"Niantic, the company behind the extremely popular augmented reality mobile games Pokémon Go and Ingress, announced that it is using data collected by its millions of players to create an AI model that can navigate the physical world" (and power robots)
It should matter that one of Bluesky's investors is Alumni Ventures, which also funded Outlogic (formerly known as X-Mode Social) - basically a data broker that collected and sold location data by tracking various mobile apps (including dating, music, weather, and Muslim prayer apps.)
Among other controversies, Outlogic/X‑Mode had supplied location data to U.S. military contractors:
Thanks to everyone who supported with submissions, research and sourcing. Truly appreciate communities coming together to help build this resource.
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Next week, I'll be speaking about Surveillance Watch and grassroots movements resisting surveillance at the Color of Surveillance event in Georgetown Law.
This series aims to put racial and economic justice at the center of conversations about digital era surveillance:
"This life is utterly unbearable. I don’t have the energy to endure it anymore. I hope this war ends and I’ll be back home, even to the rubble of my home. I miss making three meals a day. I miss calm and peace. I hope we’ll restore the beautiful times, and this occupation will end. I dream of seeing and living in a free Palestine before I die."
"What we are seeing today is not only how advanced systems are created and tested in a tech-facilitated genocide but also new methods in the weaponization of everyday things."
"Pushing back on the normalization of techno-terror is important for the lives of millions of people in the Middle East, but also for everyone on the globe. If we are to contend with any work related to 'tech and society,' the boomerang must be grabbed and broken."
Thanks to Naomi Brockwell for this interview about Surveillance Watch. You can watch / listen to the full discussion here:
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"Technology is playing a central role in enabling the relentless mass slaughter and destruction unleashed in Gaza. From supplying the dystopian AI systems used to automate the killing and bombing, to facilitating the spread of state-sponsored disinformation and online incitement to violence and war crimes, Big Tech is deeply embroiled in this brutal war."
