Posts Tagged ‘privacy’
100,000 British invited to post their genomes online – in the name of science — RT News
November 10, 2013How America’s Top Tech Companies Created the Surveillance State – NationalJournal.com
November 7, 2013How America’s Top Tech Companies Created the #Surveillance State: Subtle pressure created an intel-industrial complex
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/how-america-s-top-tech-companies-created-the-surveillance-state-20130725
Temporal cloak erases data from history : Nature News & Comment
October 24, 2013Interesting discussion of a temporal cloaking device that can hide picosecond timescales. This could potentially be used to obscure communication between two parties — from say the CIA — in a short time period.
Temporal cloak erases data from history. Perhaps useful to foil future #NSA metadata collection.
http://www.nature.com/news/temporal-cloak-erases-data-from-history-1.13141 #privacy
http://www.nature.com/news/temporal-cloak-erases-data-from-history-1.13141
Snowden’s E-Mail Service, in a Legal Tug of War – NYTimes.com
October 16, 2013#Lavabit, #Snowden’s email service, in a legal tug of war: FBI wants keys for all users, rather creepy
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html MT @NoteradCom
N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens – NYTimes.com
October 15, 2013#NSA Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens: Metadata can be very revealing
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html via @kenhyers #privacy
A Data Broker Offers a Peek Behind the Curtain – NYTimes.com
September 12, 2013A Data Broker Offers a Peek Behind the Curtain: site listing what’s compiled about you
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/business/a-data-broker-offers-a-peek-behind-the-curtain.html MT @robert_schiff #privacy
site = http:aboutthedata.com
HeLa Cells Contaminating Other Cell Lines
August 21, 2013Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2009 Sep;133(9):1463-7. doi: 10.1043/1543-2165-133.9.1463.
Henrietta Lacks, HeLa cells, and cell culture contamination.
Lucey BP, Nelson-Rees WA, Hutchins GM.
Article: The biggest threat to the genomic revolution? Spying scandals
August 14, 2013The biggest threat to the genomic revolution? Spying scandals — pro #sharing with few #privacy worries editorial http://fw.to/aLba6TX
The human genome contracts again
August 13, 2013Links related to the “HeLa Deal”
August 10, 2013The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Sequel – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/opinion/sunday/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-the-sequel.html
NIH makes privacy agreement with Henrietta Lacks’ family
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/08/07/henrietta-lacks-nih/2627923
Blood ties : Nature News & Comment
http://www.nature.com/news/blood-ties-1.13513
A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/science/after-decades-of-research-henrietta-lacks-family-is-asked-for-consent.html
Deal done over HeLa cell line
http://www.nature.com/news/deal-done-over-hela-cell-line-1.13511
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