“The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s primary privacy and data security enforcer, released its annual report highlighting its privacy and data security work for 2018. The FTC’s privacy and security enforcement actions in 2018 included shutting down revenge porn website MyEx.com, approving a settlement with peer-to-peer payment service Venmo over deceptive privacy settings, approving an… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2019
Jargon Watch: The Rising Danger of Stochastic Terrorism
Wired: “Stochastic Terrorism n. Acts of violence by random extremists, triggered by political demagoguery. “When President Trump tweeted a video of himself body-slamming the CNN logo in 2017, most people took it as a stupid joke. For Cesar Sayoc, it may have been a call to arms: Last October the avowed Trump fan allegedly mailed… Continue Reading
America’s doctors warn Google, Twitter, and Facebook: Anti-vaxxers are weaponizing tech platforms
Business Insider: The American Medical Association (AMA) is worried that anti-vaxxers are weaponizing the world’s biggest social media platforms, including Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Parents often use these platforms to spread misinformation about vaccine dangers that aren’t real. Doctors say the content is having a dangerous impact on the number of vaccinated people in America,… Continue Reading
How long will it take to read a speech or presentation?
“Convert words to time. “Enter the word count into the tool below (or paste in text) to see how many minutes it will take you to read. Estimates number of minutes based on a slow, average, or fast paced reading speed.” Great tool for presentations in any setting – in person or online. Continue Reading
Teach the Dutch Reach to decrease cyclist injury from car doors
The Dutch Reach project is a method used to teach drivers how to safely exit their vehicles and prevent potential cyclist injury from “dooring” – opening a car door into the path of an oncoming bicycle. There is also a YouTube video demonstrating the simple technique to increase the safety of drivers and cyclists. Continue Reading
Animal activist pivots to focus on creating and marketing meat alternative food products
The New York Times: “Bruce Friedrich used to be the guy who broke into fashion shows to splatter fake blood on the models wearing fur coats…These days, he is hoping capitalism might work where activism and persuasion fell short. The organization Mr. Friedrich founded in 2015, the Good Food Institute, is at the center of… Continue Reading
The perilous life of computer virus cracker making powerful enemies online
BBC: “Fabian is world renowned for destroying ransomware – the viruses sent out by criminal gangs to extort money. Because of this, he lives a reclusive existence, always having to be one step ahead of the cyber criminals. He has moved to an unknown location since this interview was carried out…Ransomware is a particularly nasty… Continue Reading
Digital Pro Bono: Leveraging Technology to Provide Access to Justice
Vinson, Kathleen Elliott and Moppett, Samantha A., Digital Pro Bono: Leveraging Technology to Provide Access to Justice (2018). St. John’s Law Review, Vol. 92, No. 551, 2018; Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 19-8. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3347381 “…This article examines how law students, law schools, the legal profession, legal services’ agencies, and low-income… Continue Reading
OECD – Fast Forward to Gender Equality
Mainstreaming, Implementation and Leadership – “This report maps strategies, governance tools, institutional settings and innovative approaches used by governments across the OECD to drive and support society-wide gender equality goals. It covers all state institutions, including legislatures and judiciaries, and discusses the challenges faced by OECD countries in achieving long-lasting impact. Finally, the report provides… Continue Reading
A beginners guide to voice search and digital assistants in 2019
Search Engine Land: “Voice search isn’t only here to stay, it’s on the rise. Is your website optimized for spoken queries? If not, then you could lose market share to competitors whose websites are optimized for voice search. Good news, though, that’s a problem you can start fixing today. In this article, I’ll explain the… Continue Reading
Welcome to Birdpunk: A Subculture of a Subculture
Via Audubon – Punk has always been about embracing different forms of expression. Meet the people who are putting birding on that spectrum “…The overlap between birding and punk might seem strange to outsiders, but for birdpunks like Croasdale, the Do-It-Youself (DIY) values that shape punk living feed perfectly into low-frills activities such as birding. The DIY aesthetic… Continue Reading
The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does
Scientific American – The traces we leave on the Web and on our digital devices can give advertisers and others surprising, and sometimes disturbing, insights into our psychology Users’ digital footprints disclose certain preferences and characteristics, such as their personality or mood. Companies are very interested in such data. Automated language analysis is already being… Continue Reading
