At “Connecting,” O’Leary’s new media blog:
We could get beyond passwords. But do we want to?
One problem with bioscanning is that unique identifiers can change (still unique but different).
Hacking through the password jungle: Some are actually worse than just using “password”
Anyway, don’t be this guy: “This reader mocked Heartbleed, posted his passwords online. Guess what happened next.”
How to sink a competitor with Google Maps
Google does try to police malicious edits, but it is fighting a losing battle when anyone can enter “information.”
Would people really prefer the pain of electric shocks to being alone? Yes.
This dread diminishes with the regular practice of solitude, as enjoined in many religious and philosophical traditions.
Facepalm: Facebook experiments on its users (Part I)
Legally, if you consented to their terms of use, you consented to one little word, “research.” But did you know what that meant?
Facepalm: Facebook experiments on its users (Part II)
Does the sheer size of the study mean anything, as Big Data enthusiasts claim?
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