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Is privacy a new thing?

In a Medium article, Greg Ferenstein talks about “The Birth And Death Of Privacy: 3,000 Years of History Told Through 46 Images“. The main idea in that article is that privacy is a new thing, only 150 years old, a product

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Is privacy a new thing?

In a Medium article, Greg Ferenstein talks about “The Birth And Death Of Privacy: 3,000 Years of History Told Through 46 Images“. The main idea in that article is that privacy is a new thing, only 150 years old, a product

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Slides for “5 Myths of Privacy” Wize Pub Lecture are now available

A popular lecture given at the Dizzy Frishdon Pub as part of the Wize pubs lecture series. The lecture looks at 5 recurring myths regarding privacy, e.g. “people don’t care about privacy anymore”, and argues that these myths are limited

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Slides for “5 Myths of Privacy” Wize Pub Lecture are now available

A popular lecture given at the Dizzy Frishdon Pub as part of the Wize pubs lecture series. The lecture looks at 5 recurring myths regarding privacy, e.g. “people don’t care about privacy anymore”, and argues that these myths are limited

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Congrats Tawheed Natur

Congrats to Tawheed Natur, our group member, for successfully defending his M.A. project, “The connection between users’ characteristics and their Smartphone’s configuration preferences”. Many thanks to Rony, who had done the heavy lifting of the project guidance.

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Congrats Tawheed Natur

Congrats to Tawheed Natur, our group member, for successfully defending his M.A. project, “The connection between users’ characteristics and their Smartphone’s configuration preferences”. Many thanks to Rony, who had done the heavy lifting of the project guidance.

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Talking about Semantic Cloaking for Privacy Enhancement at the UCI/TAU workshop on the Internet of Things

Eran will talk about semantic cloaking to improve privacy for Internet-of-Things devices, at the 4th annual University of California Irvine (UCI) and Tel Aviv University (TAU) workshop that will be dedicated to the Internet of Things. The lecture will be

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Talking about Semantic Cloaking for Privacy Enhancement at the UCI/TAU workshop on the Internet of Things

Eran will talk about semantic cloaking to improve privacy for Internet-of-Things devices, at the 4th annual University of California Irvine (UCI) and Tel Aviv University (TAU) workshop that will be dedicated to the Internet of Things. The lecture will be

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Talking about privacy, technologies and beer, at the “Wise” pub lecture series

Eran will give a talk in Hebrew about “Privacy, Technologies and Beer”, on Wednesday November 4th 20:00, at the Dizzy Frishdon lounge bar. The Facebook event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/176545266022735/ And here is the Hebrew description: האם הפרטיות מתה? האם

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Talking about privacy, technologies and beer, at the “Wise” pub lecture series

Eran will give a talk in Hebrew about “Privacy, Technologies and Beer”, on Wednesday November 4th 20:00, at the Dizzy Frishdon lounge bar. The Facebook event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/176545266022735/ And here is the Hebrew description: האם הפרטיות מתה? האם

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New paper accepted for publication: Anonymizing Mobility Data using Semantic Cloaking

A new paper by the group was recently accepted to the Journal Pervasive and Mobile Computing, by Omer Barak and Eran Toch. The paper, “Anonymizing Mobility Data using Semantic Cloaking”, looks at semantic categorization of places as a way to anonymize

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New paper accepted for publication: Anonymizing Mobility Data using Semantic Cloaking

A new paper by the group was recently accepted to the Journal Pervasive and Mobile Computing, by Omer Barak and Eran Toch. The paper, “Anonymizing Mobility Data using Semantic Cloaking”, looks at semantic categorization of places as a way to anonymize

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Happy new Hebrew Year!

The group wishes all members, friends, readers, and strangers, a happy new Hebrew year, תשנ״ו. September is a great time to start new projects and new ties, and we wish everybody great new adventures.  

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Happy new Hebrew Year!

The group wishes all members, friends, readers, and strangers, a happy new Hebrew year, תשנ״ו. September is a great time to start new projects and new ties, and we wish everybody great new adventures.  

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