Author: Russ White | Page 2

Lady obstructs view of her face with her hands

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Russ White
Date
July 22, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Social Media

Tagged
data, Facebook, Privacy}

You Think You Have Nothing To Hide?

_{Then why are Big Tech moguls making billions from what you and others tell them?} _{Russ White
July 22, 2019

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Business and Finance, Data Privacy, Social Media}

The bottom line is this: if you think you don’t have anything to hide, then you don’t understand how the modern data economy really works, nor the impact of being caught in a riptide of public opinion.

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Russ White
Date
July 9, 2019

Categorized
Social Media, Technocracy

Tagged
Edge computing, Monopoly}

Is the Tech Industry Destroying the Free Market?

_{The internet drifts toward monopoly control due, in part, to its structure, not merely due to tech moguls’ plans} _{Russ White
July 9, 2019

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Social Media, Technocracy}

One potential solution could be the rise of edge computing, which distributes all data as close to the edge as possible.

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Russ White
Date
July 1, 2019

Categorized
Data Privacy

Tagged
Privacy}

Why You Can’t Just Ask Social Media To Forget You

_{While we now have a clear picture of the challenges current social media pose to peoples and cultures, what to do is unclear} _{Russ White
July 1, 2019

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Data Privacy}

Stan Horaczek explains how you can download what social media and information brokers know about you but, he cautions, “Set aside lots of time and extra hard-drive space.”

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Russ White
Date
June 26, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Natural Intelligence, Social Factors

Tagged
Featured, Media history, Virtual Reality (VR)}

Is Deep Virtual Reality the Next Big Market Disrupter?

_{When media moves from capturing attention by being different to capturing ever smaller slices of users' time, the market is ripe for disruption} _{Russ White
June 26, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Natural Intelligence, Social Factors}

How can internet-based media consume more user time? First, they will move away from a screen interface to a voice- and face-recognition interface. But the next logical step is probably deeply immersive virtual reality seeping into everyday life.

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Russ White
Date
June 10, 2019

Categorized
Data Privacy, Ethics, Social Factors

Tagged
Doxxing, Facebook, social media}

Will Facebook’s New Focus on “Community” Groups Prevent Abuses?

_{When you look a little closer at the proposal, you will see that the answer is no} _{Russ White
June 10, 2019

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Data Privacy, Ethics, Social Factors}

Facebook’s move to a more group-focused interface gives the appearance of stronger privacy and community orientation but the structure and logic of social media ensure that these are appearances rather than realities.