Emails between Google execs, NSA chief show prior relationship Post-NSA secrecy, many big tech companies like Google were outspoken about the practices used by the NSA to gather info. Since that time, they’ve gone on the offensive, trying to both challenge the NSA and distance themselves from it. New emails obtained by news outlet Al Jazeera show a… Read More »
If you’re over 55 you probably remember buying music on cassette. Remember those old dual cassette recorders that let you copy your friend’s Beatles’ albums? Ah! Those were the days! Hang on — it looks like cassettes are coming back in a big way…read on, my friends: Sony able to fit 3,700 Blu-Rays worth of data onto single… Read More »
The Internet of Things could encroach on personal privacy White House report on IoT describes electrical devices with unique signatures that can tell a lot A recent White House report on big data wonders aloud about the capability of sensors and smart meters to turn homes into fish tanks, completely transparent to marketers, police — and criminals. Smart… Read More »
Inside Facebook’s brilliant plan to hog your data Facebook’s ‘Anonymous Login’ is about neither anonymity nor logging in. It’s about creating scarcity in the market for user data. Personal data is the new currency. Companies want to get information about people — their location, age, relationships, interests, preferences and much more — because when they have that information… Read More »
4 Seemingly Innocent Online Activities That Track Your Behavior Online privacy is a big topic these days. Many people have heard about potential privacy issues with big name players like Facebook, Google, and the NSA. However, your privacy may be at risk in less obvious places, ones that you should be aware of… Social Share Buttons The web… Read More »
Microsoft makes one-time exception, patches IE on Windows XP Calls news coverage of IE vulnerability ‘overblown,’ but patches IE6, IE7 and IE8 on XP anyway Microsoft today shipped an emergency update for Internet Explorer to close a hole that hackers had already been exploiting. But in an unexpected move, Microsoft allowed Windows XP machines to receive the update,… Read More »