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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."
Ian Forrester

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

If TiVo Thinks You Are Gay, Here's How to Set It Straight - WSJ - 0 views

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    The original My Tivo Thinks I'm gay recommendation dilemma
Ian Forrester

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. "
Ian Forrester

OKCupid: we experiment on users. Everyone does | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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    Dating service OkCupid has cheerfully admitted to manipulating what it shows users, a month after Facebook faced a storm of protest when it revealed that it had conducted psychological experiments.
Ian Forrester

Everything We Know About Facebook's Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment - The Atlantic - 0 views

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    "Facebook's News Feed-the main list of status updates, messages, and photos you see when you open Facebook on your computer or phone-is not a perfect mirror of the world. But few users expect that Facebook would change their News Feed in order to manipulate their emotional state."
Ian Forrester

Will Our Fitness Data Be Used Against Us? | Design and Tech | OutsideOnline.com - 0 views

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    " Your activity tracker knows a ridiculous amount about you-from the wear on your running shoes to what coffee shop you'll stop at on your next ride. And that data's getting shared for financial gain. "
Ian Forrester

BBC News - Barbie doll will be internet connected to chat to kids - 0 views

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    "Barbie is having a digital makeover, with the release of an internet-connected version of the iconic doll."
Ian Forrester

Samsung rejects concern over 'Orwellian' privacy policy | Technology | The Guardian - 1 views

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    Smart TV voice recognition software could transmit 'personal or other sensitive information' to a third party, Samsung's policy warns
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Lecture by Vinay Gupta at the opening event of Data in the 21st Century on Vimeo - 0 views

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    "Data in the 21st Century is on view at V2_ Rotterdam until 14-2-2016. On 12-2 Lev Manovich will give a lecture as part of the closing event of Data in the 21st Century. Gupta starts of with discussing the fashions of data in the past, present and future. He then goes on to discuss how data affects everything, from everyday things like dating till new forms of governance or the economy at large. He finishes his lecture by describing what we can expect in the near future."
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

Lightbulb DRM: Philips Locks Purchasers Out Of Third-Party Bulbs With Firmware Update |... - 0 views

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    Purchasers of the Philips Hue "smart" ambient lighting system are finding out that the new firmware pushed out by the manufacturer has cut off access to previously-supported lightbulbs.
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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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Secret messages for Alexa and Co - 0 views

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    "Secret messages for Alexa and Co. Researchers can hide secret commands for voice assistants in spoken sentences, birds' twittering, or music. They are not audible to the human ear. The machine recognises them precisely."
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privacy not included - 0 views

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    Mozilla's guide to shopping for connected gifts
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Smart speaker recordings reviewed by humans - BBC News - 0 views

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    "Amazon, Apple and Google all employ staff who listen to customer voice recordings from their smart speakers and voice assistant apps."
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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

When the IFE system can watch you back - PaxEx.Aero - 0 views

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    "Is it the ultimate surveillance scenario or a step forward in the passenger experience? Or maybe a little bit of both?? Vendors are cooperating today to deliver integrated biometrics in the inflight entertainment system,"
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