privacy
We'll regret surrendering our ambient privacy
You don't know what you've got til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a Facebook lot.
data
Journalists: update your iOS devices now
Today’s security update for Apple’s iOS devices [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/technology/apple-software-vulnerability-ios-patch.html] is a serious one: > One of the world’s most evasive digital arms dealers is believed to have been taking advantage of three security vulnerabilities in popular Apple products in
blog platforms
Tory digital privacy moves scare off Ghost
Here’s an actual product moving overseas [http://blog.ghost.org/digitalocean/] thanks to the UK government’s moves on digital privacy (as opposed to a notional one [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2015/05/follow-up-on-the-brighton-tech-company-quitting-the-uk.html] ): > The UK’s newly elected Conservative government recently pledged to scrap the
Blogging
Don't put your daughter on the blog, Mrs Worthington
Slightly terrifying look into life as a toddler social media celebrity [http://www.racked.com/2015/4/28/8490671/london-scout-the-city-blog-instagram]: > Scout the City [http://scoutthecity.com] is touted as fashion’s first “kids’ influencer” blog [http://www.socialyte.co/digital-fashion-influencers/], its heroine a pint-sized social media giant in the
leweb
LeWeb: Tim Berners-Lee and the societal impact of the web
The inventor of the web has some serious concerns about its future — and some amazing tales about its past.
Ello
The long, slow Ello
So, Ello [https://ello.co], then. I’m on there [https://ello.co/adders]. Lots of people are on there (even if they’re not really using it yet [http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/29/no-people-are-not-leaving-facebook-in-droves-for-ello/] ). But I’m very far from convinced just yet. Being wary of Facebook’s
Peak Facebook and the end of monolithic online identity
Are people rejecting the idea of a single online identity mediated by a large online entity? Stowe Boyd thinks so [http://stoweboyd.com/post/67357217833/facebook-still-dominant-strives-to-keep-cachet] : > The Benthamite underpinnings of Facebook are becoming unpopular. Young people in particular don’t want their teachers, parents, employers, and even all their
internet
Understanding Tor - and the anonymous internet
If you’ve been following stories like the Snowdon NSA revelations or the recent Silk Road bust, you’ll probably have come across mentions of Tor. Want to know exactly what it is? The Next Web does an excellent job of both explaining Tor, and putting it in context [http:
privacy
The privacy and publicness problem.
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/04/h-pop.jpg] Interesting look at the problems of keeping your personal life hidden away from your online presence [http://www.purplecar.net/2013/04/losingconnections/]: > Last week, I lunched with different former coworkers (yes, I keep friends from
3d printing
The Zeitgeist Project: The Curators Objectify
To conclude The Zeitgeist Project Berlin, the eight curators who talked previously returned to the stage to pitch us on their choice of object that best represented the cultural zeitgeist. This is what they picked: Simon Waterfall The one speaker that frightened the life out of him was the Google
community management
#ftmedia12 - Wikipedia and harnessing the power of social media
Wikipedia is becoming increasingly important to our information landscape - but how reliable is it, and how well-balanced are its contributors?
Android
Le Web: Dave Morin's Path from Facebook
A liveblog of Dave Morin's talk about Path at LeWeb 11 in Paris.