Privacy Paradox – Something to Hide
Featured image by Stefan Steinbauer About the episode Manoush gets started by taking a dive into the psychological and philosophical sides of privacy. They cover a story where someone’s partner, who had recently passed away, had a photo of them in the morgue appear in the Google search results for their name. It did get…
Privacy Paradox – Time to (not) shine
Feature image by Noah Silliman Well, before we even get going on this one, there is a little bit of irony to what happened when I went to do this challenge. I went to the WNYC site and was met with a blank page. Turns out Privacy Badger the WNYC site. Recently I saw a…
Privacy Paradox – The Search for Your Identity
Featured image by Paul Green This episode starts by comparing the peddlers of years past to the digital peddlers that infiltrate your web-browsing experience. Manoush interviews Julia Angwin at ProPublica and gets an update that 50, 000 people tried this app they developed as part of their Breaking the Black Box project. Turns out at…
Privacy Paradox – What Your Phone Knows
Featured image by Rami Al-zayat Bruce Schneider makes an interesting distinction in his interview in this episode, “so imagine I hired a private detective to eavesdrop on you…” he’d bug your home etc and the report would contain the content of your conversations, that’s the data. However, “if I were to ask him to put…
Privacy Paradox – Prelude
Feature Image by Matthew Henry As a long time listener to the WNYC podcast, Note to Self, I often listen to the different challenges they present to their listeners. I’ve been reflecting on a number of challenges presented by the show’s host, Manoush, and am finally ready to dive into the Privacy Paradox. Maybe I’ll…