See Everything #Google Knows About You (at MyActivity.Google.com) & Delete the Embarrassing Stuff
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/07/01/google_launches_my_activity_browsing_history_tool.html #privacy
Researchers wrestle w. a #privacy problem
http://www.nature.com/news/researchers-wrestle-with-a-privacy-problem-1.18396 Qt: “Public trust is…fragile – it’s difficult to build & easy to break”
“The lesson is to not underestimate public concerns,” she says. “Public trust is very fragile — it’s difficult to build and easy to break.””
Your Microbe Aura Could Be as Distinctive as Your Fingerprint http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/inside-the-germ-cloud/406591 Pot. #privacy risk, but will we see microbiome perfume
Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users w/o warning
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/18/research-shows-how-macbook-webcams-can-spy-on-their-users-without-warning/ non-obvious hacks that $AAPL doesn’t make easy
$MSFT Wins Appeals Ruling on Data Searches
http://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-wins-appeals-ruling-on-data-searches-1468511551 Does this mean US citizens storing data offshore escape gov. oversight?
AstraZeneca…proj. to seq. 2M
http://www.nature.com/news/astrazeneca-launches-project-to-sequence-2-million-genomes-1.19797 Ironic @JCVenter Qt: Think carefully before you just dump your genome on the Internet
For complete irony, compare this qt w/ commentary on @JCVenter’s original personal
sequencehttp://www.WashingtonPost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602362.htmlhttps://twitter.com/markgerstein/status/726064243695583232
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“Human Longevity’s databases are kept locked behind layers of security. “If I were advising a younger Craig Venter, I’d say, ‘Think carefully before you just dump your genome on the Internet’,” Venter says. “The levels of prediction are getting much more interesting.” “}}
How Not to End Cancer in Our Lifetimes
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-not-to-end-cancer-in-our-lifetimes-1459811684“It’s extraordinarily hard to re-identify tissue” anonymously biobanked. True?
Cypherpunks Write Code
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/cypherpunks-write-code Describes a mailing list at the origin of #PGP & @wikileaks