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Ian Forrester

Dangerous Terms: A User's Guide to EULAs | Electronic Frontier Foundation - 0 views

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    We've all seen them - windows that pop up before you install a new piece of software, full of legalese. To complete the install, you have to scroll through 60 screens of dense text and then click an "I Agree" button. Sometimes you don't even have to scroll through to click the button. Other times, there is no button because merely opening your new gadget means that you've "agreed" to the chunk of legalese.
Ian Forrester

Databox Project - EPSRC Project on Privacy-Aware Personal Data Platform - 0 views

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    Databox project is a new £1.5M EPSRC project led by Dr. Hamed Haddadi (QMUL) in collaboration with Dr. Richard Mortier (University of Cambridge) and Professors Derek McAuley, Tom Rodden, and Andy Crabtree (University of Nottingham) who will explore the development of the Databox as means of enhancing accountability and giving individuals control over the use of their personal data.
Ian Forrester

Dropbox's Infinite feature needs deeper access to your computer - 0 views

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    "Dropbox is "proposing to copy the keys to your house, move in and live with you.""
Ian Forrester

Privacy Scandal Haunts Pokemon Go's CEO - 0 views

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    Within two weeks of its release last month, Pokemon Go, the augmented reality gaming sensation, surpassed, by one estimate, Twitter, Facebook, and Netflix in its day-to-day popularity on Android phones. Over on Apple devices, the game was downloaded more times in its first week than any app that came before it.
Ian Forrester

Connected Toys Are Raising Complicated New Privacy Questions - 0 views

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    "Toys and other devices are collecting loads of data from children. What could go wrong?"
Ian Forrester

Why Google Trailing Apple on Encryption Support Is a Human Rights Issue - 0 views

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    "A leading privacy activist says Google's lack of support for strong encryption makes second-class citizens out of people who can't afford Apple devices."
Ian Forrester

Is your connected car spying on you? - BBC News - 0 views

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    Modern cars are morphing into mobile data centres - connected, clever and packed full of sensors. But are they also becoming spies in our drives?
Ian Forrester

BBC - Autos - How connected car tech is eroding personal privacy - 0 views

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    Your car is watching you - tracking your driving style, your whereabouts and even your favourite songs. Can it be trusted?
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Who owns a connected car's data? - 0 views

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    With momentum behind the connected car gathering across the globe, we're looking at one of the most discussed topics : the data generated by connected cars, and more specifically who owns it.
Ian Forrester

Docracy Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Tracker - Changes - 0 views

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    Using Docracy's unique document change analysis, we are now tracking terms of service and privacy policies for hundreds of the world's top sites. See below for summaries of recent changes, or to see the complete terms for any of the sites we track.
Ian Forrester

Here's What TfL Learned From Tracking Your Phone On the Tube | Gizmodo UK - 0 views

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    "At the end of last year, between 21st November and 19th December, Transport for London carried out an intriguing trial: It was going to track your phone on the London Underground. Today, thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, Gizmodo UK can exclusively reveal some of the utterly fascinating findings that the agency has been able to make from all of our data "
Ian Forrester

House of Commons - Responsible Use of Data - Science and Technology Committee - 0 views

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    House of Commons report on data ethics in 2014
Ian Forrester

EE Acknowledges Router Flaws and Promises Fix - 0 views

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    Infosecurity - EE Acknowledges Router Flaws and Promises Fix
Ian Forrester

Black Hat USA 2013 | Home Invasion - 0 views

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    A growing trend in electronics is to have them integrate with your home network in order to provide potentially useful features like automatic updates or to extend the usefulness of existing technologies such as door locks you can open and close from anywhere in the world.
Ian Forrester

When 'Smart Homes' Get Hacked - 0 views

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    Haunted A Complete Stranger's House Via The Internet - Forbes
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