Digital Ethics

A researcher finds more than 460 models have the hidden software pre-installed.

A case of a mistaken counterfeit leaves woman without cash or the pre-WWII item

Has any other company had a more batshit year than Uber? In lieu of a traditional report card, I briefly considered just copying and pasting text from the Book of Revelation into this article....

Mark Zuckerberg's company is accused of intentionally 'sabotaging' its own Android app for hours at a time to see what users would do if it cut ties with Google.

Dopamine Labs aims to give any app the same addictive power that Facebook, Zynga and others have spent millions to perfect. Now, armed with $1 million in seed funding and some initial data that they’re experiments in mind control actually work, Dopamine Labs is spending money to boost its staff and sales and marketing efforts to bring more apps in on its brain science.

Leaked documents said to describe how the social network shares psychological insights on young people with advertisers

An adult webcam site claims to be the first ever to use facial recognition technology to help users find "sex doppelgängers" of people they know. Individuals can upload photographs of anyone's face...

The company confirmed a longtime conspiracy theory, angering even its most devout customers.

Adobe and Intel were also faced with court case in which lawyers sought $9bn over alleged collusion

Angry users assailed Slice Intelligence and its service Unroll.me, which scans email inboxes, after it was reported that Uber had used the company’s data.

Privacy advocates warn feds about surreptitious cross-device tracking.

Uber is taking down blog posts that show how it tracks users' one-night stands -- and the prevalence of prostitutes in your favorite pick-up location.

German request for data audit reveals the web giant 'accidentally' stored payload information from open networks

Sixteen-year-old Sarah* shoved the computer away. “I’m not doing this,” she said, shifting her disdain between the counselor and the online course in ...

At a launch party in Chicago, Uber allegedly treated guests to the whereabouts and movements of 30 "notable" Uber users in New York in real time without those users' permission.

Employee wellness firms and insurers are working with employers to mine data on the drugs employees use, how they shop, and even whether they vote, to predict their individual health needs and recommend treatments.

Leila has two identities, but Facebook is only supposed to know about one of them.