Lesson: Facebook Privacy
Just one of the reasons not to use open, unencrypted, wifi hotspots
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2012.3.17
Though Silicon Valley’s newest billionaires may anoint themselves the saints of American capitalism, they’re beginning to resemble something else entirely: robber barons. Behind the hoodies and flip-flops lurk businesspeople as rapacious as the black-suited and top-hatted industrialists of the late 19th century. Like their predecessors in railroads, steel, banking, and oil a century ago, Silicon Valley’s new entrepreneurs are harnessing technology to make the world more efficient. But along the way, that process is bringing great economic and labor dislocation, as well as an unequal share of the spoils.
Rob Cox at Reuter. Go read his whole essay, “Silicon Valley’s underserved moral exceptionalism”
German WW1 surveillance pigeon.
Some of the earliest ‘arial drones’ that were deployed in combat zones.
If C-30 passes, Canadians too will get to enjoy their own free lifetime supply of surveillance.
Home security ?
Home automation robots just got a little more dangerous (?)
Charts: Sexy Ladies of the TSA
Don’t be alarmed..
This invasion of privacy is for your safety..
Trust us..
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IBM and Intelligence Cities
IBM’s efforts to add ‘intelligence’ to cities – and thus make them more manageable – is an ongoing effort. While what they’ve developed in Rio is interesting, I suspect that several facets of the ‘defence mechanism’ obfuscate residents’ economic realities.
Specifically, the video notes that residents of favelas may receive text messages that warn of oncoming disasters. This is good, but misses the point that a warning system without a capacity to absorb/protect residents who are fleeing poorly-build environments is effectively useless.
While the IBM ‘smart city’ project may make the city more intelligent, and improve daily operations, such intelligence doesn’t necessarily mean that the city can temporarily house residents of favelas in ‘safe’ areas of the city if a major disaster occurs. Unfortunately, the sale of technology in this video obfuscates this key truth of disaster preparation.
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Wacky Security Devices
This is the kind of wacky security device that would lead to lawsuits if it worked and hilarity regardless of functionality.
Excited Pixels 