its time to take back your #data with help from @digime and @mydata #privacy #bigbrother #bigbrotherishere

its time to take back your #data with help from @digime and @mydata #privacy #bigbrother #bigbrotherishere

• https://digi.me/
• https://mydata.org/

dashcam #privacy issues #bigbrother #fakedata #fakingisgood

if you are thinking of publishing any dashcam footage on a SMN or BMN such as utube to ensure your privacy you might want to ensure your dashcam has a random date and time offset and ensure you disable video whenever you drive past a large clock by the side of the road

when is too much data too much data ? @googleuk google location history google timeline #locationhistory #timeline #bigbrother #bigbrotherishere #bigdata

i know where you were last summer ! well at least google DOES !

because i have NOT disabled google location history google timeline KNOWS that

• 10 cities visited last month (5 new)
• 15 places visited last month (11 new)
• 3 mi (6 km) walked last month
• 30 hours spent in a vehicle last month

map showing every town i visited last month

and it knows every route i took to get there !!!

map showing route i took to one of those towns

 

 

the reason ms track your #windows10 usage is to inform their decisions and focus their efforts in providing the best platform

the reason ms track your windows 10 usage is to inform their decisions and focus their efforts in providing the best platform

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/itpro/windows/configure/configure-windows-telemetry-in-your-organization

but you can disable windows 10 tracking if you prefer

• https://technet.microsoft.com/itpro/windows/configure/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services

here is a list of the sort of data they collect about your usage

• https://technet.microsoft.com/itpro/windows/configure/basic-level-windows-diagnostic-events-and-fields

Yahoo! flickr & upcoming Web 2.0 (3.0) social media mashup !

Yahoo! have actually built a web 2.0 (3.0) mashup into their Upcoming site !

I just clicked on the "My Scrapbook" link and got a mashup of my last months (upcoming) events together with all the associated photos (presumably it uses yahoo flick upcoming machine tags and api) !

Yahooupcoming

Very impressive (but slightly scary) esp when you factor in Yahoo Smart Ads !

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