The News According to Clay Shirky
Changes in the news industry are making headlines and according to New York University professor and author Clay Shirky, it might be time to stop the presses. “The newspaper model is going away, and...
View ArticlerDigital News: Cyber love, Facebook and the end of Silk Road
This week’s headlines were all about the people and things that are made available to us through technology. Whether it’s cyber love, an online identity, or illicit substances – this week’s news...
View ArticleWalrus TV: No More Secrets
Originally appeared on The Walrus From recent headlines about NSA leaks to smartphones snapping photos shared across the internet, it’s hard to ignore the feeling that we are being watched all the...
View ArticlerDigital News: Zuckerberg’s anti-NSA rant, teaching privacy to the next...
This week, tech news gave us a glimpse into the future and what privacy concerns and new standards of surveillance our society is heading towards. From making private confessions public to preparing...
View ArticleWalrus TV: The Age of Innocence
Originally appeared on The Walrus How much is your privacy worth? In a recent study, Avner Levin, director of the Privacy and Cyber Crime Institute, found that most people would not pay $1 to...
View ArticleIs that legal? Ethical? Hiring Using Social Media and Web Search Results
They say that you don’t get a second chance at a first impression, and now with social media and Google searches, increasingly, those first impressions are being made online. While this new way of...
View ArticleWalrus TV: The Data Bargain
Originally posted on Walrus TV Google can suggest products you might like, Facebook and Twitter can find people you might know and Amazon and Netflix can recommend books and movies that you might...
View ArticlerDigital News: The White House, Yahoo and Facebook rethink privacy
We willingly provide our photos, location information, and more online, often without thinking about who is using it. But, how much are you willing to share online? And more importantly, who is...
View ArticlerDigital News: PDFs, online data, and online surveillance
The news is essentially a compilation of information and this week’s headlines put the information that we access on the internet into question. From information that may be hidden away in World Bank...
View ArticlerDigital News: Facebook privacy settings, Ann Cavoukian, and the NSA
In the world of digital media, “privacy” has almost become a buzz word. When everyone voluntarily uploads personal information what does our “right to privacy” really mean? After much debate, recent...
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