Emerson Malone

Copy Editor

Emerson Malone is a copy editor and writer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Northern California, he studied journalism at the University of Oregon. Before The Markup, he worked at BuzzFeed News.

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LevelUp

Without a Trace: How to Keep Your Phone Off the Grid

We answer the questions readers asked in response to our guide to anonymizing your phone

December 13, 2023 08:00 ET

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Privacy

Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching

Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching

December 12, 2023 08:00 ET

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How Certain Algorithms to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

18th-century German forest management explains why government websites make you want to pull your hair out

December 7, 2023 08:00 ET

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Machine Learning

He Wanted Privacy. His College Gave Him None

A Markup examination of a typical college shows how students are subject to a vast and growing array of watchful tech, including homework trackers, test-taking software, and even license plate readers

November 30, 2023 08:00 ET

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