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Who Owns the Web of Data? | Jeni Tennison - 0 views

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Ian Forrester on 29 May 15

"At the 3rd International Open Data Conference in Ottawa on 28 May, the Open Data Institute published a short discussion paper to stimulate a public debate about data infrastructure."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"At the 3rd International Open Data Conference in Ottawa on 28 May, the Open Data Institute published a short discussion paper to stimulate a public debate about data infrastructure."</div>

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Surveillance-based manipulation: How Facebook or Google could tilt elections | Ars Tech... - 0 views

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Ian Forrester on 03 Mar 15

Someone who knows things about us has some measure of control over us, and someone who knows everything about us has a lot of control over us. Surveillance facilitates control.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Someone who knows things about us has some measure of control over us, and someone who knows everything about us has a lot of control over us. Surveillance facilitates control.</div>

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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."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"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."</div>

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

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Ian Forrester on 10 Mar 15

" 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. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">" 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. "</div>

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NSA-proof passwords - Boing Boing - 0 views

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Ian Forrester on 27 Mar 15

"The Intercept's Micah Lee explains how to use Diceware's to generate a passphrase that can survive the NSA's trillion-guess-per-second cracking attempts -- but which can still be easily memorized. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Intercept's Micah Lee explains how to use Diceware's to generate a passphrase that can survive the NSA's trillion-guess-per-second cracking attempts -- but which can still be easily memorized. "</div>

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Personalised marketing at scale is the next big thing in digital | Media Network | The ... - 0 views

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"Big data opens up a hyper-personalised marketing opportunity - but creative treads a thin line between relevance and invasiveness"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Big data opens up a hyper-personalised marketing opportunity - but creative treads a thin line between relevance and invasiveness"</div>

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Facebook 'tracks all visitors, breaching EU law' | Technology | The Guardian - 1 views

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Ian Forrester on 01 Apr 15

People without Facebook accounts, logged out users, and EU users who have explicitly opted out of tracking are all being tracked, report says

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">People without Facebook accounts, logged out users, and EU users who have explicitly opted out of tracking are all being tracked, report says</div>

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Your smart TV is listening to you and hackers might be, too - 0 views

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To Read All Of The Privacy Policies You Encounter, You'd Need To Take A Month Off From ... - 0 views

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Ian Forrester on 13 Apr 15

"We've discussed the stupidity of privacy policies many times in the past. Honestly, it's an idea that serves no useful purpose, yet most sites are required to have one, and if you don't, people get all upset. But no one reads them, and most people incorrectly assume that if a site has any privacy policy, they must keep data private. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"We've discussed the stupidity of privacy policies many times in the past. Honestly, it's an idea that serves no useful purpose, yet most sites are required to have one, and if you don't, people get all upset. But no one reads them, and most people incorrectly assume that if a site has any privacy policy, they must keep data private. "</div>

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Karen | Blast Theory - 0 views

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Ian Forrester on 08 May 15

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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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Class action lawsuit alleges Fitbit misled buyers - 0 views

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Ian Forrester on 24 May 15

"A California man has filed a class action suit against Fitbit, alleging that the company's sleep tracking is inaccurate and constitutes false advertising. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A California man has filed a class action suit against Fitbit, alleging that the company's sleep tracking is inaccurate and constitutes false advertising. "</div>

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Volvo says horrible 'self-parking car accident' happened because driver didn't have 'pe... - 0 views

Ian Forrester on 26 May 15

"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."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"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."</div>

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When Big Data becomes Big Brother - BBC News - 0 views

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Ian Forrester on 11 Jul 15

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

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"We live in the social mobile era, where we all collect and share vast amounts of data about ourselves and others. "</div>

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Ashley Madison adultery site hack: will I be found out? | The Guardian - 0 views

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Ian Forrester on 24 Jul 15

The hacking of the dating site Ashley Madison has raised complex questions about online privacy and the safety of personal data, but for the users of the site, which claims to have more than 33 million members in 46 countries, the questions are fairly straightforward: what are the chances my husband or wife will find my profile on the site, and what can I do to stop that happening?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The hacking of the dating site Ashley Madison has raised complex questions about online privacy and the safety of personal data, but for the users of the site, which claims to have more than 33 million members in 46 countries, the questions are fairly straightforward: what are the chances my husband or wife will find my profile on the site, and what can I do to stop that happening?</div>

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Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked - Krebs on Security - 0 views

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Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company's user databases, financial records and other proprietary information. The still-unfolding leak could be quite damaging to some 37 million users of the hookup service, whose slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company's user databases, financial records and other proprietary information. The still-unfolding leak could be quite damaging to some 37 million users of the hookup service, whose slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair."</div>

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