Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
The internet, The Observer parents guide to safety
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/03/internet-children-parents-safety
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Monday, July 30, 2012
Internet addiction even worries Silicon Valley | Facebook considers showing page views
Internet addiction even worries Silicon Valley | Technology | The Observer
- Although the idea of a clinical disorder of internet addiction was first mooted in the 90s and is now regularly treated by doctors on both sides of the Atlantic, attention is shifting from compulsive surfing to the effects of the all-pervasive demands that our phones, laptops, tablets and computers are making on us.
- Psychologists are deeply worried about the effects digital relationships are having on real ones. Facebook is working on plans to curb anonymous "stalking" by allowing users to see who has visited any group of which they are a member ? with the possibility in future of extending that to allow people to see who has looked at their page. "Checking Facebook to see what the ex is doing becomes a drug," according to psychologist Seth Meyers, who said the checking could quickly decline into obsessive-compulsive behaviour (http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/7286795/Facebook-stalkers-may-be-outed)
- However, some doubt the notion of technology addiction, pointing instead to the rising demands of the workplace, where employees are working longer hours and then going home still tethered to devices pinging them emails and messages. "Are we addicted to gadgets or indentured to work?" asks Alexis Madrigal, a writer for the Atlantic. "Much of our compulsive connectedness? is a symptom of a greater problem, not the problem itself."
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
GPS wave bubble/spoofing
amazing (and sometimes unnerving) stuff covered in this TEDx lecture (transcript here) - GPS dots with centimetre indoor accuracy...GPS spoofing (GPS signals unencrypted so trusted blindly) and most shocking at all - design on the web to create a wave bubble which jams GPS signals (think if did that in a plane). New and cool tech, but to be handled (and controlled) with care!)
Should Twitter entertain millions with public rows? | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Interesting that to post pictures of people would require justification...but a tweet by tweet report of their personal argument does not...how new issues need to be confronted in the digital age!
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Unbelievable scanning technology..
Airport scanning technology is a transparent victory for terrorism | Technology | The Observer
within the next year or so the US department of homeland security plans to deploy a new laser-based molecular scanner ( http://gizmodo.com/5923980/the-secret-government-laser-that-instantly-knows-everything-about-you ) fired from 50 metres away which will instantly reveal an astonishing level of detail not only about your body, clothes and luggage but also about the contents of your wallet and even of your intestines. It's claimed that the technology can identify traces of drugs on banknotes, gunpowder on your clothes and even what you had for breakfast, the adrenaline level in your body and substances in your urine. And all of this information can be collected without even touching you – and without your knowledge.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Energy smart meters are a threat to privacy, says watchdog
European Data Protection Supervisor warns 'massive collection of personal data' could be accessed without safeguards
Energy smart meters are a threat to privacy, says watchdog | Environment | The Observer
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