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An experiment in privacy–and the discussion that ensued–offer unexpected lessons in who gets watched, and how.
Facial recognition is not happening in a vacuum. It is plugging into existing surveillance structures, enabling the real-time monitoring of individuals.
Repercussions from the scandal swirling around the data analytics firm continue to be felt across the tech industry.
Last month, Google announced that its Nest Secure would be updated to work with Google Assistant software. The problem? Google never told users its product had a microphone to begin with. Simple oversight or invasion of privacy? We break it down.
5 Recommendations for developers
After KHill, blocks use of cloud web services from the Big Five.
(2019). The social value of anonymity on campus: a study of the decline of Yik Yak. Learning, Media and Technology: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 92-107.
Why "info fiduciary" doesn't work all that great in practice.
Stewards of social science data face a fundamental tension. On one hand, they want to make their data accessible to as many researchers as possible to facilitate new discoveries. At the same time,...
Secretly watching users navigate an app can help companies fix bugs. But it can also be a tool to manipulate customers’ behavior.
Media reports teem with stories of young people posting salacious photos online, writing about alcohol-fueled misdeeds on social networking sites, and publicizi
This article was originally published by ProPublica on October 21st, 2016. When Google bought the advertising network DoubleClick in 2007, Google founder Sergey Brin said that privacy would be the company’s “number one priority when we cont
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Interesting bits on LinkedIn recon.
Not even a custom-built VPN could stop Jeff Bezos's behemoth from slipping through the digital cracks.