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Giving Up Your Privacy For a Facebook Quiz

by Melody Valdez | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control

Recently, the “Most Used Words” Facebook quiz has been gaining popularity with over sixteen million users across the globe. However, a majority of these users are unaware that playing the quiz discloses personal data about themselves to a company called...

Slipping Through The Backdoor of Your iPhone

by Melody Valdez | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Someone Could Listen

Last month, the Obama administration decided that it won’t push tech companies to put encryption “backdoors” in their products. This means that the companies are not required to provide law enforcement and government agencies with easy access to...

Columbia Researchers Bring Data Tracking Tool to Light

by Melody Valdez | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, You're Leaving Footprints

Have you ever wondered how companies are able to show advertisements targeted specifically towards your wants and needs? Researchers from Columbia University developed a tool called Sunlight that aims to improve transparency between users’ information, such as...

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