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Tag Archives: data
Facebook Services and or other Apps preinstalled on many phones and tablets
Oct 27 2020 Samsung, LG and other device makers pre-install third party apps that some users do not want. Apple also pre-installs at least many of its own apps, some of which may not be needed. Related Apple even blocked … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Computers and Internet, international, News and politics, security, social media
Tagged ADB, ads, Analytics, android, apps, Cambridge, data, Disable, discourse, Election, Facebook, Facebook Services, influence, mining, pre-installed, Privacy, public, sdk
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
Zachary McCoy used an exercise-tracking app, RunKeeper, to record his rides.. image: Agnes Lopez / for NBC News Big data when used without limits or oversight often results in privacy breaches and wrongful assumptions. Police can now get personal details … Continue reading
Posted in Charter and Constitutional Rights, Computers and Internet, constitution, justice, law, News and politics, Privacy
Tagged burglary, court order, data, data providers, Google, illegal, injunction, location, police, predictive policing, Privacy, search, suspect, suspicion, third party, wrongful
Can this tech pioneer convince you to delete your social media accounts?
Oct 5 2018 – CBC The Current — Jaron Lanier says evidence shows addictive design was deliberately used for platform — We are lumped into groups of millions of like minded users based on data collected from us from many … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, Health and wellness, News and politics, Privacy
Tagged Algorithms, amazon, Apple, cbc, data, Facebook, Google, instagram, Jaron Lanier, manipulation, Privacy, social media, the current, twitter
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Privacy and big data
April 11 2018 – Kevin Yaworski – Public Advocate —– I often use incognito mode when web browsing or disable cookies to limit data collection; price increases when searching for flights or products etc… Even so I just noticed what … Continue reading
