Category «Privacy»

An investigation into the smartphone tracking industry from Times Opinion

The New York Times – Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy – By Stuart A. Thompson and Charlie Warzel, December 19, 2019. “Every minute of every day, everywhere on the planet, dozens of companies — largely unregulated, little scrutinized — are logging the movements of tens of millions of people with mobile phones and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

The dark side of Alexa, Siri and other personal digital assistants

The Conversation: “Digital assistants can be found in your office, home, car, hotel, phone and many other places. They have recently undergone massive transformation and run on operating systems that are fuelled by artificial intelligence (AI). They observe and collect data in real-time and have the capability to pull information from different sources such as …

Subjects: AI, E-Records, Internet, Privacy

Surveillance Net Blankets China’s Cities Giving Police Vast Powers

The New York Times – The authorities can scan your phones, track your face and find out when you leave your home. “One of the world’s biggest spying networks is aimed at regular people, and nobody can stop it. China is ramping up its ability to spy on its nearly 1.4 billion people to new …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

UK CMA lifts the lid on digital giants

“The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) has published an update in its examination of online platforms and digital advertising, uncovering new detail about how the sector’s biggest names operate. The CMA’s interim report [12/18/19] has found that: Last year, Google accounted for more than 90% of all revenues earned from search advertising in the …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Privacy, Social Media

UK to create regulator to police big tech companies

FT.com [paywall – but may be accessible as free for one time viewing] – Watchdog will have power to implement enforceable code of conduct. “The UK government will create a technology regulator next year to police companies such as Facebook and Google after Brexit, according to several people who were involved in the process. The …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

November 2019 issue of LLRX

Nov 2019 – 5 new articles and 5 new columns on LLRX.com® – the free web journal on law, technology, knowledge discovery and research for Librarians, Lawyers, Researchers, Academics, and Journalists. Founded in 1996, 2020 Guide to Web Data Extractors – This guide by Marcus P. Zillman is a comprehensive listing of web data extractors, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Deep Linking, E-Records, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Are you sharing too much about your kids online? Probably

Fast Company – “To save Neverland, Peter Pan fought the pirates. To save their childhood, youth today need us, their parents, to fight against our “sharenting” habits. Our kids need us to protect their privacy and, along with it, their protected space to play so that they can make mischief, make mistakes, and grow up …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues December 14 2019

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues December 14 2019 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss, highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

The Decade Tech Lost Its Way

The New York Times – The Decade Tech Lost Its Way – An oral history of the 2010s – “When the decade began, tech meant promise — cars that could drive themselves, social networks that could take down dictators. It connected us in ways we could barely imagine. But somewhere along the way, the flaws of technology …

Subjects: Blogs, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Mail, E-Records, Economy, Free Speech, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media, Transportation

Microsoft Edge Chromium – a viable alternative to Chrome and Firefox

Android Authority – “Microsoft hasn’t had the best reputation when it comes to web browsers. For the past half-decade, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge have played second fiddle to Google Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox, often serving no other purpose than to install these rival browsers. In a bid to win back some share of the …

Subjects: Cybersecurity, Internet, Privacy, Search Engines