Category Archives: NEWSBYTES

Our Privacy Going Down the Drain?

What a Toilet Hoax Can Tell Us About the Future of Surveillance A made-up toilet company raises legitimate questions about government data-tracking. Reuters I wasn’t actually surprised to learn that public officials in Toronto had agreed to install “smart toilets” in the city’s convention center so they could analyze public, um, data. As a privacy researcher, the idea fascinated… Read More »

Got Some Dark Secrets You Want to Share?

Anonymous Chatting, Through a Simple Service   Anonyfish was introduced in February and hosts around 600 messages each day. Secret, the popular mobile application, lets people share their deepest, darkest — and occasionally funniest — confessions anonymously, with their friends. The application lets people see other people’s ‘secrets’ and comment on them, but it doesn’t yet include a way for… Read More »