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Ian Forrester

Karen | Blast Theory - 0 views

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    Karen is a life coach and she's happy to help you work through a few things in your life. You interact with Karen through an app. When you begin, she asks you some questions about your outlook on the world to get an understanding of you. In fact, her questions are drawn from psychological profiling questionnaires. She - and the software - are profiling you and she gives you advice based on your answers.
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Volvo says horrible 'self-parking car accident' happened because driver didn't have 'pe... - 0 views

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    "Last week, a gossip blog based in the Dominican Republic called Remolacha published a disturbing video of what it said was a "self-parking car accident." A group of people stand in a garage watching and filming a grey Volvo XC60 that backs up, stops, and then accelerates toward the group. It smashes into two people, and causes the person filming the video with his phone to drop it and run."
Ian Forrester

You can drive, you just can't have any fun: Ford MyKey curbs teen drivers | TechHive - 0 views

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    Ford MyKey to program restriced driving mode settings encouraging responsible driving and promote good habits, such as top speed settings.
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When Big Data becomes Big Brother - BBC News - 0 views

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    "We live in the social mobile era, where we all collect and share vast amounts of data about ourselves and others. "
Ian Forrester

Mark Zuckerberg, Let Me Pay for Facebook - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "FACEBOOK. Instagram. Google. Twitter. All services we rely on - and all services we believe we don't have to pay for. Not with cash, anyway. But ad-financed Internet platforms aren't free, and the price they extract in terms of privacy and control is getting only costlier. A recent Pew Research Center poll shows that 93 percent of the public believes that "being in control of who can get information about them is important," and yet the amount of information we generate online has exploded and we seldom know where it all goes."
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I'm Terrified of My New Smart TV - 0 views

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    Why I'm Scared to Turn This Thing On - And You'd Be, Too | Brennan Center for Justice
Ian Forrester

Of Course 23andMe's Plan Has Been to Sell Your Genetic Data All Along - 0 views

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    23andMe announced what Forbes reports is only the first of ten deals with big biotech companies: Genentech will pay up to $60 million for access to 23andMe's data to study Parkinson's. You think 23andMe was about selling fun DNA spit tests for $99 a pop? Nope, it's been about selling your data all along.
Ian Forrester

Big Mother Is Watching You: The Track-Everything Revolution Is Here Whether You Want It... - 0 views

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    "If you keep your fitness-related New Year's resolutions in 2015, it'll likely be thanks to the new wave of devices and apps that have taken monitoring things like newborn sleep patterns and blood oxygenation from geek hobby to mass-market juggernaut. But what happens when companies have access to the most mundane details about our bodies? "
Ian Forrester

How Hackable Is Your Car? WIRED - 0 views

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    Consult This Handy Chart | Autopia | WIRED
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Police will have 'backdoor' access to health records despite opt-out, says MP | Society... - 0 views

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    "David Davis says police would be able to approach central NHS database without a warrant as critics warn of catastrophic breach of trust "
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NHS England patient data 'uploaded to Google servers', Tory MP says | Society | theguar... - 0 views

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    "Health select committee member Sarah Wollaston queries how data was secured by PA Consulting and uploaded to servers outside UK"
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NHS disregards patient requests to opt out of sharing medical records | Society | The G... - 0 views

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    " Officials now admit they shared data because otherwise it would have affected patients' treatment "
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BBC News - Dating apps found 'leaking' location data - 0 views

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    "Many mobile dating apps can be hacked to expose the exact location of users, warn security experts. "
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Your refrigerator probably hasn't joined a botnet - Boing Boing - 0 views

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    A mediagenic press-release from Proofpoint, a security firm, announced that its researchers had discovered a 100,000-device-strong botnet made up of hacked "Internet of Things" appliances, such as refrigerators
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How dating app Grindr makes it easy to stalk 5 million gay men | Ars Technica - 0 views

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    "Location sharing allows user whearabouts to be tracked around the clock."
Ian Forrester

New York woman visited by police after researching pressure cookers online | US news | ... - 0 views

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    Long Island resident said her web search history and 'trying to learn how to cook lentils' prompted a visit from authorities but police say search was prompted by tipoff
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