"Google and YouTube permit and report on behavioral ad targeting on 'made-for-kids' videos, even though neither should be possible under COPPA."

🌐 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/youtube-may-face-billions-in-fines-if-ftc-confirms-child-privacy-violations

#Google #YouTube #FTC #Privacy #COPPA #technology #BigTech #BadTech

Sainsbury's in Truro has been working hard on adding pocket dimensions to its ground level parking. I really would like to know how they do it 🤔

(Seriously though, if you know what likely software vs sensor vs configuration error that's going on here, please give me your theory in the replies. This has been going on for months but the photo is from today.)

#Cornwall #Truro #BadTech #SoftwareError

❓ Stuck in a doom loop with your bank’s chatbot?

"Deficient chatbots that prevent access to live, human support can lead to law violations, diminished service, and other harms. The shift [...] toward algorithmic banking will have a number of long-term implications [...]"

🌐https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/chatbots-in-consumer-finance/chatbots-in-consumer-finance/

#Consumers #Banking #Technology #Chatbots #Bots #CFPB #BadTech @law

Just had a scene id like to see in a techno-thriller mystery in my head where the head investigator tells the computer guy to enhance and image of someone reading a document so many times that they get a clue analyzing the ink composition of the document text.

#BadTech #Jokes #Enhance!

@TechDesk can only be used indoors/lower light, your palm is a crappy, wrinkly place to read anything.
Most of what people do on a phone is consume content/SM. So it’s not possible for this to replace a phone. #llm #badtech

Super leery of for-profit companies making biometric use cases primary and making them appear mandatory. You can opt out of biometric boarding, but they already have your data. Ugh! Why aren’t people upset about this overreach by tech?!? Why aren’t we regulating this?

#Biometrics #Jetblue #BadTech #privacy #bigtech

While we're on the topic of complaining about tech that our Uni spends BIG bucks on and that is terrible and should never have been purchased:

* 'edge learning' (see prev)
* 'trellis' (SalesForce, a fascist company with terrible but very expensive products)
* 'taskstream' (basic forms and routing under the world's stupidest covers)
* 'voicethread' (has never been accessible)
* whoever the f** built 'edisclosure' & 'eIRB' (wow, awfull)

1/x

#badTech #academicChatter

Melancholy day in spite of the sun shining. I think a nap is on the schedule for today (as well as a massage). The new laptop work sent me still doesn't work correctly. You would think that a tech company could figure out how to provision hardware for their own employees, eh? #mh2023 #depression #badtech

Tatum Hunter: It’s 2023, and #tech is still pushing unsafe products

"The U-Scan urine sensor from health-care company Withings made a 'Worst in Show' list…" It could actually get a woman sent to prison if she has a medication #abortion.

#badtech #toilet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/08/ces-worst-products-safety-privacy

Just say no to secret corporate surveillance.

#surveillancecamera
#badtech

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/razers-400-soundbar-has-a-creepy-camera-to-help-emit-surround-sound/

🏦 #EpicGames fined US$520,000,000.00 for collecting personal data from children without parental consent; exposing children and teenagers to bullying, threats, harassment, and trauma; and tricking people into buying credits through #darkPatterns.

#BigTech #BadTech #SurveillanceCapitalism

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/fortnite-maker-epic-games-fined-520-million-accusations-exposed-child-rcna62369

Study says your thumb travels two marathons a year scrolling #socialmedia #smartphoneuse #badtech

https://newstarget.com/2021-09-27-thumb-travels-two-marathons-scrolling.html