IBM and Twitter inked a deal Wednesday that will give businesses a way to mine the social network for insight, forecasts and business insights. IBM, which has struggled to move the needle on its cloud business as it shifts focus from hardware to cloud, software and services, said it will offer Twitter-based Insights-as-a-Cloud service tied…
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Virginia Justices to Hear Yelp Anonymity Case
Associated Press reports: The Virginia Supreme Court will consider a carpet cleaner’s attempt to obtain the names of people who anonymously criticized the business on the Internet. Arguments in the battle between Hadeed Carpet Cleaner and the online review site Yelp are set for Wednesday. A decision is likely in January. Read more on CSNWashington.com
Whisper, Secret, and Snapchat leaks show that fake privacy is almost worse than no privacy at all
Ruth Reader writes: What’s worse than no privacy? Fake, malfunctioning “privacy” apps. A slew of anonymous apps and ephemeral messaging services have popped up in the last few years — some in direct response to news of data collection by the National Security Agency. But while well-intentioned, few consumer-level apps are actually anonymous — and they may be endangering…
Ed Snowden taught me to smuggle secrets past incredible danger. Now I teach you.
Micah Lee writes: Late on the evening of January 11, 2013, someone sent me an interesting email. It was encrypted, and sent from the sort of anonymous email service that smart people use when they want to hide their identity. Sitting at the kitchen table in the small cottage where I lived in Berkeley with my wife…