Data Collection
The Hacking of Culture and the Creation of Socio-Technical Debt
Culture is increasingly mediated through algorithms. These algorithms have splintered the organization of culture, a result of states and tech companies vying for influence over mass audiences. One byproduct of this splintering ...
Don’t Trust Your AI Girlfriend or Boyfriend, Exposing US Government Data Collection
In Episode 319, Tom and Kevin discuss the potential data privacy risks associated with having an AI ‘girlfriend’ or ‘boyfriend’ and why one should refrain from sharing their personal data with such ...
TEGWAR, AI and the FTC – Gov’t Agency Warns of Deceptive AI Contract Language
Data collection and use policies need to be reexamined because of AI. The FTC is trying to address the issue ...
OpenAI Is Not Training on Your Dropbox Documents—Today
There’s a rumor flying around the Internet that OpenAI is training foundation models on your Dropbox documents. Here’s CNBC. Here’s Boing Boing. Some articles are more nuanced, but there’s still a lot ...
Your Car is a Privacy Nightmare, Password Creation Best Practices, Sony Hacked Again
In this episode, we discuss the Mozilla Foundation’s alarming report that reveals why cars are the top privacy concern. Modern vehicles, equipped with data-collecting tech, pose significant risks to consumers’ privacy, with ...
Differences in App Security/Privacy Based on Country
Depending on where you are when you download your Android apps, it might collect more or less data about you. The apps we downloaded from Google Play also showed differences based on ...
Facebook Has No Idea What Data It Has
This is from a court deposition: Facebook’s stonewalling has been revealing on its own, providing variations on the same theme: It has amassed so much data on so many billions of people ...
How Can Enterprises Use SSO to Boost Data Collection?
SSO is a great way to collect data while providing a better user experience and increasing security. This blog will help you get the most out of SSO for data collection, ensuring ...
How Data Privacy Affects Business Growth
The modern world is data-driven. Consequently, thriving businesses have access to lots of data—financial data, logistic data, employee data, customer data and more. The way a business handles this enormous volume of ...
Websites that Collect Your Data as You Type
A surprising number of websites include JavaScript keyloggers that collect everything you type as you type it, not just when you submit a form. Researchers from KU Leuven, Radboud University, and University ...
