Private sector races to build virus apps to track employees 1984, app, data, dystopia, ethic, human guinea pig, privacy, surveillance https://www.ft.com/content/caeb250b-8d8b-4eaa-969c-62a8b58464aa
There’s an app for that: Coronavirus apps 1984, app, bias, human guinea pig, marketing, privacy, psychology https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3675/theres-app-coronavirus-apps
Thousands of Android apps contain undocumented backdoors, study finds android, app, ethic, fail, piracy, privacy, surveillance Thousands of Android apps contain undocumented backdoors, study finds
Coronavirus Reality Check: Yes, U.S. And Europe Will Track Our Phone Location Data—Get Used To It 1984, app, Covid, privacy, surveillance, technology https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/03/19/coronavirus-reality-check-yes-us-and-eu-governments-will-track-our-phones-get-used-to-it/#5a61efcb1274
Tinder is letting everyone swipe around the world for free to find quarantine buddies app, Covid, marketing https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21188029/tinder-passport-subscription-free-covid-19-coronavirus-quarantine?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=facebook&utm_campaign=theverge.socialflow
British Army adopts WhatsApp for formal orders as coronavirus isolation kicks in 1984, app, Covid, dystopia, wtf https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/18/army_adopts_whatsapp_orders_coronavirus/
surveillance firm banjo used a secret company and fake apps to scrape social media 1984, app, data, dystopia, ethic, know, privacy https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bgky/banjo-ai-used-secret-company-and-fake-apps-to-scrape-facebook-twitter
spying concerns raised over iran’s official COVID-19 detection app 1984, app, censorship, dystopia, ethic, hopelessness, know, medical, privacy, surveillance, technology https://www.zdnet.com/article/spying-concerns-raised-over-irans-official-covid-19-detection-app/
teens have figured out how to mess with instagram’s tracking algorithm 1984, app, control, hack, hope, know, privacy, Protect, surveillance https://www.cnet.com/news/teens-have-figured-out-how-to-mess-with-instagrams-tracking-algorithm/