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Thermostats, Locks and Lights : Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/technology/smart-home-devices-domestic-abuse.html

The people who called into the help hotlines and domestic violence shelters said they felt as if they were going crazy. One woman had turned on her air-conditioner, but said it then switched off without her touching it. Another said the code numbers of the digital lock at her front door changed every day and she could not figure out why. Still another told an abuse help line that she kept hearing the doorbell ring, but no one was there. Their stories are part of a new pattern of behavior (...)

#domotique #thermostat #domination #viol #harcèlement

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Microsoft Employees Protest Work With ICE, as Tech Industry Mobilizes Over Immigration
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/technology/tech-companies-immigration-border.html

In an open letter posted to Microsoft’s internal message board on Tuesday, more than 100 employees protested the software maker’s work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and asked the company to stop working with the agency, which has been separating migrant parents and their children at the border with Mexico. “We believe that Microsoft must take an ethical stand, and put children and families above profits,” said the letter, which was addressed to the chief executive, Satya Nadella. (...)

#ICE #algorithme #Azure #migration #surveillance

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