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YOU BRITS MADE 'BLACK MIRROR,' REMEMBER?

British Cops Are Building An AI That Flags People For Crimes That Haven't Happened Yet

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Dubbed the National Data Analytics Solution (NDAS), the system pulls data from local and national police databases.

Be Warned: Customer Service Agents Can See What You're Typing in Real Time

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Next time you’re chatting with a customer service agent online, be warned that the person on the other side of your conversation might see what you’re typing in real time. A reader sent us the following transcript from a conversation he had with a mattress company after the agent responded to a message he hadn’t sent yet.

YOU MAY KNOW, BUT FACEBOOK KNOWS MORE

'People You May Know:' A Controversial Facebook Feature's 10-Year History

Gizmodo Internet Technology Surveillance Security Business Long Reads 8 Aug

Perhaps now, though, in its time of privacy reckoning, Facebook will reconsider the mandatory nature of this particular feature. It’s about time, because People You May Know has been getting on people’s nerves for over 10 years.

RAKING ZUCK'S MUCK

Facebook Wanted Us To Kill This Investigative Tool

Gizmodo Facebook Media Internet Security Surveillance 8 Aug

Last year, we launched an investigation into how Facebook's People You May Know tool makes its creepily accurate recommendations. By November, we had it mostly figured out: Facebook has nearly limitless access to all the phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, and social media handles most people on Earth have ever used.

PUTTING THE 'COP' IN 'COPTER'

Here Come The Drone Police

The Atlantic Surveillance Technology Criminal Justice 8 Jun

The Los Angeles County Sheriff has deployed a quadcopter drone for rescue and reconnaissance. But will the public accept that these aerial officers come in peace?