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Facebook has added partner categories to its ad targeting. Users can now be reached by what they buy through Acxiom, DataLogix, and Epsilon data.
The magnitude of online information Facebook has available about each of us for targeted marketing is stunning.
Facebook made $3.2 billion in advertising revenue last year, 85 percent of its total revenue. Yet Facebook’s inventory of data and its revenue from advertising are small potatoes compared to some others. Google took in more than 10 times as much.
One year after the first revelations of Edward Snowden, cryptography has shifted from an obscure branch of computer science to an almost mainstream notion: It’s possible to encrypt everything from emails to IMs to a gif of a motorcycle jumping over a plane.
A week spent playing NSA reveals just how much data we leak online.
The Self-obsessed photo series, which explores Hester Scheurwater’s desires, obsessions and fears sparked media hype in the Netherlands. The explicit imagery shocked many and fueled debate on the sexualization of society. In her pictures, model and artist are one,” says Walter Keller, writer and contemporary photography specialist.“Yes, this is sexually explicit work, but even more, it is a curious and smart research about herself, where the artist looks at herself from both sides of the mirror.”
Twitter Inc bought social data provider Gnip for an undisclosed amount, signaling that it would take on a new role of packaging and selling data, a service in demand by business and government.
As Facebook lifts its sharing restrictions on 13-to-17-year-olds, Jon Henley finds that young people know exactly what to do with their privacy settings – especially where Mum is concerned.
More than 50% of young people use in-jokes and obscure references to encode what they post.
As far as Carmen’s concerned, she has nothing to hide from her mother so she’s happy to have her mom as her ‘friend’ on Facebook. While Carmen welcomes her mother’s presence, she also knows her mother overreacts. Carmen will avoid posting things that have a high likelihood of mother misinterpretation. This can make communication tricky at times and Carmen must work to write in ways that are interpreted differently by different people.
Social networks put identity at the center of our online lives. Is it too late to turn back?
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