Ten serious concerns about facial recognition technology
We desperately need a more prominent conversation on the technology’s impact on our rights and civil liberties. by Birgit
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BigTechtopia
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Smart Cities: Convenience at the expense of liberty
From sustainable living, reduced traffic, faster connectivity and stringent security among other appealing possibilities, the solutions that smart cities promise
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Facebook’s new messaging app auto-posts updates based on movement and location
A new messaging app created by Facebook throws into further question the tech company’s commitment to privacy due to a
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Explaining ‘Surveillance Capitalism’: You are the product
As our societies continue through this radical shift into a fully digitalized world, it is becoming more evident that the
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Critics of 5G are being censored by Big Tech
More and more concerned citizens are asking tough questions about the safety of 5G wireless networks, yet big tech companies
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What the big tech companies know about you
The idea that our data is being kept, stored and used by big tech companies went from a paranoid suspicion
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How Amazon and Silicon Valley seduced the Pentagon
Tech moguls like Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt have gotten unprecedented access to the Pentagon. And one whistleblower who raised
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Facebook’s Libra: It’s not the ‘crypto’ that’s the issue, it’s the organisation behind it
In all the hype that has surrounded its Libra currency, Facebook has been able to distract attention away from an
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What is BigTechtopia?
BigTechtopia is an independent project which seeks to provide an ongoing explanation of the systematic attempt from the upper echelons
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Libra: Four reasons to be extremely cautious about Facebook’s new currency
Facebook unveiled ‘Libra’ in 2019, a cryptocurrency that will enable users to make international payments over Messenger and other group
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