A collection of video, audio and security/privacy stories including Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller, Audible’s choose your own adventures, Facebook advertising transparency, Skype background blurring, GDPR and even a Raspberry Pi store. Continue reading
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Privacy implications of facial recognition technology coupled with cloud and machine learning, retro sneakers, futuristic AR glasses and bustin’ ghosts. Continue reading
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In this episode, so soon after the recent US election, Phaedra & Michael M discuss the nature of civic engagement, and how the model of open source software could lend itself to bringing more people into the civic process. Showing up is always the first step, and the model for commits made to open source software could be applied to policy, whereby contributions by citizens could be upvoited or downvoted for inclusion in emerging policy. The pair bring up the idea of cities with personality — if you’re in Chicago, you know how that city’s personality was expressed after the … Continue reading
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This will NOT be a political post. Over the last few years, the world has gone insane. It has become obvious, at least to me, that people are using more and more technology that don’t have a clue how it works. Governments, companies, and hackers are enjoying this, as many people don’t understand what data is stored where, and how that data is handled or secured. Many people are willing to give up all of their privacy just to play a game (if you don’t believe this, take a look at how many of the freemium games on your phone … Continue reading
