We're Not Who You Think We Are
Yesterday I wrote about what we’ve learned from the recent AOL data leak. By now you’re probably aware that the risks to your personal data online can be rather significant. If you value your privacy you’ll want to take precautions to protect yourself online. Here are a few things you can do to minimize the damage the next time a major data spill occurs:
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by Lopy
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It’s been just over a week since we learned that AOL inadvertently released three months worth of search history for 670,000 users. While the furor has died down slightly, it seems likely that we’ll be hearing about this issue for quite some time. So much data was revealed that it could take a while before we fully understand the implications, and just how much damage may be inflicted on individual users. As scandals go, this one shows no sign of going away any time soon.
Early reaction to the news has been surprisingly varied. Data researchers were initially gleeful at the opportunity to work with extremely large data sets generated in a real-world environment. Privacy advocates were outraged and pointed out that while the data was anonymized, the search queries themselves can be used to identify users. Meanwhile, a large portion of the blogosphere has become fascinated with user 17556639 and his apparent plans to kill his wife. It’s entirely possible that law enforcement may be searching the logs for possible signs of criminal activity.
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by Lopy
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This summer, the major studios decided press screenings weren’t all that — they bypassed newspapers critics in favor of popular review: weekend box office numbers. The recent Los Angeles Times poll suggested that today’s kids prefer peer analysis to highly trained professional analysis. We’ve suggested that today’s critics are out-of-touch with the real world.
So what role should film (music, book, architecture, etc) critics play in the real world? In response to a question from colleague Patrick Goldstein, there is this:
by Lopy
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by Jim Connelly
Last week, I wrote a post about ways that Zune could actually be an iPod killer, if Microsoft did things like
not have DRM’d music, integrated wireless, and supported AM/FM and satellite radio.
However, according to Zune Luv?, this last suggestion means that I have lost the plot . . .
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by Rox
While you were waiting for the TSA to finally ban people from boarding airplanes, here is what we were up to:
by Lopy
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by Lopy
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