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Facial recognition and the office party
12 December 2011 by
Facial recognition poses complex privacy issues that do not fit squarely with present laws as explored in the “Seeing is ID’ng,” a CDT report on facial recognition and privacy. The report describes the…
Carrier IQ and My Digital Footprint – do I care!
12 December 2011 by
Mobile usage data capture service Carrier IQ is installed on phones, collecting your data and continues it passage of discovery as we ourselves discover what is and what is not acceptable (with our data and with/ withou…
Say howdy to Insidr and Glome
8 December 2011 by
One is Insidr, which is “rewriting the Rules of customer support” by giving you a way to “connect directly to real people who have worked in big companies and are willing to help when the company can’t or won’t.” You post a question, offer a bounty for an answer, and get an answer from an […]