The Download: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s first pictures, and reframing privacy
The first spectacular images taken by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have been released for the world to peruse: a panoply of iridescent galaxies and...
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Book review: Surveillance & privacy
As another new book makes clear, this conversation also needs to include student data. Lindsay Weinberg’s Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age reveals...
The Download: Taking the temperature of snow, and the future of privacy
The Sierra’s frozen reservoir provides about a third of California’s water and most of what comes out of the faucets, shower heads, and sprinklers in...
How a bankruptcy judge can stop a genetic privacy disaster
Bankruptcy proceedings involving personal data don’t have to end badly. In 2000, the Federal Trade Commission settled with the bankrupt retailer ToySmart to ensure that...