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Linked – Microsoft doesn’t want to turn over foreign server data, SCOTUS to...
I admit it, this case is one I’m strangely fascinated by. “On Tuesday morning, the nine justices of the Supreme Court put a legal theory from Microsoft to the test—that the company should not be forced...
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Linked – If You’re Pissed About Facebook’s Privacy Abuses, You Should Be Four...
This is something that I have also found, lots of people are upset this week, because of something that really has gone on for years at places other than Facebook. “And while this outrage is...
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Algorithms and the Human Inconsistency Problem
The other day, as I was perusing various news sources, I happened upon back to back articles from Psychology Today. Now at first glimpse these articles might not seem related, but I think they are. Let...
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Linked – With smart cities, your every step will be recorded
No worries, I’m sure no one would ever misuse this much data, right? Although they have huge potential to make life better, the possibility of increasingly smarter cities also raises serious privacy...
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We Have Met The Internet’s Enemy, and It is Us
This is my conclusion after reading the “apology” from some of the founders of internet platforms. As an early blogger and social media fan, I too felt like these new tools would be a tremendous way to...
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Linked – Facebook fired employees for stalking users
I know many people look at those of us who are concerned about privacy and the people who have information about us as some kind of conspiracy theorists, worrying that the government is going after us...
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Linked – Doc Searls Weblog · GDPR will pop the adtech bubble
I don’t think many people have been thinking much about how much is going to change in a couple of weeks. “Sunrise day” for the GDPR is 25 May. That’s when the EU can start smacking fines on violators....
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Linked – Six top tips to keep children safe online while live-streaming
I think these are pretty common sense rules about livestreaming, or any internet use for kids, honestly. I’ve seen some kids do really cool things with Youtube channels, or just using the various...
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Linked – Your Phone Is Listening and it’s Not Paranoia
We’ve all felt like this was happening, didn’t we? “For your smartphone to actually pay attention and record your conversation, there needs to be a trigger, such as when you say “hey Siri” or “okay...
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Linked – Lawyers Send Mobile Ads To Phones In ER Waiting Rooms
This is pretty horrible. “Patients sitting in emergency rooms, at chiropractors’ offices and at pain clinics in the Philadelphia area may start noticing on their phones the kind of messages typically...
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Linked – Why Your FOIA Request Might Not Get Text Messages
This is mostly because it’s too difficult and/or expensive to retain SMS messages, but I have another takeaway. “In other words, only 22 percent of FOIA requestors got everything they asked for. 22...
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Linked – Facebook seeks patent on tech that turns on your smartphone microphone
Doesn’t sound creepy at all, does it? “The application, first reported by Metro, was published on June 14 and lays out how Facebook might remotely turn on your phone’s mic to start recording....
View ArticleLinked – We Just Got More Evidence Open Plan Offices Suck, According to Science
These results surprised me, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. “Across both experiments, employees’ social interactions in person decreased by a crazy 70 percent, while emails saw...
View ArticleLinked – Microsoft just wrote a blog post asking for more tech regulation
In a nutshell, and in my own paraphrasing.- “Oops, now that we’ve gone and developed all this technology, it turns out people might use if for nefarious purposes, government, step in and stop us” From...
View ArticleLinked – Technology Competence for the Family Lawyer
Jim has put together a really great list of things to think about, because there is so much tech in our houses now that someone else having control of it can turn very dangerous, especially in a...
View ArticleLinked – Managers not trained to spot mental health issues
This doesn’t surprise me, and I’m sure the numbers in the US would be similar, maybe even lower. Just 17 percent of UK managers feel “very confident” in ability to support colleagues experiencing...
View ArticleLinked – How DNA Databases Violate Everyone’s Privacy
This seems less than ideal. “If you’re an American of European descent, there’s a 60% chance you can be uniquely identified by public information in DNA databases. This is not information that you have...
View ArticleWhy You Need Privacy- Because We All Have Something to Hide
It’s the standard argument against any kind of privacy statement right, you have nothing to worry about if you have nothing to hide. But’s it’s also bull-hockey. Because at the end of the day we all...
View ArticleLinked – Anonymized data doesn’t stay anonymous, says MIT study
I think this is an odd takeaway from this article after reading the rest of it: “In other words, as urban planners, tech companies, and governments collect and share data, we now know that “it’s...
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