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elearnspace › iPhone tracking – so not an issue
If you own and iPhone, it will track where you’ve been, roughly every few minutes. A neat application- iPhone Tracker – is available for individuals to visualize what type of data is on their phone. None of this data is sent to Apple. It sits on your iPhone and is transferred to your computer when you synch devices.
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Against a Hyper-Personalized Web | IdeaFeed | Big Think
Too much personalization by entities like Google and Facebook can be a bad thing.
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ChicagoShovels Web Site Gives Lowdown on Snow - NYTimes.com
The suspicions are as common here as snowflakes. Certain people, certain streets, certain neighborhoods seem to get their streets cleared of snow before the rest of the city — or so the whispering has always gone.
But this year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration will announce on Tuesday, Chicagoans may test their theories about clout on their computers. Using GPS technology, a new city Web site, ChicagoShovels.org, will provide a map of Chicago’s approximately 300 snowplows, making their way in real time through the neighborhoods. Anyone will have a clear view of who gets what first, and whether plows really sweep more rapidly beside the homes of the mayor, powerful aldermen — or even just the neighbor everyone hates. -
Supreme Court Rules that a Warrant is Necessary for GPS Tracking | EDUCAUSE
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday, January 23, 2012 that police must get a search warrant before they attach a GPS device to a suspect’s car. The decision, however, is also notable for the privacy issues it does not settle.
In separate opinions, the justices raised questions about how much privacy people can expect as they buy GPS-enabled smartphones and cars equipped with tracking devices meant for safety, but which may be susceptible to misuse by government – even as they agreed that the FBI went too far in this case
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”The store can customize letters through a Guest ID, which is uniquely assigned to every customer. Not only does it keep track of everything a customer buys. It also has information like age, marital status and whether you have kids.
Man learns of daughter’s pregnancy through Target ad
Makes a person want to use cash everywhere.
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Federal agencies scour Twitter, Facebook updates
I’m intrigued that people are upset about the government “scouring” publicly available information. Why are those protesters not also raising a similar outcry over the tracking, recording, and “scouring” done by search engines, shopping web sites, and online advertising services?
I realize there are gray areas and potential abuses. But really, if you put it out there without securing your account (on Facebook, Twitter, whatever), then do you really have a right to complain about what people learn about you?
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I’m having a very difficult time finishing anything lately. Post-college blues? I literally forced...
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Minimalist DC Superhero Mugshot Poster by Michael Myers
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“When The Chips Are Down”
Emmanuel O’Brien
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The Fifth Element by Paul Andrew/December Studio
