Understanding the Power Behind Modern Data

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BeReal’s Authenticity Trap: How the Anti-Instagram App Perfected Location Surveillance

BeReal positions itself as Instagram's ethical opposite—a social app that rejects filters, feeds, and algorithmic…

How Midjourney Builds Psychological Profiles from Your Creative Prompts

Midjourney users believe they're simply generating images. Type a prompt, hit enter, watch AI render…

The Hidden Surveillance in Apple’s Vision Pro Spatial Computing

Apple's Vision Pro eye-tracking system represents the most intimate behavioral surveillance infrastructure ever deployed at consumer scale. The headset tracks not just what you look at, but the precise duration…

How AI Resume Screeners Build Discrimination into Hiring

LinkedIn's recruitment AI screens 300 million resumes annually, ranking candidates through algorithms that measure "culture fit," "coachability," and "leadership potential"—metrics…

Google’s Gemini Memory Feature: The Industrial Consolidation of Cambridge Analytica’s Playbook

Google announced a new "Memory" feature for Gemini that stores user preferences, personal facts, and interaction patterns across Gmail, YouTube,…

Britain’s Post-Brexit Privacy Collapse: How the UK Abandoned Cambridge Analytica’s Lessons

The UK's decision to weaken GDPR compliance post-Brexit represents something more dangerous than regulatory rollback—it's institutional amnesia about what behavioral…

The FTC’s $5 Billion Facebook Settlement: Why Zuckerberg’s Punishment Actually Validated Cambridge Analytica’s Business Model

The Federal Trade Commission's 2019 settlement with Facebook—a record $5 billion fine—was presented as historic accountability. In reality, it was…