elma hajric
@elmahajric.bsky.social
Ph.D. in Critical Data Studies/STS
(job searching, please send opportunities!)
https://www.elmahajric.com/
(job searching, please send opportunities!)
https://www.elmahajric.com/
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elma hajric
@elmahajric.bsky.social
· Jan 25
Elma Hajric, Ph.D., MSTP - About
About
Elma Hajric holds a Ph.D. in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology from Arizona State University. She was named an Outstanding Graduate Student Spring 2024 and received this este...
www.elmahajric.com
Hi, I'm Elma, new here--I research in Critical Data Studies/STS and engage with feminist technoscience, surveillance studies, and smart urbanism/emerging tech. Currently job searching, feel free to share opportunities that might be of interest. More about me/my work here: www.elmahajric.com/about
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Workers “have complained that they have gotten messages from HR about data they didn’t even know was being collected, and they are being evaluated by algorithmic models they don’t understand.”
www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/24/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/24/1...
Your boss is watching
Monitoring technology is increasing the power imbalance between companies and workers. Protections lag far behind.
www.technologyreview.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Workers “have complained that they have gotten messages from HR about data they didn’t even know was being collected, and they are being evaluated by algorithmic models they don’t understand.”
www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/24/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/24/1...
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“AI analyzes the photos to see if drivers are looking at their phones or not wearing seat belts; it then assigns a confidence level” of a violation.
“If the AI flags an image, an alert pops up on an officer's computer screen,” who can either mail a ticket or pull the driver over.
“If the AI flags an image, an alert pops up on an officer's computer screen,” who can either mail a ticket or pull the driver over.
Texting while driving? AI traffic cameras are watching you in these 5 states
After successful trials in Europe, 'Heads Up' cameras are coming to more places in the US. Here's how they work.
www.zdnet.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“AI analyzes the photos to see if drivers are looking at their phones or not wearing seat belts; it then assigns a confidence level” of a violation.
“If the AI flags an image, an alert pops up on an officer's computer screen,” who can either mail a ticket or pull the driver over.
“If the AI flags an image, an alert pops up on an officer's computer screen,” who can either mail a ticket or pull the driver over.
as I've learned through research, those who design technologies rarely think the consequences will ever affect them (if they even think of the implications at all).
AI being used for protest was definitely a predictable thing.
In what might be the perfect 404 Media story of AI, politics, hacking, and feet: AI video of Trump sucking Musk's toes was blasted on government office TVs today www.404media.co/ai-video-of-...
February 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
as I've learned through research, those who design technologies rarely think the consequences will ever affect them (if they even think of the implications at all).
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They’re coming for every last second of your attention.
February 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
They’re coming for every last second of your attention.
Duo gets taken over by AI next, of course.
Duo was fatally hit by a Tesla Cybertruck, the language-learning company announced this week. The snarky owl has been the face of Duolingo for over a decade. Why his sudden demise, and what's next?
Duolingo's owl mascot is a social media sensation. So why did they kill him off?
Duo was fatally hit by a Tesla Cybertruck, the language-learning company announced this week. The snarky owl has been the face of Duolingo for over a decade. Why his sudden demise, and what's next?
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Duo gets taken over by AI next, of course.
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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
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“The company has defended its decision, saying in a statement it ‘regularly puts protections on places during times when we anticipate an uptick of contributions that are off-topic or unrelated to someone's direct experience with the place.’”
Google Maps blocks Gulf of America reviews after rename criticism
It controversially updated the Gulf's name for US users after President Trump ordered it to be changed.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“The company has defended its decision, saying in a statement it ‘regularly puts protections on places during times when we anticipate an uptick of contributions that are off-topic or unrelated to someone's direct experience with the place.’”
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“Amazon tracked users’ location data without their consent, using it for targeted advertising and other means of enriching its business, according to a complaint filed by an Amazon app user”
news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
Amazon Sued in First 'My Health, My Data' Privacy Dispute (2)
Amazon.com Inc. was accused of violating federal wiretap and Washington state privacy laws by harvesting location data of tens of millions of unsuspecting Americans by licensing its software developme...
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Amazon tracked users’ location data without their consent, using it for targeted advertising and other means of enriching its business, according to a complaint filed by an Amazon app user”
news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
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Chinese hackers Salt Typhoon continue to exploit access to telcos & universities world-wide via vulnerabilities in Cisco routers
"The intrusions ... in some cases exploited the wiretap mechanisms built into telecoms for law enforcement use"
👮🏼♀️🐆
www.wired.com/story/chinas...
"The intrusions ... in some cases exploited the wiretap mechanisms built into telecoms for law enforcement use"
👮🏼♀️🐆
www.wired.com/story/chinas...
China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Chinese hackers Salt Typhoon continue to exploit access to telcos & universities world-wide via vulnerabilities in Cisco routers
"The intrusions ... in some cases exploited the wiretap mechanisms built into telecoms for law enforcement use"
👮🏼♀️🐆
www.wired.com/story/chinas...
"The intrusions ... in some cases exploited the wiretap mechanisms built into telecoms for law enforcement use"
👮🏼♀️🐆
www.wired.com/story/chinas...
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Tech you can use:
- Duck Duck Go (browser)
- Proton Mail (email)
- Proton Drive (documents)
- Signal (messenger)
Consider donating/subscribing when relevant.
- Duck Duck Go (browser)
- Proton Mail (email)
- Proton Drive (documents)
- Signal (messenger)
Consider donating/subscribing when relevant.
February 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Tech you can use:
- Duck Duck Go (browser)
- Proton Mail (email)
- Proton Drive (documents)
- Signal (messenger)
Consider donating/subscribing when relevant.
- Duck Duck Go (browser)
- Proton Mail (email)
- Proton Drive (documents)
- Signal (messenger)
Consider donating/subscribing when relevant.
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In Toledo, “living in subsidized housing now means being watched outside your home day and night by an officer you can’t see or speak to, thanks to the city’s contract with Fusus, a company whose controversial technology enables cops to access live streams from private camera networks”
‘Clearly Discrimination’: How a City Uses Fusus to Spy on Its Poorest Residents
Fusus’s technology allows police to tap into live feeds from public and privately owned surveillance cameras. In Toledo, Ohio, cops use the power to watch one particular type of location.
gizmodo.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In Toledo, “living in subsidized housing now means being watched outside your home day and night by an officer you can’t see or speak to, thanks to the city’s contract with Fusus, a company whose controversial technology enables cops to access live streams from private camera networks”
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Trump’s push for ‘efficiency’ may destroy the EPA. What does that mean for you?
Current and former EPA staff say millions of Americans could lose access to clean air and water.
grist.org/regulation/d...
#EPA #Trump #Water #Air #Climate
Current and former EPA staff say millions of Americans could lose access to clean air and water.
grist.org/regulation/d...
#EPA #Trump #Water #Air #Climate
Trump’s push for ‘efficiency’ may destroy the EPA. What does that mean for you?
Current and former EPA staff say millions of Americans could lose access to clean air and water.
grist.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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We also assembled a list of detailed questions that you can ask your city government or police department if they are currently using this technology, or if they are planning to use it in the future. accelerator.carnegiecouncil.org/data-fusion/...
Data Fusion Question Set | Carnegie Ethics Accelerator
If a law enforcement agency has acquired or is in the process of acquiring data fusion technology, here are questions that you can ask them.
accelerator.carnegiecouncil.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We also assembled a list of detailed questions that you can ask your city government or police department if they are currently using this technology, or if they are planning to use it in the future. accelerator.carnegiecouncil.org/data-fusion/...
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"Of all of the fed govt's depts, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is perhaps the most straightforwardly helpful to the public. It tries... to stop ppl from getting ripped off... So naturally it is being dismantled, as a favor to the very sort of ppl who were the sbjcts of its enforcement."
Revolution Town
Faceless vandals take a beleaguered city.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Of all of the fed govt's depts, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is perhaps the most straightforwardly helpful to the public. It tries... to stop ppl from getting ripped off... So naturally it is being dismantled, as a favor to the very sort of ppl who were the sbjcts of its enforcement."
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“What’s happening at federal government agencies is, among other things, a stark portrait of why power seeks to automate — and why, in enterprise AI, it has found an ideal vessel for corporate and administrative automation,” @bcmerchant.bsky.social writes. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/government...
Government by Grok
How and why Elon Musk is trying to automate the federal government
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“What’s happening at federal government agencies is, among other things, a stark portrait of why power seeks to automate — and why, in enterprise AI, it has found an ideal vessel for corporate and administrative automation,” @bcmerchant.bsky.social writes. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/government...
black mirror was not supposed to be an instruction manual.
The “company, You, Only Virtual is part of a growing worldwide 'grief tech' industry harnessing AI to attempt to replace what has naturally departed.”
www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...
www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...
Back from the dead: could AI end grief? – video
Tech entrepreneur Justin Harrison is on a mission to fundamentally change how we experience loss, using artificial intelligence to recreate the essence of dead loved ones from their digital footprint....
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
black mirror was not supposed to be an instruction manual.
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So I found the answer to HOW MUCH THE CSU IS PAYING for "AI tools" "at no cost to students or faculty" to be an "AI powered university." @cfaunited.bsky.social: help!
🚨$16.9 million
In the middle of a "budget crisis" where the CSU is doing layoffs pleading poverty!
edsource.org/2025/cal-sta...
🚨$16.9 million
In the middle of a "budget crisis" where the CSU is doing layoffs pleading poverty!
edsource.org/2025/cal-sta...
February 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So I found the answer to HOW MUCH THE CSU IS PAYING for "AI tools" "at no cost to students or faculty" to be an "AI powered university." @cfaunited.bsky.social: help!
🚨$16.9 million
In the middle of a "budget crisis" where the CSU is doing layoffs pleading poverty!
edsource.org/2025/cal-sta...
🚨$16.9 million
In the middle of a "budget crisis" where the CSU is doing layoffs pleading poverty!
edsource.org/2025/cal-sta...
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"The pretense that 'they see' and really know is a fantasy of positivism perfected: everything is on the surface and is perfectly decodable and translatable. There are no hidden meanings to worry about, as machine vision will make everything transparent."
robhorning.substack.com/p/their-emot...
robhorning.substack.com/p/their-emot...
Their emotions are a carefully constructed facade
Earlier this week, Taylor Lorenz shared a link to a site called They See Your Photos, run by a company obliquely promoting an encrypted image-hosting app.
robhorning.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"The pretense that 'they see' and really know is a fantasy of positivism perfected: everything is on the surface and is perfectly decodable and translatable. There are no hidden meanings to worry about, as machine vision will make everything transparent."
robhorning.substack.com/p/their-emot...
robhorning.substack.com/p/their-emot...
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Cyberpunke dystopia was a cautionarye tale not a businesse planne
February 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Cyberpunke dystopia was a cautionarye tale not a businesse planne
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🚨 New from CDT’s Elizabeth Laird, Kristin Woelfel, & Quinn Anex-Ries: Two lawsuits filed in the last few days raise serious concerns that the Trump Administration & Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are violating long-standing privacy protections. cdt.org/insights/two...
Two Lawsuits Raise Critical Questions About Whether Privacy Rights Have Been Violated by DOGE Members
In the last 24 hours, two lawsuits have been filed that raise serious concerns about whether the Trump Administration is violating critical, long-standing legal privacy protections as members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team gain unprecedented access to government systems. On Monday, the Alliance for Retired Americans, the American Federation of Government […]
cdt.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🚨 New from CDT’s Elizabeth Laird, Kristin Woelfel, & Quinn Anex-Ries: Two lawsuits filed in the last few days raise serious concerns that the Trump Administration & Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are violating long-standing privacy protections. cdt.org/insights/two...
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“The police department seeks to launch a ‘drones as a first response program’ that department leaders say would improve response times and provide important information to officers before they arrive at scenes.”
Syracuse seeks public input on police plan to use drones as first responders
Technology surveillance group is reviewing program that would expand how cops use drones in city
www.syracuse.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
“The police department seeks to launch a ‘drones as a first response program’ that department leaders say would improve response times and provide important information to officers before they arrive at scenes.”
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U.S. Senator Josh Hawley proposes jail Time for people who download DeepSeek
🔗 www.404media.co/senator-hawl...
🔗 www.404media.co/senator-hawl...
February 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley proposes jail Time for people who download DeepSeek
🔗 www.404media.co/senator-hawl...
🔗 www.404media.co/senator-hawl...
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This!
And if folks are interested in thinking about what GenAI refusal looks like given *waves hand at everything surrounding us,* we curated a set of resources you might find useful.
And if folks are interested in thinking about what GenAI refusal looks like given *waves hand at everything surrounding us,* we curated a set of resources you might find useful.
February 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This!
And if folks are interested in thinking about what GenAI refusal looks like given *waves hand at everything surrounding us,* we curated a set of resources you might find useful.
And if folks are interested in thinking about what GenAI refusal looks like given *waves hand at everything surrounding us,* we curated a set of resources you might find useful.