What is the Digital Tattoo project?
We are a students-as-partners project creating cross-institutional resources and communities to explore digital identity. Learn More.
The Surveillance Economy: How Amazon Uses Your Alexa Data to Drive Profits
The Surveillance Economy: How Amazon Uses Your Alexa Data to Drive Profits Guest Post by Jill Pineau Voice AI assistants collect massive amounts of highly personal user data. Of the corporations that sell these devices – including Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon – Amazon’s data harvesting is arguably the most concerning, as the company itself […] Read More
The Rise of the Digital Worker: How Digital Labour Platforms are Changing the Future of Work
The Rise of the Digital Worker: How Digital Labour Platforms are Changing the Future of Work Guest Post by Olenna Hardie Imagine you’re browsing the internet, looking for a job, and an ad catches your eye: Be your own boss! Choose your hours! Work from anywhere! You click through and end up on a site […] Read More
Green Hosting: One Small Step Towards a Sustainable Future
Green Hosting: One Small Step Towards a Sustainable Future Guest Post by Nora Varga The Internet as a Polluter Did you know that the internet is a major polluter? According to the Web Neutral Project, the internet produces about 2% of global CO2 emissions annually – the same amount as the aviation industry. And if […] Read More
Don’t Fall Down the Rabbit Hole: The Importance of YouTube Privacy
Don’t Fall Down the Rabbit Hole: The Importance of YouTube Privacy Guest Post by Ying Chen In 2019, Digital Tattoo covered a news story on how YouTube updated its algorithm to make extremist content harder to find after growing criticism that the platform was leading its users towards misleading content, conspiracy theories and radical thought […] Read More
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