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Testing the filter bubble hypothesis

Posted on February 15, 2019 by admin

This post from DuckDuckGo [https://spreadprivacy.com/google-filter-bubble-study/] explains their methodology for investigating self-serving bias in Google searches. Simply put, the approach asked different individuals from different locations to execute the same searches. This was done with and without enabling privacy mode. The … Continue reading →

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Brave browser white lists privacy offenders

Posted on February 12, 2019 by admin

I have read this now in several places. The Brave browser which purports to be a champion of privacy purposefully white lists, i.e., writes in exceptions for, Twitter and Facebook. These popular sites are at the center of the concern … Continue reading →

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Surveillance Capitalism

Posted on February 7, 2019 by admin

Shoshana Zuboff is the author of a new book “The age of surveillance capitalism”. Dr. Zuboff explains how behavioral data collection starting with Google search became valuable as a way to predict our behavior. These data often collected without our … Continue reading →

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FireFox Upgrade

Posted on February 2, 2019 by admin

The Firefox browser has been upgraded. Browsers seem to be competing by offering different ways to protect user privacy. The newest browser to undergo this transformation is Firefox. Firefox has a block everything mode (Strict) and on the desktop the … Continue reading →

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Hypothes.is YouTube Channel

Posted on January 31, 2019 by admin

For those interesting in layering services, I just learned that Hypothes.is devotees have a YouTube Channel. There are multiple layering services and you may find a different one more suited to your instructional needs. Hypothes.is is free and has been … Continue reading →

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Weather vs. Climate

Posted on January 29, 2019 by admin

The temperatures in the midwest have plummeted to well south of -20. One of tweets I read this morning offered a lesson from NASA for children explaining that the very cold temperatures were not a sign that the dangers of … Continue reading →

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