Data Mining

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Jul 7, 2013 Dig deeper

Trouble in the Data Mine

Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill Jun 10, 2013 Dig deeper

Tumblr Is Worth $1.1 Billion to Yahoo for One Reason: You

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 21, 2013 Tumblr shunned advertising and earned the trust of its users, but Yahoo undoubtedly has other plans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Do Data Brokers Know About You?

By Lois Beckett, ProPublica Mar 10, 2013 Data companies are scooping up enormous amounts of information about almost every American. They sell information about whether you're pregnant or divorced or trying to lose weight, about how rich you are and what kinds of cars you have. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Forget ‘Cellphone,’ That’s a ‘Tracker’ in Your Pocket

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 16, 2012 Mobile phone service providers collect user information and share it with the government, to the tune of at least 1.3 million disclosures per year. What if our nomenclature reflected that? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Your Phone, the Snitch

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 10, 2012 Devices that intercept calls and text messages and dig into data stored on your mobile phone are being marketed to police departments across the United States “as being perfect for covert operations in public order situations.” Or, as the ACLU’s Privacy SOS blog puts it: protests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Online Personalization Amplifies the Echo Chamber Effect

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2011 So you go online and noodle around, and if you're like many other Internet users, you "Like" things on Facebook, buy some stuff and perhaps use Gmail. Somewhere in there, the little gnomes from Google and other data-gathering superpowers cobble together your cyber-profile. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )