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Data
Should the NSA send you a check when they wiretap you?
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 17, 2013
Computer scientist Jaron Lanier has a market solution for the NSA's wiretapping needs -- and it involves taking out the agency's checkbook.
Storage scores: 90% of world's data produced in last two years
Jun 3, 2013
According to the Chamber of Commerce, 90 percent of the world's data has been produced in the last two years. And that means, of course, that companies need a place to store it.
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How hard is it to opt out of third party data collection?
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Jeff Tyler
May 22, 2013
A lot of businesses are buying so-called third party data to add to what they’re already collecting on you. Of course, they all say, “you can always opt out.”
Data is the economy's new oil
May 1, 2013
Consumer data is becoming a commodity like oil and, like oil, it needs refineries so that companies can profit from it. Meet the data analytics industry.
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Apps transform cellphone users into citizen scientists
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Liyna Anwar
Jan 7, 2013
Scientists are looking to take advantage of the vast population of cellphone users to collect data.
Cell phone location data raises protection/privacy issues
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Eve Troeh
Oct 1, 2012
California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill over the weekend that would have made it harder for police use cell phones to track suspects' locations. Similar debates about protection versus privacy are happening around the country.
A spike in government surveillance, and wine sales on Amazon
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Molly Wood
Oct 1, 2012
A new report says the U.S. Justice Department allowed law enforcement agencies to examine more private data in 2010-2011 than in the entire previous decade. And Amazon is planning online wine sales.
For public good, not for profit.
AT&T's Mobile Share plan hammers customers for data overages
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Molly Wood
Jul 19, 2012
AT&T offers customers a simple and flexible world where they don’t get to use as much data as they might like.
Taking control of your personal data
Jun 8, 2012
Your personal data gets mined every time you do a Google search or browse Amazon. But now, some start-ups are trying to let consumers take control of their data -- and get something in return.
Visa cardholders hit by data breach, blackout
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David Gura
Apr 2, 2012
Visa has dropped card processor Global Payments after a big data breach on Friday. It compromised the credit card information of more than a million cardholders.