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Ian Forrester

Mycroft - Open Source Voice Assistant - Mycroft - 0 views

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    Open source, privacy aware Google Home & Amazon Alexa iot device and much more
Ian Forrester

MorphCast - 0 views

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    "MorphCast is a new adaptive interactive format that engages audiences whilst protecting their privacy. MorphCast combines interactive video with emotional and demographic response to create a new type of adaptive video experience within the mobile device, powered by artificial intelligence and without the need for plug-ins, apps or the user's personal data. It runs on nearly every smartphone, tablet or PC through a URL."
Ian Forrester

Digital Standard - 1 views

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    The Digital Standard is an ambitious, open, and collaborative effort to create a digital privacy and security standard to help guide the future design of consumer software, digital platforms and services, and Internet-connected products.
Ian Forrester

A Bill of Rights for the Internet of Things - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    "Internet of Things bill of rights." core principles
Ian Forrester

Mozilla Slipped a 'Mr. Robot'-Promo Plugin into Firefox and Users Are Pissed [Updated] - 0 views

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    "Mozilla sneaked a browser plugin that promotes Mr. Robot into Firefox-and managed to piss off a bunch of its privacy-conscious users in the process."
Ian Forrester

webXray - 0 views

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    "webxray is a tool for analyzing third-party content on webpages and identifying the companies which collect user data. A command line user interface makes webxray easy to use for non-programmers, and those with advanced needs may analyze millions of pages with proper configuration. webxray is a professional tool designed for academic research, and may be used by privacy compliance officers, regulators, and those who are generally curious about hidden data flows on the web."
Ian Forrester

ActivityWatch - 0 views

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    "ActivityWatch is an app that automatically tracks how you spend time on your devices. It is open source, privacy-first, cross-platform, and a great alternative to services like RescueTime, ManicTime, and WakaTime. It can help you keep track of time spent on different projects, kick bad screen habits, or just understand how you spend your time."
Ian Forrester

datarequests.org - Use your right to privacy. - 0 views

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    Companies have to give you access to your data and correct or even delete them if necessary. As a non-profit association, we help you use those rights - free of charge and registration, of course.
Ian Forrester

Brain's activity map makes stable 'fingerprint' - 0 views

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    "Neuroscientists have found that they can identify individuals based on a coarse map of which brain regions "pair up" in scans of brain activity. The map is stable enough that the researchers could pick one person's pattern from a set of 126, by matching it to a scan taken on another day. "
Ian Forrester

Facebook's New Patent, 'Digital Redlining,' and Financial Justice - The Atlantic - 0 views

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    "A recent patent from the company judges your own creditworthiness by your friends."
Ian Forrester

Facebook blocks Admiral's car insurance discount plan - BBC News - 0 views

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    Facebook has blocked plans by an insurer to view young drivers' profiles to help set car insurance premiums.
Ian Forrester

Admiral to price car insurance based on Facebook posts | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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    "Insurer's algorithm analyses social media usage to identify safe drivers in unprecedented use of customer data"
Ian Forrester

Nintendo's Charming 'Miitomo' Could Be the Most Brilliant Data Mining App Ever | Mother... - 0 views

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    It sounds innocent enough. But users are growing suspicious of the app's whimsical, canned questions, many of which read like a marketing survey.
Ian Forrester

WebUSB API - 0 views

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    Describes an API for direct access to Universal Serial Bus devices from web pages.
Ian Forrester

Scientists Are Just as Confused About the Ethics of Big-Data Research as You | WIRED - 0 views

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    "When a rogue researcher last week released 70,000 OkCupid profiles, complete with usernames and sexual preferences, people were pissed. When Facebook researchers manipulated stories appearing in Newsfeeds for a mood contagion study in 2014, people were really pissed. OkCupid filed a copyright claim to take down the dataset; the journal that published Facebook's study issued an "expression of concern." Outrage has a way of shaping ethical boundaries. We learn from mistakes."
Ian Forrester

FitnessSyncer joins your health and fitness clouds into one Dashboard and Str... - 0 views

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    FitnessSyncer unifies your data in one convenient place so you can make informed decisions toward better results. Analyze your data in our customizable dashboard, stream, exportable calendar, daily analyzer, and more! You're already doing the hard work
Ian Forrester

Pardon Snowden on Periscope: "#AskSnowden Q&A hosted by @Jack" - 0 views

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    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey interviewed Edward Snowden today, and the big topic was technology.
Ian Forrester

Edward Snowden says "the central problem of the future" is control of user data | TechC... - 0 views

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    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey interviewed Edward Snowden today, and the big topic was technology. During the Q&A (which was broadcast live from the Pardon Snowden Periscope account) Snowden discussed the data that many online companies continue to collect about their users, creating a "quantified world" - and more opportunities for government surveillance.
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