“We have no interest in amassing personal information about our customers”, says Apple.
Does Apple understand something that Google doesn’t?
Hardware firm Apple has released its first full transparency report, revealing it passes on data in response to almost nine out of every 10 US government data requests.
Read more: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2305240/apple-we-dont-depend-on-collecting-personal-data
By DontMineonMe
NSA spying is sparking a trend away from USA based cloud providers.
A dangerous trend for USA based businesses.
BRAZIL LOOKS TO BREAK FROM US-CENTRIC INTERNET
Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington’s widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous first step toward fracturing a global network built with minimal interference by governments.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/brazil-looks-break-us-centric-internet
Posted by DontMineonMe
If you think online behavioral advertising exists to offer you lower prices…THINK AGAIN!
Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has found that people who use Apple Inc. Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see.
Read more: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304458604577488822667325882
by DontMineonMe
A step in the direction of a return to social norms. Keep them coming!
The steady trickle of revelations of government snooping that continues to seep from the Edward Snowden documents is serving to keep attention riveted on how privacy in the digital age ought to be defined.
Read more: www.usatoday.com
by DontMineonMe
For almost 10 years, Facebook has used the information we’ve shared in the social network’s pseudo public sphere for its own (usually advertising-related) purposes. Now Michael Zimmer, an assistant professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin, wants to turn those tables.
Read more: www.fastcompany.com
by DontMineonMe
Did Obama ever think of asking how we were getting all this secret information?
