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Facebook said Friday it fixed a bug that exposed contact info for over six million accounts. The admission revealed its 'shadow profile' data collection activities, and users are furious. UPDATED.
Google faces questions about how it'll keep Glass from turning too creepy.
Why it matters even if you have nothing to hide.
The NSA can't capture everything that crosses the Internet—but doesn't need to.
An important meditation on libraries, privacy, the state, and professional courage.
Data mining is troubling for some of the same reasons that social science in general is troubling. It suggests that our actions are legible from a perspective we don’t immediately possess, an…
The NSA's surveillance of cell-phone calls show how badly we need to protect the whistle-blowers who provide transparency and accountability.
The current regulatory approach for protecting privacy involves what I refer to as “privacy self-management” — the law provides people with a set of rights to e
Pearson and Knewton announced their partnership to deliver adaptive content to college students. How will big data and learning analytics shape teaching and learning in college?
CONSIDER THE SOURCE on some of this, but yes.
Apple keeps a record of Siri queries but says it anonymizes the data.
When you ask Siri late on a Friday night how to craft the perfect booty text, it's not like the iPhone's digital assistant is going to run off and tell…
Facebook's history as a repeat offender on privacy, and playing loose and easy with our data means that need to be even more vigilant about privacy issues, thanks to this Home app/faux-OS.
I’ve been hanging around libraries most of my life. I was the kid who spent so much time at the local public library that they ran out of books I was allowed to read. I read everything in the…
The companies that sell information about how much money you make — and whether you’re pregnant, divorced, or trying to lose weight — are facing new scrutiny.