Reporter at @sherwood_news. Previously @themarkup, @WSJ. Bluesky: https://nitter.cf/t.co/TT5IwZt6DA Signal: jonkeegan.73
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Sad to do this, but I am going to be freezing (not locking) this account, and don't plan on posting to it going forward. Please follow me on Threads: threads.net/@jonkeeganstorie…… or Mastodon: mastodon.social/@jonkeegan or subscribe to my newsletter: beautifulpublicdata.com 👋🏻
Hi @Blkturtle7M I’m a reporter for @sherwood_news and I’d like to speak with you. Can you DM or email me? [email protected]
Big “moving van is packed” vibes over here as I go through the house one last time to pick up some clothes hangers, empty Ikea bags and a nail clipper. 🧵threads.net/@jonkeeganstorie…
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This is a bonafide scandal. On the legal level, it means the Court decided a case that wasn't a real case or controversy as Art III requires. On the political level, it
Man cited in Supreme Court LGBTQ rights case says he was never involved washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Just going to drop in here regularly and remind you all to get the hell over to Mastodon it’s lovely. mastodon.social/@jonkeegan
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I spent several weeks going through software docs to understand how retailers, restaurants and hotels can utilize digital technology to monitor, rate and rank service workers and submit them to rigid algorithmic micromanagement.
Here's my 30-page report:
nitter.cf/WolfieChristl/status/1…
NEW by me: "Monitoring Work and Automating Task Allocation in Retail and Hospitality"
A case study on software systems and technologies for worker surveillance, performance monitoring and algorithmic management in retail stores, restaurants and hotels: crackedlabs.org/en/data-work…
Excellent research by @v0max (et al) auditing app data collection and CPPA data requests to see what companies were collecting what they said they were.
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Excited to share my first contribution to the print edition of MIT @techreview (which you may have seen on my newsletter @BeautPublicData): A look at the forgotten history of highway photologs
Decades before Google Street View, state government vans were photographing each mile of roadway, capturing a rich visual history of America’s roads and highways. trib.al/QSl81b7
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When an online ad loads, it's holding a lightning-fast auction for advertisers to bid for your attention. With @ghongsdusit and @jonkeegan:
themarkup.org/privacy/2023/0…
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We’re in the ‘Kroger-is-now-referencing-A.I.-on-earnings-calls’ part of the cycle.
(via Wells) $KR
I was on Australia’s ABC @RadioNational Breakfast show this morning talking about our Xandr audience segments story form last week (sorry my audio was a lil blown out 🎤💥)
abc.net.au/radionational/pro…
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Follow-up thread with additional details about what the segment file from Xandr/Microsoft (reported here: themarkup.org/privacy/2023/0…) reveals about how hundreds of data brokers trade personal data on billions of people at a global level.
Previous thread:
nitter.cf/WolfieChristl/status/1…
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Here's the description of Skydeo's people-who-suffer-from-anxiety segment. The data comes from Epsilon, a data broker owned by French Publicis group. While other health segments are based on claim/prescription data, this one appears to be based on survey data and modelling magic.
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NEW: The NHTSA has told car manufacturers to ignore an overwhelmingly popular Massachusetts law that ensures the right to repair your car. The decision to pre-empt state law puts the future of car repair in serious jeopardy:
vice.com/en/article/m7bbkv/b…
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If you work for an organization that deals with mental health or other sensitive areas, you shouldn’t wait for watch dogs to find out that you’re tracking users.
Audit your org’s site by following the steps in this guide:
themarkup.org/levelup/2023/0…
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so many things to love abt this piece, but my personal fave is how it inadvertently discloses the walmart brand's hatred for witches. incredible
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Send me your audience segment data!Signal: 646-355-8306
ID-based third-party segments for ad targeting are problematic, even more if they contain questionable data.
You work in adtech and have access to full segment lists from Google, Adobe, TTD, Adform or others?
Use a non-work device & contact @jonkeegan:
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