A Duty of Care for Social Media?
Expect the overnight creation of a rampant army of ambulance-chasing lawyers, carpet-bombing social media sites with adverts shouting “Have you been harmed by something online?! Get in touch! No win, no fee!”
GDPR – THIS IS JUST THE FIRST WAVE…
If desperation emails are their sole gameplan, then their future is going to get very bad indeed…
Facial Recognition and “ethnicity”
[This post was updated on 22nd May 2018 to include NtechLab’s response] Late on Friday I tweeted the following screenshot: When I came back after the weekend it had been retweeted 11,000 times, which is a new experience for me. The company concerned is the Russian firm Ntech. They’re very good at facial rec, by…
Google, Facebook, Me and ITV
Working with ethical hacker Glenn Wilkinson, we brought an audience of people face to face with their online data.
KICK THE FACEBOOK HABIT IN 5 STEPS
Here are my five tips for giving up a Facebook addiction: Uninstall the app This breaks the “see-button-hit-button” habit Also, there is one great reason to use the web-version of FB (see below) ALWAYS log out when you’re done This introduces a little speed-bump to your FB usage, but more importantly it allows you to……
WILL BITCOIN’S BUBBLE BURST?
As Bitcoin’s value surged well past $10,000 per coin, the media’s default description is “bubble” (usually shortly followed by “burst”) I’m not saying some kind of crash won’t happen, but here are three reasons for a counter-narrative: The software behind Bitcoin includes an automated cap on the total number of coins that can ever be…
YOUTUBE AND CHILD GROOMING
A Channel 4 News investigation reveals how adults have used YouTube to message young children and groom them into making inappropriate videos on-demand. Adults have used YouTube to message young children and groom them into making inappropriate videos on-demand, a Channel 4 News investigation can reveal. Once uploaded, the children’s videos receive comments requesting more…
CRACKING DOWN ON BITCOIN?
As long as the “Royal Mint” of Bitcoin money supply is outside regulators’ hands, it’s hard to see how any crackdown can really threaten the currency’s underground user base.
IMMIGRATION ADVICE FOR MEGHAN MARKLE
I’m a tech journalist, not an immigration expert. But having been through a bit of this I thought I’d just run through what Ms Markle needs to know about applying for visas, etc. Presumably when you’ve come to the UK in the past you’ve used either a work or a tourist visa. Now you’re coming…
CRASHING A “DRIVERLESS” CAR
After yesterday’s post I got thinking more about our “driverless” future (ironically, while on a long drive in my 16-year-old Nissan). Truth is, there is no “driverless” future: there’s still a driver, we just have to think differently about who it is. Imagine a future scenario: I get into the car, type a postcode into…
Geoff White 