Terms of Service, Understanding Our Role in the World of Big Data
Big Data powers the modern world. With tools like FitBit tracking our every step and supercomputers like IBM’s Watson helping Memorial Sloan Kettering treat cancer patients, we literally live it. Between our social media profiles, browsing histories, discount programs, and new tools like Nest controlling our energy use, there’s no escape.
Understanding Our Role in the World of Big Data, a free graphic novel by Michael Keller & Josh Neufeld.
Who’s Collecting Kids’ Personal Data? Lots of People
Laura Owen home schools her 13-year-old, Faith, in an affluent suburb of Columbus, Ohio.* She takes extraordinary measures to shield her daughter’s online identity from marketers and what she describes as America’s “toxic” culture for teens.
Get to know your animated ally
Get to know your animated ally, Ononymous, and follow him as he begins to see the layers behind information and how they can be seen by others. In this episode, Ononymous introduces you to some of the things you need to consider when using technologies like the internet, mobile phones and digital cameras. You will also learn how just by making a few changes to your daily digital behaviour, you can start to feel more secure in the digital world.
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