data privacy
People do care about privacy, but the sacrifices we make for privacy must come at a low enough cost that we will make them.
Fred Wilson • Do People Care About Privacy? - AVC
Even on a local scale, the more connected you are, the lonelier you feel. As Freya India wrote on After Babel:
Many of us don’t have friends anymore; we have followers. We don’t deeply care about each other’s lives; we consume them as content. We don’t have people we can be vulnerable with; we have people who view our Stories. It’s hard to tell if w... See more
Sherry Ning • Stop Looking At Each Other
Niantic’s data collection scale through Pokémon Go is immense, leveraging the game’s massive player base to gather an unprecedented amount of geospatial information. The company has processed over 30 billion images from players worldwide, creating a vast dataset that forms the foundation of their Large Geospatial Model (LGM). This extensive collec... See more
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A coleta de dados de geo-localização feita pela Niantic, desenvolvedora do Pokémon Go, é, para mim, um exemplo de como somos o produto (neste caso, nossa localização em tempo real em um dado instante é o produto), e de como a privacidade de dados e dos seres humanos parece estar relegada a um segundo plano aqui.
Reportagem da jornalista Amanda Rossi, para o UOL, falando sobre o uso de dados de CPF, pela Raia Drogasil, para montar históricos de consumo dos clientes e revender tais informações. Também sobre o fato do desconto com CPF ser falso.
“I don’t want Big Tech to sell my data.” “I don’t want employers to stalk me.” Not wanting to be watched is a valid reason to be anti-social media.
We often compare social media to Orwell’s surveillance state of 1984 , but here’s what’s different about our telescreens: our screens do not exist to monitor us, but for us to monitor others. There is n... See more
We often compare social media to Orwell’s surveillance state of 1984 , but here’s what’s different about our telescreens: our screens do not exist to monitor us, but for us to monitor others. There is n... See more
Sherry Ning • Stop Looking At Each Other
Niantic’s Large Geospatial Model (LGM) raises significant privacy concerns while also promising innovative applications. The extensive data collection from Pokémon Go players, including images and location information, has led to worries about potential misuse and unauthorized access to personal data. Critics argue that players may be unwittingly... See more
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A RaiaDrogasil diz que os clientes que dão o CPF autorizaram o uso das informações de saúde. Não sei você, mas eu só fiquei sabendo que vendem meu histórico para publicidade por esta reportagem. A política de privacidade da empresa não fala de monetizar os dados.
archive.ph • Leia a entrevista com Vitor Bertoncini, CEO da RD Ads, braço de anúncios da RaiaDrogasil
Niantic’s journey from a government-backed startup to a leading augmented reality company is marked by significant milestones. Founded as Keyhole Inc. in 2001 by John Hanke, who previously held a position in foreign affairs within the U.S. government, the company initially focused on geospatial data visualization. Keyhole received early funding f... See more
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On Niantic's CIA origins
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