Linked: Political groups use “deeply spooky” protester location data, report finds
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Linked: Political groups use “deeply spooky” protester location data, report finds

Gone to a protest lately? Seen a lot of advertising about voting, or BLM, or related subjects since then? That’s no coincidence. “Jason Berlin, founder of a voter-registration group called Field Team 6, told the WSJ that such location-based tactics are “deeply spooky yet extremely helpful.” Field Team 6 uses Facebook to deliver targeted advertising…

Linked: Covid-19 pandemic could change the face of data privacy

Linked: Covid-19 pandemic could change the face of data privacy

There are no easy answers here. If I had the virus and Apple could dip into the location history of my phone and see who I may have come into contact with, and get to those people for early diagnosis, I might want them to do that, right? “According to published reports, the US government…

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