The $AMZN Echo’s always-listening feature entangles it in a murder
case http://www.pcworld.com/article/3152899/smart-appliance/the-amazon-echos-always-listening-feature-entangles-it-in-a-murder-case.html Did the victim say “#Alexa, call the cops”
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The Amazon Echo’s always-listening feature entangles it in a murder case | PCWorld
January 6, 2017To bring a divided country together, start with a little spit – The Washington Post
January 5, 2017To bring a divided country together, start w…spit by
@SusanSvrlugahttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/12/24/to-bring-a-divided-country-together-start-with-a-little-spit Prominent piece on frosh #personalgenomics
@SusanSvrluga Surprised there’s so little discussion of #privacy, consent & ethics in this prominent piece
Worried About the Privacy of Your Messages? Download Signal – NYTimes.com
January 3, 2017Worried About…#Privacy? Download Signal http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/technology/personaltech/worried-about-the-privacy-of-your-messages-download-signal.html V. strong endorsement from @NYTimes. Perhaps useful for protecting sources
What If Apple Is Wrong?
December 23, 2016What If $AAPL Is Wrong?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601145/what-if-apple-is-wrong/ The risks of too much #privacy (ie of too strongly locking down our phones)
IHEC Consortium Papers (Cell + other journals)
November 28, 2016#IHECpapers rollout http://www.Cell.com/consortium/ihec Gr8 work! incl. #privacy, normal breast epigenetics, ETG links, deconvolution, #allelic activity
Protecting Your Digital Privacy – Consumer Reports
November 5, 2016Protecting Your Digital #Privacy
http://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/protecting-your-digital-privacy-is-not-as-hard-as-you-might-think 66 hints, from evaluating password entropy to determining
https://HaveIBeenPWNed.com
http://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/66-ways-to-protect-your-privacy-right-now/
things l liked from the site:
QT:{{”
Your Long-approved list of paperwork to shred includes any documents containing the following:
• Social Security number (even just the last four digits)
• Birth date
• Credit card numbers
• Account numbers from financial institutions
• Medical insurance numbers
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Password-entropy (bigger is better) = log2 ([alphabet-size]^[password-length])
Faking your address for some sites:
QT:{{”
For an address, may we suggest Bart Simpson’s—742 Evergreen Terrace? “}}
Now You Can See Everything Google Knows About You and Delete the Embarrassing Stuff
November 2, 2016See Everything #Google Knows About You (at MyActivity.Google.com) & Delete the Embarrassing Stuff
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/07/01/google_launches_my_activity_browsing_history_tool.html #privacy
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