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Éamonn

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Managing engineering team enhancing user-facing #privacy, fairness, and #AI compliance at #Google Search Opinions here are strictly my own — I’m not speaking for Google Formerly Bell Labs, HP Labs, and various startups Have worked on chip design software, Internet collaboration software, IoT, computational aesthetics, search engine UI, and privacy #EU citizen, from #Ireland Have lived in Dublin, London, Princeton, San Francisco, and Calistoga https://eamonn.org

eobrain 1 year ago

"when surveillance of abortion and reproductive health clinics could rise…companies providing monitoring tools to the government are prepared to use healthcare information to track down targets"

404 Media

Location Data Firm Offers to Help Cops Track Targets via Doctor Visits

Fog Data Science is a location tracking company that takes data harvested from smartphones and makes it accessible to cops. A document obtained by ...

eobrain 1 year ago

I have to say the Openvibe app is a great way to follow breaking news I'm using it to get a single unified feed of my Bluesky and Mastodon accounts (The feed also includes my Threads and Nostr accounts, but those are not much good for news)

eobrain 1 year ago

For location privacy, this action by the FTC in the final weeks of the current administration could be important It might at least slow down the surveillance capabilities of the next administration

404 Media

FTC Bans Location Data Company That Powers the Surveillance Ecosystem

Venntel is a primary provider of location data to the government or other companies that sell to U.S. agencies. The FTC is banning Venntel from sel...

eobrain 1 year ago

I may have found my book bucket list

Bert Hubert's writings

Totemic Books for Many Fields - Bert Hubert's writings

Here I collect for various (scientific) fields the absolutely most important books. Totemic Tomes if you will. Books you can’t miss. Books th...

eobrain 1 year ago

Reading Harari's latest Like his earlier book Sapiens, it's a tour de force of clear writing that makes you think about things in a different way Sapiens was mostly a fascinating academic mind fuck But Nexus is extremely relevant to our current crises

Google Search

eobrain 1 year ago

In a few short years, we have become used to the fact that computers can pass the Turing test, be indistinguishable from humans Makes you wonder… are they really that smart, or are we just so predictable that we can be emulated by a fancy autocomplete? What does that say about us?

eobrain 1 year ago

Leaving SFO on flight to Dublin Looking forward to a week in my home town

eobrain 1 year ago

Lots of good advice in this article E.g., learn how to quickly disable biometrics (fingerprint or face-detecting login) For Android, long-press on power and click on "Lockdown" on the next screen

WIRED

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surve...

eobrain 1 year ago

Be careful It has always been the case that any of your personal data stored by any tech company could be demanded by American government officials using various types of subpoenas and warrants For some people, that will soon become much more of a real threat

eobrain 1 year ago

Facts, truth, science, journalism They all matter more than ever

404 Media

Why the Work Still Matters

When Donald Trump won in 2016, we weren't sure if good journalism mattered anymore. Now, we're more sure than ever it does.

eobrain 1 year ago

Trying out Openvibe Still a few kinks to work out, but it is pretty cool to have a unified feed for Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, and Threads

Openvibe — Town Square for Open Social Media

Interact With Anyone On The Open Internet. All Decentralised Social Networks, Single Timeline.

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