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Privacy folks: ACLU is looking for a privacy & technology fellow in NYC. May be of interest: bit.ly/19OOBJY
Congrats to @lilich & team for adding fun new creativity / meme creation features to So.cl. Learn more here: bit.ly/17WvQUj
As expected, @baratunde's approach to going offline is much more comedic than mine. But msg the same: TAKE A BREAK! bit.ly/1bRsG1e
"Five myths about privacy" by @DanielSolove offers responses to the common claims that surveillance doesn't matter: wapo.st/11NprGp
Ashkan (@ashk4n) used the public reports to try to map out what PRISM might be: bit.ly/13Lx0w1 (Trying to sort fact from fiction)
Who could resist a comedic lesbian musical based on 1990s dyke culture!? Check out Lesbian Love Octagon in NYC: bit.ly/17MfpJS
I absolutely love @kjhealy's "Using Metadata to find Paul Revere" bit.ly/11GNYwV (Remember: activists are often seen as terrorists.)
My "nothing to hide is broken logic" ideas reposted on LinkedIn linkd.in/1691kmz & Slate slate.me/1175ElJ Comments interesting.
Still reflecting on #NSA scandal. Here are today's thoughts on where “nothing to hide” fails as logic bit.ly/11CZlWB
At PDF, @nancylublin gave a brilliant, critical & challenging talk about Crisis Text Line: bit.ly/14nM4T4 [PS: I'm on CTL's board.]
::jaw on floor:: #NSA whistleblower comes out. Snowden is articulate, thoughtful, measured. Curious re: implications. bit.ly/17ArhyD
Think a fundemental ethical problem of our time will be that we can see an infinate number of wrongs, but only have so much in us to care
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It's astonishing how easy it is to presume guilt-thru-association when people are just nodes in a graph.
What was clear then, as now, is that metadata (like graph of people/interactions) is far more valuable than content. But also far scarier.
In 2002, I was doing social network analysis on email streams at the Media Lab as art displays. DoD wanted my project; I didn't play nice.
My thoughts on the NSA scandal are still muddled, but I decided to write some meandering reflections down anyhow: bit.ly/TTfiTi
My piece for @wired arguing that both dystopian & utopian rhetorics around tech & sex trafficking are problematic: bit.ly/1bcW4ic
Anyone use Couple (formerly Pair)? An intern at MSR is looking to interview people about how they use this app: bit.ly/11hQRA4
I was on @TheTakeaway today with an adorable ball of teen goodness talking about privacy, subtweeting & Pew's data: bit.ly/10OF7cR
Two of my colleagues just wrote a fun econ/behavioral paper that's just awesome: "The Cost of Annoying Ads": bit.ly/1b1Hom3
Taking a vacation this summer? Take an email sabbatical! Here's how: linkd.in/17m6VJt
I proudly proclaim myself a part of the all-powerful bike lobby working hard to uphold the totalitarian regime of my bike-loving city govt.
Wall Street Journal or The Onion? on.wsj.com/17ka6kX Seriously though, WTF? There are many reasonable critiques of Citibike, but !_!
.@NancyBam on using social media at work: "Get Over IT! Social @work is Smart (and Inevitable)" bit.ly/10LWwms
I love @djpatil's perspective on causing trouble. Check out his @BerkeleyISchool commencement speech linkd.in/10HBW6x
Why does tech industry spend $ lobbying on immigration, not training youth to code? @mizuko on race/gender politics: bit.ly/119yJIw
"Big Data" is fundamentally about mythology. For a brief write-up of 6 myths of "big data" by @katecrawford, see: nyti.ms/146OIfz
The irony of context collapse is that "context" is a collapsing of the terms "role" and "situation".
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Why do folks keep expecting technology to fix social issues that society hasn't been able to fix?
The great folks @RWJF shared my talk on health in a networked society: bit.ly/1103EHc Also, a blog post: bit.ly/1103EHg
A painful abuse of statutory rape laws. High school relationship. Parents don't support cuz it's between two girls: nydn.us/1275iOz
Congrats to @andresmh for being recognized by MIT Tech Review in TR35: bit.ly/12ykX4t w00t!
@zephoria childhood is all about being out and out rude, adulthood is about figuring out how to make your rudeness seem socially acceptable.
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Adults complain about teens lacking etiquette, but they think nothing of interrupting people's days w/ phone calls. Phones are mega rude.
A few thoughts on Pew’s latest report: bit.ly/10LU5LW Notable findings on race & privacy in teen social media use.
NYers: At noon, I'm on a panel on privacy as part of the @WSJ Tech Cafe at @ThinkCoffeeNYC in Chelsea: bit.ly/YZx6R7 Join us!
The folks @pewinternet have unveiled a new, amazing report: Teens, Social Media, and Privacy: bit.ly/12T1T1g Tis a *MUST* read!
At 1PM EST, I'll be doing a live chat as part of @dmlresearchhub w/ librarians. Instructions to join are here: bit.ly/10KavV6
Just a heads up: I will be taking a parental leave at some point this summer: bit.ly/10IuB1R
Many papers from the #govalgo conference I'm tweeting from today are available here: governingalgorithms.org/resources/disc…
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#govalgo folks: Face recognition systems are better at tracking *light* skinned faces, not dark skin. And the reason has to do with lighting
Patina of respectability & mathematical rigor over what actually protects insiders' pockets @FrankPasquale on financial firm algos #govalgo
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Historians: what are your favorite texts on religious fears of / response to science?
I suspect historical theological responses to scientific revolution can help explain contemporary anxieties about computation. #govalgo
::giggle:: I'm mega humored to be ref'ed in Life in Academic Publishing (animated gif goodness) bit.ly/15Lal8C (tx @josephcalamia)
Old fogie complaint: Why do so many basic tech tools get *worse* w/ each new rev? I hate feature creep at the expense of functionality. Grr.
I'm sad to miss DataEDGE at my alma mater this year but if you're in Berkeley at the end of May, check it out: bit.ly/10qb3zm
Five jars of gefilte fish have taken up space in the fridge since Passover. I loathe the stuff. But we found someone who loves it: the cat!!
Fun piece on the fallacies of big data in Foreign Policy by @katecrawford: atfp.co/13n8DGY
Is it just me or does the Ender's Game trailer pretty much give away the ending?