“It’s like the Wild West, the Internet. There are no rules.” – Steven Wright A few days ago, a quite welcome email from Amazon.com appeared in my inbox. Yet I felt outraged.…
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online privacy
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It started with GPS in mobile phones. Applications were developed that could track how far you ran or rode your bike, keep track of your route, and estimate the calories…
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You can already, if you choose to, receive a slew of marketing messages and ads on your smartphone. Of course, you have to opt-in if you want the latest exciting…
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It was interesting to watch the reaction of regulators to the arrival of cryptocurrency. Some of that government reaction was what one might expect, a bit of overreaction based on…
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The Internet is a great communications tool. But like a hammer, it can be used to build a house, or it can break a window. The intent of the person…
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The revelations about the NSA spying on American citizens came as a surprise to most people, but the data that corporations and big business collect on each and every one…