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Your smartphone and tablet are tracking your every move, and authorities can get that information without a warrant

"A medical privacy breach led to the public posting on a commercial Web site of data for 20,000 emergency room patients at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., including names and diagnosis codes, the hospital has confirmed. The information stayed online for nearly a year. "

"A key feature of several of the intrusions was the use of wardriving, a technique in which hackers mount a high-strength Wi-Fi receiver inside a vehicle and search for networks that can be penetrated. Once a Wi-Fi network is located through wardriving, hackers can remotely watch for information that may reveal the network's security setup and vulnerabilities."

Interesting term 'wardriving'

Looking for a new job right now? These informative infographics may help you focus on your digital footprint via social media.

"Electronic Privacy Information Center"

"India has 100,000 agricultural extension workers whose job is to translate research into useable information for the 60 percent of Indians who earn a livelihood from farming, many of whom cannot read and lack electricity." "Digital Green's approach is kind of the MOOC model turned upside down," "Looking ahead, Digital Green is planning to build a Khan Academy-like site for the videos, showing the step-by-step connections across their (now) 2,600 videos. It is planning a pilot with Vodaphone to use audio snippets to reinforce messages. If a farmer forgets something between viewings, he can receive robocalls, call in with questions, or listen to an audio version of a video."

Details of the Pacific Tree Octopus, a rare breed of octopus that lives in trees. Includes detailed sightings, images, and even video. A completely nonsense site of course - but how long will it take students to realise that? Useful for teaching information literacy.

Although clearly written from an anti-Google stance, this video provides food for thought on the services Google offers, the information it collects, and why. Useful as a starter for several topics, including web privacy and databases.

"Just like a tattoo, your digital reputation is an expression of yourself. It's highly visible, and hard to remove. Explore how your online identity affects you, your friends, your school and your job - for better and for worse - and how to make informed choices."

Appears to be student-made, but is a reliable introductory video for use of ICT in traditional business.

This Ning has been setup as an educational network to join collaborating ITGS classrooms together in a flattened learning environment starting in August 2010.

"an on-board base station in the plane which communicates with passengers' own handsets"

An annotated bibliography of articles. This site has been around for a long time so be aware that some articles may be old.

Discussions and articles on ethics. Be careful to chose those related to Information Technology.