Why Twitter Should Not Algorithmically Curate the Timeline
It’s the Human Judgment of the Flock, Not the Lone Bird, That Powers It
When Websites Peek into Private Lives
Using personal data for research has vast benefits, says OkCupid founder Christian Rudder
Escape your search engine Filter Bubble!
An illustrated guide by duckduckgo
Why you can no longer expect that the news will find you
The power that corporations like Google and Facebook have to influence the digital content you consume means that you shouldn’t necessarily depend on them to surface the things you need to know.
data art…and experiments in self-tracking
Laurie Frick is a data artist exploring patterns of self-tracking….sensors, surveillance, what will it all mean? Using her background in engineering and high-technology she offers a glimpse into the future of human data portraits physically made and handbuilt as intelligent wallpaper. And is about to launch FRICKbits, a free iphone app that uses an algorithm to make art from your data.
Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft
What we see in the public with these hacking incidents seems to only be scratching the surface. There are entire communities and trading networks where the data that is stolen remains private and is rarely shared with the public.
The Police Tool That Pervs Use to Steal Nude Pics From Apple’s iCloud
As nude celebrity photos spilled onto the web over the weekend, blame for the scandal has rotated from the scumbag hackers who stole the images to a researcher who released a tool used to crack victims’ iCloud passwords to Apple, whose security flaws may have made that cracking exploit possible in the first place. But one…
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