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Tag Archives: Privacy
NATO GROUP CATFISHED SOLDIERS TO PROVE A POINT ABOUT PRIVACY
For just $60, researchers were able to identify service members in a military exercise, track their movement, and even convince them to disobey orders—all thanks to social media. DINA ALFASI/EYEEM/GETTY IMAGES — It is concerning that so many soildiers were … Continue reading
Posted in international, military, News and politics, security
Tagged Catfished, manipulated, NATO, Privacy, Soildiers
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Can you trust your home smart speaker? | CBC Radio
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics, Privacy
Tagged amazon, Data Collection, Google, internet of things, Privacy, smart speakers
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What else happens when you click on sponsored links in Facebook or other social media
Dec 23 2018 – Kevin Yaworski – Volunteer Public Advocate Even if you have set privacy settings in your account and apps from Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft etc… to disable ad tracking and limit data collection and other tracking you … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics, Privacy
Tagged 3rd party, ads, Algorithms, Apple, big data, browser, cookies, Facebook, Google, incognito, personalize, Privacy, social media, sponsored, third party, tracking
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Facebook hired a conservative lobbying firm with an ‘in-house fake news shop’ to combat PR crisis
Facebook hired a conservative lobbying firm with an ‘in-house fake news shop’ to combat PR crisis Nov 15 2018 – Media Bias / Fact Check The conservative lobbying firm that Facebook hired in the midst of an October 2017 public … Continue reading
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
