Two Papers to be presented at Ubicomp’13, Zurich

Ubicomp 2013 will be held in Zurich, Switzerland, next week, at September 8-12, 2013, in Zurich, Switzerland. Our group will present two papers at the conference: Eran will present the paper “Locality and Privacy in People-Nearby Applications” on Wednesday (Sep 11), the

Shana Tova! (i.e., Happy New Jewish Year)

Its a great opportunity to wish you all a happy new Jewish year! With some great new beginnings, but do not forget to remember some old footsteps too. שנה טובה! עם המון התחלות חדשות, אבל כדאי לזכור גם מעט עקבות

Discontent and disconnect

Lately, there is a steady stream of videos, art works and applications that somehow express discontent from the constant connectivity imposed we currently enjoy. From pictures depicting the best party ever, to a rehab plan from smartphones, people are thinking

Creepy Technology Roundup

Lots of shiny new creepy technologies lately. Here is a short roundup: – How easy it is to build a creepy spying gizmo based on Raspberry Pi? According to this New York Times story, its pretty easy. – Memoto Lifelogging Camera is a

Visualizing Cellphone Antennas and Celebrities!

Interesting visualization of cellphone antennas in Manhattan. High-End Stores Use Facial Recognition Tools To Spot VIPs. NPR covers a new technology that uses facial recognition to recognize celebrities in offline shopping.

Israeli privacy roundup: In the workplace, in commercial databases and on the biometric database

Friday’s roundup has lots of stories about privacy in Israel. But before diving into that, it might be a good time to read The-Awesomest-7-Year-Postdoc or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Tenure-track-faculty-life. A Scientific American article, providing a

Friday News and Links

Leaked Israeli citizen database can help people forge the new biometric database. An eye-opening report by channel 2 (Hebrew). Privacy is not abstract when the interaction is between people. Take a look at this interesting story from Valleywag about a