Nick Bilton writes: Each year, a new theme reverberates through technology conferences around the world. A few years ago it was predictions of the coming wave of social media, location-based services and mobile, long before they became mainstream. Today’s topic de jour: data. Lots of data. What makes the data discussion different than in previous…
Category: Misc
15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time
Carolyn Duffy Marsan writes: In honor of National Data Privacy Day this Saturday, Jan. 28, we’ve put together a list of the 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time. These high-profile privacy scandals involve many underlying technologies, from search to social media, e-mail to voice mail, mobile phones to Webcams to GPS. But at…
Programming Note
A number of regular readers have e-mailed to ask why the blog is not being updated as frequently as it usually is. The answer is simple, but sad: my mother is dying. Updates will continue to be sporadic for a while as I am at the hospice every day to spend time with her as…
In: Man kills stepdaughter for privacy at home
I can’t recall ever seeing a case where a desire for privacy in the home led to murder. But here’s a case in India: In a shocking incident, a 10-year-old girl was brutally murdered by her stepfather at Pedapalakaluru village on the outskirts of Guntur three days ago. The ghastly killing came to light on…