Big Marketing is watching you
Surfing the Net gives a sense of anonymity. You can explore remote regions of the Internet and who’s to know? In reality, just the opposite is true. As you leap from link to link and page to page, you...
View ArticleWho's watching your kids?
It’s no mystery why advertisers target kids. Kids play a huge role in influencing how families spend money, especially at grocery and toy stores. For decades, Saturday morning cartoon shows were...
View ArticleSurprise! Big Brother really is watching
In 2002 President Bush signed a secret order authorizing the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on Americans. The NSA monitored telephone calls, e-mail and other electronic...
View ArticleI know where you are
Getting lost is a thing of the past with Global Positioning (GPS). Now that smartphones have built-in GPS, you can be in almost any city on earth and navigate your way to your destination. That’s...
View ArticleDo Not Track
Being online is a curious experience. On one hand, it feels totally anonymous, just you and your computer, an obedient object that responds to your every command. On the other hand, almost all your...
View Article"Ungoogle" yourself
For centuries, humankind has searched for a way to live forever. To my knowledge, only vampires have discovered the secret to eternal life–until now. As more of our lives are lived online, we’ve...
View ArticleDon't mix business with pleasure
William Cronon is a respected author, president-elect of the American Historical Association, and a distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin. He’s also under attack by the Wisconsin...
View ArticleWho is Anonymous?
The short answer is “you are”–you and the 2 billion other people who use the Internet. More on this in a moment. There’s also another “anonymous,” an amorphous group of people around the world who...
View ArticleHack Job
The political scandal du jour involves New York congressman Anthony Weiner. Last week a conservative media group charged him with sending lewd pictures to a 21 year old woman via his Twitter account....
View ArticleInternet privacy: It's a complicated issue
This past weekend a ruckus was made over Google’s implemented privacy policy changes, with many critics arguing that the changes will only further crush people’s online privacy rights. Yet seemingly...
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