · google
Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 00:57
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/02/google-tweaked-algorithm-after-rise-in-us-shootings?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Firefox

Google's New ReCAPTCHA Has a Dark Side

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fast Company: We've all tried to log into a website or submit a form only to be stuck clicking boxes of traffic lights or storefronts or bridges in a desperate attempt to finally convince the computer that we're not actually a bot. For many years, this has be...
captchas · google
Fri, 28 Jun 2019 at 07:53
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/0UrLgVAVudI/googles-new-recaptcha-has-a-dark-side

An Open Petition to the San Francisco Pride Board of Directors

de-week · google · tech-workers-protests
Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 20:13
https://medium.com/@BanGoogleFromPride/an-open-petition-to-the-san-francisco-pride-board-of-directors-f8164486c2e4

What really happened to publishers when Google entered the market? - Baekdal Plus

de-week · google · journalism
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 19:01
https://baekdal.com/trends/what-really-happened-to-publishers-when-google-entered-the-market/1B622E7943914FB48E6459CC5C8936BECFB5B97A5E8D6E61DE13EB22DFB0E835

Lyrics Site Accuses Google of Lifting Its Content - WSJ

copyright · de-week · google
Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 11:01
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lyrics-site-genius-com-accuses-google-of-lifting-its-content-11560677400?emailToken=7117b690698bb4b74774f8d7f5342834F6cDe4uVVz9ssy9DuLWsftZjHgid0qolPeuX+f48wvOhL4XI5/g4cWgZunYnVpEZP1H22qbrM6q3RQBNNP2i/gY+6jkfY6TunZCq8LO+K2x9fnKorOs8XDqTrjggoAOV&reflink=article_copyURL_share

An Inside Look at Google Earth Timelapse

Posted by Paul Dille, Senior Software Developer, Carnegie Mellon University CREATE Lab, and Chris Herwig, Geo Data Engineer, Google Earth Ou...
de-week · google
Wed, 5 Jun 2019 at 23:17
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/gJZg/~3/vj8LTXPFxFs/an-inside-look-at-google-earth-timelapse.html

How DRM has permitted Google to have an "open source" browser that is still under its exclusive control

How DRM has permitted Google to have an "open source" browser that is still under its exclusive control
drm · google
Fri, 31 May 2019 at 15:53
https://boingboing.net/2019/05/29/hoarding-software-freedom.html

Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders | openDemocracy


        On the eve of European elections, the tech giants stand accused of sabotaging the European Union’s fight against disinformation.
   
facebook · fake-news · google
Tue, 21 May 2019 at 14:53
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/facebook-and-google-pressured-eu-experts-soften-fake-news-regulations-say-insiders/

Google Uses Gmail To Track a History of Things You Buy -- and It's Hard To Delete - Slashdot

data-protection · de-week · google
Sat, 18 May 2019 at 08:50
https://m.slashdot.org/story/355906

Eric Schmidt Defended Google’s Censored Search for China

The former Google CEO also claimed that employees building the search engine, Dragonfly, knew what they were working on — contradicting what they have said.
china · de-week · google
Wed, 15 May 2019 at 00:11
https://theintercept.com/2019/05/14/google-search-china-eric-schmidt-comments/

Google Fights Back – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

At Google I/O, Google was the opposite of defensive: the company set out to make the case that its approach made for better products that makes people’s lives better
google
Thu, 9 May 2019 at 01:36
https://stratechery.com/2019/google-fights-back/

Google Says It Has Found Religion on Privacy - The New York Times

de-week · google · privacy
Wed, 8 May 2019 at 12:19
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/technology/google-privacy-tools.html

Google worker activists accuse company of retaliation at 'town hall'

The group published a new set of demands, which include an investigation and a public response from co-founder Larry Page
google · tech-workers-protests
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 at 04:27
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/26/google-worker-activists-accuse-company-of-retaliation-at-town-hall?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Shaarli

Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation | WIRED

Two Google employees who helped organize a November walkout of thousands of employees say they've either been demoted, or been told to drop concerns about ethics.
google · tech-workers-protests
Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 00:06
https://www.wired.com/story/google-walkout-organizers-say-theyre-facing-retaliation/

the camera in the mirror

de-week · google
Mon, 22 Apr 2019 at 14:35
http://the-camera-in-the-mirror.tumblr.com/

Vergeet China en Silicon Valley - NRC

artificial-intelligence · china · de-week · facebook · google · huawei
Fri, 19 Apr 2019 at 20:43
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/04/12/vergeet-china-en-silicon-valley-a3956770

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says Tech Companies Can Regulate Themselves

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in a new interview rejected the notion that Capitol Hill has a role to play in regulating big tech companies, breaking with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent willingness to work with lawmakers. From a report: "The problem is if you write a rule, inevitably, you fix...
google
Thu, 18 Apr 2019 at 23:52
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/N-FLceeO22M/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-says-tech-companies-can-regulate-themselves

Would life be happier without Google? I spent a week finding out

de-week · google · offline-utopia
Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 09:12
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/17/would-life-be-happier-without-google-i-spent-a-week-finding-out?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Shaarli

Law enforcement taps Google's Sensorvault for location data, report says - CNET

de-week · google · location
Mon, 15 Apr 2019 at 12:56
https://www.cnet.com/news/law-enforcement-taps-googles-sensorvault-for-location-data-report-says/

Two-Thirds of Consumers Don't Expect Google To Track Them the Way It Does

A significant majority of consumers do not expect Google to track their activities across their lives, their locations, on other sites, and on other platforms. Jason Kint, writing for Nieman Lab: Our findings show that many of Google's data practices deviate from consumer expectations. The results o...
de-week · google · tracking
Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 08:33
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/t7KrogRo15Q/two-thirds-of-consumers-dont-expect-google-to-track-them-the-way-it-does

Are big tech’s efforts to show it cares about data ethics another diversion?

Google’s establishment of an advisory council comes across as little more than window-dressing
de-week · ethics · google
Sun, 7 Apr 2019 at 12:49
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/07/big-tech-data-ethics-diversion-google-advisory-council?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Shaarli

Google scraps AI ethics council after backlash: 'Back to the drawing board'

Decision comes after employees called for the removal of a rightwing thinktank leader from the council
artificial-intelligence · de-week · ethics · google · tech-workers-protests
Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 08:32
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/04/google-ai-ethics-council-backlash?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Shaarli

Google staff condemn treatment of temp workers in 'historic' show of solidarity

Google issues new ‘minimum standards’ for temps after more than 900 employees sign letter criticizing abrupt firing
google · labour
Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 23:54
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/02/google-workers-sign-letter-temp-contractors-protest?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Shaarli

Google Is Still Working on China Search Engine, Employees Claim

A group of employees said Google made hundreds of changes to smartphone apps for the controversial project, thought to be defunct.
censorship · china · google
Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 08:27
https://theintercept.com/2019/03/04/google-ongoing-project-dragonfly/

Amazon, Google use secret tactics to expand headquarters such as HQ2 and reap millions in tax breaks - The Washington Post

google
Fri, 1 Mar 2019 at 01:58
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/google-reaped-millions-of-tax-breaks-as-it-secretly-expanded-its-real-estate-footprint-across-the-us/2019/02/15/7912e10e-3136-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fe8f5f3f5350

Google says Nest microphone was 'never supposed to be a secret' - Business Insider

On Tuesday, a Google representative told Business Insider the company had made an "error."
google
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 at 23:52
https://www.businessinsider.com/nest-microphone-was-never-supposed-to-be-a-secret-2019-2?r=US&IR=T

What happens when Google says “we aren’t going to pay your fines”?

New plan, we are turning off service to your country.
de-week · google
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 17:50
https://medium.com/@ben_longstaff/what-happens-when-google-says-we-arent-going-to-pay-your-fines-f35f752253c0

Google Hired Gig Economy Workers to Improve Artificial Intelligence in Controversial Drone-Targeting Project

Hired through an online gig economy platform, workers unknowingly helped Google improve its artificial intelligence military-targeting software.
de-week · google
Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 21:01
https://theintercept.com/2019/02/04/google-ai-project-maven-figure-eight/

Google Takes Its First Steps Toward Killing the URL | WIRED

Google wants to get rid of URLs. But first, it needs to show you why.
cyber-security · google
Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 08:34
https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-kill-url-first-steps/
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Modern OSI Model

amazon · de-week · funny · google
Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 08:29
https://xkcd.com/2105/

Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection For Activist Workers - Bloomberg

While Google publicly supported employees who protested company policies, it quietly asked the government to narrow the right to organize over work email
activism · google · labour · lobbying
Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 23:38
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-24/google-urged-the-u-s-to-limit-protection-for-activist-workers

896897 - Extensions: Implement Manifest V3 - chromium - Monorail

google · tracking
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 15:31
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23

Google will defeat its own captchas for you

Google will defeat its own captchas for you
de-week · funny · google
Sat, 5 Jan 2019 at 14:40
https://boingboing.net/2019/01/04/own-goals.html

How Google took on China—and lost - MIT Technology Review

censorship · china · de-week · google
Thu, 27 Dec 2018 at 13:31
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612601/how-google-took-on-china-and-lost/

Google's Secret China Project "Effectively Ended" After Fight

Google reassigned several groups of engineers away from a planned censored search engine after a rift over its use of real internet queries in China for testing.
china · de-week · google
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 00:33
https://theintercept.com/2018/12/17/google-china-censored-search-engine-2/

The State of Technology at the End of 2018 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

de-week · google
Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 03:00 *
https://stratechery.com/2018/the-state-of-technology-at-the-end-of-2018/

Google Pledges To Hold Off On Selling Facial Recognition Technology

face-recognition · google
Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 00:02
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/FBYcDY5lWTs/google-pledges-to-hold-off-on-selling-facial-recognition-technology

Revealed: Google's 'two-tier' workforce training document | Technology | The Guardian

Exclusive: internal document shows how Google employees are trained to treat temps, vendors and contractors
google · labour
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 at 10:01
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/11/google-tvc-full-time-employees-training-document

I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine

I worked as a research scientist at Google when Dragonfly was revealed and resigned in protest after a month of internally fighting for clarification.
china · de-week · google
Sat, 8 Dec 2018 at 15:43
https://theintercept.com/2018/12/01/google-china-censorship-human-rights/

Malware authors have figured out how to get Google to do "irreversible takedowns" of the sites they compete with

Malware authors have figured out how to get Google to do "irreversible takedowns" of the sites they compete with
copyright · google
Sat, 8 Dec 2018 at 14:31
https://boingboing.net/2018/12/04/moral-hazard-1201.html

Google's secret project to build a censored Chinese search engine bypassed the company's own security and privacy teams

Google's secret project to build a censored Chinese search engine bypassed the company's own security and privacy teams
china · google
Sat, 8 Dec 2018 at 14:24
https://boingboing.net/2018/11/29/nobody-tell-sergei-ok.html

Google pledges to overhaul its sexual harassment policy after global protests | Technology | The Guardian

Company faced historic staff backlash following revelation it paid out $90m to an executive accused of sexual misconduct
feminism · google · harassment · tech-workers-protests
Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 01:29
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/08/google-sexual-harassment-policy-overhaul-walkout-protest

'You can't erase us': in Silicon Valley protest, Google workers share assault stories | Technology | The Guardian

Employees in Mountain View gathered to add their voices to the global protests, demanding a change to company policies
feminism · google
Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 08:03
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/01/google-walkout-workers-global-protest-silicon-valley-headquarters

Google employees stage walkouts over handling of workplace harassment | TheHill

Google employees are staging walkouts at offices around the world to protest the company’s handling of misconduct allegations against high-level executives.
feminism · google
Thu, 1 Nov 2018 at 21:15
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/414247-google-employees-stage-walkouts-over-handling-of-workplace-harassment

The Privacy Battle to Save Google From Itself | WIRED

Interviews with over a dozen current and former Google employees highlight a commitment to privacy—and the inherent tensions that creates.
de-week · google · privacy
Thu, 1 Nov 2018 at 21:12
https://www.wired.com/story/google-privacy-data/

How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ - The New York Times

The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim.
feminism · google
Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 12:56
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/technology/google-sexual-harassment-andy-rubin.html?nl=top-stories&nlid=68554757ries&ref=headline

Google gave top executive $90m payoff but kept sexual misconduct claim quiet – report | Technology | The Guardian

Google reportedly found credible allegations Andy Rubin forced employee to perform oral sex but paid him millions after he left
feminism · google
Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 12:53
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/25/google-andy-rubin-android-creator-payoff-sexual-misconduct-report

Google Maps: Street view location search reveals photo, causes divorce

google · surveillance
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 at 11:35
https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/cheating-wife-caught-on-google-maps-search/news-story/0e329adcbd57f0116f4e7d115bbfe0dc

GDPR: Good for privacy, even better for Google's dominance / Boing Boing

data-protection · google
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 at 11:33
https://boingboing.net/2018/10/18/briar-patches-r-us.html

Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak | Technology | The Guardian

Company didn’t disclose leak for months to avoid a public relations headache and potential regulatory enforcement
de-week · google
Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 07:42
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/08/google-plus-security-breach-wall-street-journal

Google releases framework to guide data privacy legislation | TheHill

Google on Monday released a set of privacy principles
data-protection · google
Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 23:07
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/408145-google-releases-framework-for-data-privacy-legislation

Why I’m done with Chrome

This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random “someone is wrong on the Internet” posts. After all, that’s what Twitter is for! But from …
de-week · google
Sun, 23 Sep 2018 at 23:48
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/

Google China Prototype Links Searches to Phone Numbers

Google’s plan for a censored search engine in China also blacklists terms like “Nobel Prize” and “human rights.”
censorship · china · de-week · google
Sat, 15 Sep 2018 at 10:14
https://theintercept.com/2018/09/14/google-china-prototype-links-searches-to-phone-numbers/

Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales - Bloomberg

de-week · google · tracking
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 at 15:57
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales

Google Executives Misled Staff in Meeting on China Censorship. Here Are 13 Questions They Must Answer.

censorship · china · de-week · google
Tue, 21 Aug 2018 at 13:59
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/17/internal-meeting-reveals-how-google-bosses-misled-staff-on-their-china-censorship-plan-here-are-the-questions-they-must-answer/

Google Needs To Come Clean About Its Chinese Plans

Eight years after Google initially took a stand against Internet censorship by exiting the Chinese search market, we are disappointed to learn the company has been secretly re-considering an extended collaboration with the massive censorship and surveillance-wielding state....
china · google
Thu, 16 Aug 2018 at 00:47
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/google-needs-come-clean-about-its-chinese-plans

How to Stop Google From Tracking Your Location | WIRED

A new report shows that Google still tracks your location even if you thought you opted out.
google · location
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 at 20:29
https://www.wired.com/story/google-location-tracking-turn-off

Google Censorship Plan Is “Not Right” and “Stupid,” Says Former Google Head of Free Expression

Lokman Tsui said a planned censored search engine will put Google in a weak position and alienate employees.
censorship · china · google
Sat, 11 Aug 2018 at 02:50
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/10/google-censorship-plan-is-not-right-and-stupid-says-former-google-head-of-free-expression/

Inside Google’s Effort to Develop a Censored Search Engine in China

The company sampled searches from a Beijing-based website to hone its blacklists.
china · google
Thu, 9 Aug 2018 at 08:58
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/08/google-censorship-china-blacklist/

Google Struggles to Contain Employee Uproar Over China Censorship Plans

After The Intercept revealed Google's censored search engine for China, employees are “upset and scared” as executives restrict information, sources said.
censorship · china · de-week · google
Fri, 3 Aug 2018 at 21:45
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/03/google-search-engine-china-censorship-backlash/

Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, Leaked Documents Reveal

censorship · china · de-week · google
Wed, 1 Aug 2018 at 12:41
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/01/google-china-search-engine-censorship/

Hatch to Google: I'm not dead, here's proof

google · masters-thesis · wikipedia
Wed, 25 Jul 2018 at 11:15
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/398511-hatch-to-google-im-not-dead-heres-proof

Between You, Me, and Google: Problems With Gmail's “Confidential Mode”

With Gmail’s new design rolled out to more and more users, many have had a chance to try out its new “Confidential Mode.” While many of its features sound promising, what “Confidential Mode” provides isn’t confidentiality. At best, the new mode might create expectations that it fails to...
email · google
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 at 19:07
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/07/between-you-me-and-google-problems-gmails-confidential-mode

Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the public domain | Ars Technica

google · software-patents
Wed, 11 Jul 2018 at 10:55
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/inventor-says-google-is-patenting-work-he-put-in-the-public-domain/

Ensuring your security and privacy within Gmail

Keeping your data secure is our top priority, so we want to provide you with details about our vetting process and user controls within Gmail.
de-week · email · google
Wed, 4 Jul 2018 at 18:45
https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/ensuring-your-security-and-privacy-within-gmail/

AI at Google: our principles

We’re announcing seven principles to guide our work in AI.
artificial-intelligence · ethics · google
Fri, 8 Jun 2018 at 20:15
https://blog.google/topics/ai/ai-principles/

Google’s got our kids | The Outline

Google has saturated classrooms with free software that teach kids, among other things, to trust companies like Google.
de-week · educational-technology · google
Sat, 19 May 2018 at 22:04
https://theoutline.com/post/4436/google-classroom-education-free-software-children-school-tech?zd=2&zi=ip3vmils

What Google isn't telling us about its AI demo - Axios

Were the calls edited?
artificial-intelligence · google
Sat, 19 May 2018 at 21:43
https://www.axios.com/google-ai-demo-questions-9a57afad-9854-41da-b6e2-5e55b619283e.html

Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct

google
Sat, 19 May 2018 at 21:41
https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393

A dozen Google employees quit over military drone project | Ars Technica

Googler: "The strongest possible statement I could take against this was to leave."
google
Wed, 16 May 2018 at 02:06
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/google-employees-resign-in-protest-of-googlepentagon-drone-program/

Tech’s Two Philosophies – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

apple · artificial-intelligence · de-week · facebook · google · microsoft
Thu, 10 May 2018 at 11:44
https://stratechery.com/2018/techs-two-philosophies/

Google AI Blog: Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real-World Tasks Over the Phone

Another benefit for users is that Duplex enables delegated communication with service providers in an asynchronous way
artificial-intelligence · de-week · google
Thu, 10 May 2018 at 11:32 *
https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html

Google touts 'digital wellbeing' tools to help users disengage from phones | Technology | The Guardian

attention · de-week · google
Wed, 9 May 2018 at 02:10
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/08/google-digital-wellbeing-tools-tech-addiction
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