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Ian Forrester

Stalking Your Friends with Facebook Messenger - Faith and future - Medium - 0 views

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    I didn't realize how much data about me Messenger was revealing to the people I chatted with until last week when I began tinkering with my message history.
Ian Forrester

Future Telly - Matt Webb on Twitter - 0 views

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    Virgin sends subscribers a letter with details of what they watched
Ian Forrester

Matt Webb on Twitter: "Sending me an email saying what TV I've watched this past year i... - 0 views

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    Virgin media sends Matt Webb a summary of what he's watched. Creepy!
Ian Forrester

IoT Abandonware: When your cloud service leaves you stranded | ZDNet - 0 views

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    In November, owners of the Aether Cone intelligent streaming audio device got a lump of coal for the holidays, when Aether, the manufacturer of the "smart speaker" announced it was going out of business.
Ian Forrester

As World Crowds In, Cities Become Digital Laboratories - WSJ - 0 views

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    New York City amasses data on habits, health and security of its citizens to cope with spiralling growth
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Critical IoT Reading List - Thingclash - 0 views

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    Critical and insightful reading list about IOT
Ian Forrester

Europe Finally Agrees Tough New Data Protection Rules | TechCrunch - 0 views

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    "Late yesterday European institutions finally agreed the text of new data protection rules (GDPR), more than three years after new regulation was proposed. The 28 Member States of the European Union will have two years to transpose the provisions of the GDPR into their national laws, with the regulation set to come into force from 2018."
Ian Forrester

TalkTalk hacking crisis deepens as more details emerge | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

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    "TalkTalk is facing increasing criticism after belatedly admitting it was the victim of a "significant and sustained" cyber-attack that has led to the theft of the credit card and bank details of up to 4 million customers. "
Ian Forrester

Car calls 911 after alleged hit-and-run, driver arrested | ZDNet - 0 views

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    "A Ford safety feature has also turned out to be a way to track badly-behaved drivers."
Ian Forrester

Vibrator Maker To Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tracked Use : The Two-Way : NPR - 0 views

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    The makers of the We-Vibe, a line of vibrators that can be paired with an app for remote-controlled use, have reached a $3.75 million class action settlement with users following allegations that the company was collecting data on when and how the sex toy was used. Standard Innovations, the Canadian manufacturer of the We-Vibe, does not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement finalized Monday.
Ian Forrester

The giant Piccadilly billboard is going to track cars to target ads | WIRED UK - 0 views

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    Coca-Cola, Hyundai, Samsung and L'Oréal have all signed up to the new screen, which can recognise vehicle make, model and colour to target adverts
Ian Forrester

Record-breaking DDoS reportedly delivered by >145k hacked cameras | Ars Technica - 0 views

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    Last week, security news site KrebsOnSecurity went dark for more than 24 hours following what was believed to be a record 620 gigabit-per-second denial of service attack brought on by an ensemble of routers, security cameras, or other so-called Internet of Things devices. Now, there's word of a similar attack on a French Web host that peaked at a staggering 1.1 terabits per second, more than 60 percent bigger.
Ian Forrester

Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One Seems to Care - MIT Technology Review - 0 views

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    "The big companies developing them show no interest in fixing the problem."
Ian Forrester

Housing big data | HACT - 2 views

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    Big data project for those on low incomes
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    Big data project for those on low incomes
Ian Forrester

IOTLIST - 1 views

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    IOTLIST - Discover the Internet of Things
Ian Forrester

How Facebook's tentacles reach further than you think - BBC News - 0 views

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    "Facebook's collection of data makes it one of the most influential organisations in the world. Share Lab wanted to look "under the bonnet" at the tech giant's algorithms and connections to better understand the social structure and power relations within the company. "
Ian Forrester

Bose headphones have been spying on customers, lawsuit claims - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    At least that's the claim of a proposed class-action lawsuit filed late Tuesday in Illinois that accuses the high-end audio equipment maker of spying on its users and selling information about their listening habits without permission.
Ian Forrester

openPDS/SafeAnswers - The privacy-preserving Personal Data Store - 1 views

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    openPDS/SafeAnswers allows users to collect, store, and give fine-grained access to their data all while protecting their privacy.
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