It’s just metadata. What can you do with that? Kieran Healy, a sociology…
privacy
When data is flowing, it’s important we keep watch on who has access to our identities, activities, and the things and people we love.
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Sniffing out Paul Revere with basic social network analysis
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Other than advertisers
The Onion tackles data privacy:
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Nothing to hide
With all the stuff going on with surveillance and data privacy — especially…
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Personal data for sale
NYU ITP graduate student Federico Zannier collected data about himself — online browsing,…
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Path Social Networking App Settles FTC Charges
Path, a social networking app that lets you track and share personal information about yourself, settled with the FTC for $800k. They allegedly collected kids’ personal information without their parents’ consent. This is from February but important to know.
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What your zip code reveals about you
What your zip code reveals about you. More on data brokers and how advertisers and businesses use your information to sell you stuff.
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How to stop ad trackers →
Is all this tracking and predicting getting out of hand?
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What Facebook knows about you
Facebook logs and saves a lot of data about you and what you…
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Tell-all telephone reveals politician’s life
Not many people understand the importance of data privacy. They don’t get out…
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Scrapers dig deep for data on the Web
In their continuation of what online marketers know about you, the Wall Street…
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