Digital religions: MozFest and the “let’s make it” paradigm
MozFest is an incredible event: digital creatives mix during a week-end to create “things” together. Why should interactive documentary makers be there?
privacy
Big Mother Is Watching You
Technology now lets you spy on your kids all the time. Why you shouldn’t.
Your Digital Trail #3: Does The Fourth Amendment Protect Us?
This is the third story in our four-part series examining your digital trail and who potentially has access to it. It was co-reported by G.W. Schulz from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Yesterday, we examined how data-tracking companies are monitoring your online behavior. Today we look at your Fourth Amendment rights.
Your Digital Trail #2 : Private Company Access
While news reports have focused on the National Security Administration and its efforts to monitor people’s phone calls and online activities, private companies you have probably never heard of are also tracking what you are doing, just about everywhere you leave a digital footprint.
Your Digital Trail, And How It Can Be Used Against You
While the collection of private information by the National Security Agency is under scrutiny worldwide, a remarkable amount of your digital trail is also available to local law enforcement officers, IRS investigators, the FBI and private attorneys. And in some cases, it can be used against you.
How one small American VPN company is trying to stand up for privacy
CEO: “We’ve never been asked for keys nor [have we] handed over user data.”
For My Eyes Only by @BCain
A daily collection of #Privacy tweets from around the Twitterverse!
An NSA Whiz Designs 4 Fonts to Foil Google’s All-Seeing Eye
Sang Mun made a typeface that’s unparsable to computers, but legible to human eyes.
ZXX
ZXX is a disruptive typeface which takes its name from the Library of Congress’ listing of three-letter codes denoting which language a book is written in. Code “ZXX” is used when there is: “No linguistic content; Not applicable.” I decided to create a typeface that would be unreadable by text scanning software (whether used by a government agency or a lone hacker) — misdirecting information or sometimes not giving any at all.
Do Not Track: ‘Stealth Wear’ Clothing Protects Your Privacy
If you want to protect yourself against government spying, or you’re afraid you might be the target of a drone, there’s hope beyond the good-old tinfoil hat. Two artists have started selling high-tech privacy-protecting gear to fool drones and spies at the New Musem in New York City.
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