algorithmic disobedience

freeing your fitness from yourself. @tegabrain & @suryamattu

[Rachel Thomas @math_rachel]

@datasociety The inaccuracy of Fitbits & other heart rate trackers on people with dark skin is particularly concerning given that Fitbits are currently being used in over 300 clinical medical research trials, most of which do not take skin tone into account.

https://t.co/mYIBtaPKHA

[algorithmic disobedience @unfitbits]

Ugh.. it’s still going :(

[Techmeme @Techmeme]

John Hancock, one of the largest life insurers in the US, will now only sell policies that track fitness and health data via wearable devices and smartphones (@suzannebarlyn / Reuters)

https://t.co/5N9KWXyuOz
https://t.co/SB33xX7Mce

[algorithmic disobedience @unfitbits]

Called it
https://t.co/SNC8msMqQL

[Kate Crawford @katecrawford]

Stunning: new rigorous evidence shows that wellness programs have NO significant impact. Apart from this: they massively increase the surveillance of workers, which we show here. @iajunwa @Lawgeek https://t.co/GKIXIFGQlw

[chris xu @xuhulk]

Reminded of @tegabrain & @suryamattu 's Unfit Bits project. https://t.co/Qga0fHrZLP

[algorithmic disobedience @unfitbits]

Audit Facebook’s People You May Know algorithm... Congrats @suryamattu & @kashhill on some important algorithmic disobedience. https://t.co/hcFnb0uLPN

[Surya Mattu @suryamattu]

Want to know who Facebook thinks you know? We built a tool to help you do that
https://t.co/d2e3PgWTpr

[algorithmic disobedience @unfitbits]

opt-out (of the present regime) https://t.co/dndprUB6qV

[Ayesha A. Siddiqi @AyeshaASiddiqi]

You all keep coming to a gun fight with infographics

[algorithmic disobedience @unfitbits]

obfuscate. https://t.co/Pw9o0usPyj

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

I’m hiring a postdoc to work with me on social implications of AI. Technical/CS background (especially within the ML cluster) plus serious interest or degree in social sciences and/or industry experience. Posting coming soon.

[algorithmic disobedience @unfitbits]

hide https://t.co/1T3ZswTcLH

[Robert Graham @robertgraham]

I gave a made-up name to Uber when I signed up. I think the most important security precaution is to lie to computers compulsively. https://t.co/L33EqaYpPS

[algorithmic disobedience @unfitbits]

Algorithmic disobedience workshop at the Glassroom, London w/ @Info_Activism https://t.co/S3mSj4oh4x

[Anna Bacciarelli @a_bacci]

Some techniques to disrupt the algorithms from @suryamattu at @Info_Activism’s #GlassRoom

[Tactical Tech @Info_Activism]

#GlassRoom #London stats: 9 days so far, 9000 visitors, 36 bookedout talks, workshop& film screenings / next 9 days https://t.co/2esh9uDce7

[Tactical Tech @Info_Activism]

9 more days in #London #GlassRoom come to see Unfit Bits
Tega Brain Surya Mattu @unfitbits @tegabrain / @suryamattu https://t.co/jqjS948Sg0

[Gabriella "Biella" Coleman @BiellaColeman]

Comforting read of the week: sabotaging machine learning is possible, one pixel at a time: https://t.co/L1inOuk8rl

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

Business model is slicing us as accurately as possible into small pieces, harvesting our attention. TV wants to but can’t do it like this. https://t.co/VNR3wHQcPU