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• 7 min
• Slate
• 2019

Discussion of Facebook’s massive collection of human faces and their potential impact on society.

• Data Privacy
• Civil Surveillance
• Biometrics
• Social Networks

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• 15 min
• The App Solutions

Overview of recommender systems, which are information filtering algorithms design to suggest content or products to a particular user.

• Data Privacy
• Technology Based Entertainment and Leisure
• Recommender Systems
• Data Mining

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• 5 min
• CNN
• 2010

Algorithms and machines can struggle with facial recognition, and need ideal source images to perform it consistently. However, its potential use in monitoring and identifying citizens is concerning.

• Civil Surveillance
• Limitations of Digital Technologies
• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning

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• 7 min
• Wall Street Journal
• 2019

Large firms in the United States are becoming far more resilient to cyber attacks, primarily through larger spending and higher prioritization of security. This is especially important as digital hacking escalates conflicts between global nations.

• Cyber Crime
• Global Impact of Technology
• Malware

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• 5 min
• ARS Technica
• 2019

Google records some audio and has language experts review it to improve language skills of the technology. However, this may raise privacy concerns as sometimes they record by accident when users aren’t trying to use the Google Assistant.

• Data Privacy
• Assistive Technologies
• Data Mining
• Internet of Things

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• 13 min
• Kinolab
• 2002

In the year 2054, the PreCrime police program is about to go national. At PreCrime, three clairvoyant humans known as “PreCogs” are able to forecast future murders by streaming audiovisual data which provides the surrounding details of the crime, including the names of the victims and perpetrators. Although there are no cameras, the implication is that anyone can be under constant surveillance by this program. Once the “algorithm” has gleaned enough data about the future crime, officers move out to stop the murder before it happens.

• Civil Surveillance
• Predictive Policing
• Machine Learning
• Biometrics
• Data Streaming