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Friday Links and News: the data privacy of drinking water, location prediction and more. http://wp.me/p3cZei-aW
Troubling report in Haaretz about the Woosh startup that sets up public fountains in Tel Aviv, asking users to identify. Apparently, their agreement with the municipality requires them to share user data with the municipality. Its not clear how this agreement
Friday Links and News: the data privacy of drinking water, location prediction and more. http://wp.me/p3cZei-aW
Troubling report in Haaretz about the Woosh startup that sets up public fountains in Tel Aviv, asking users to identify. Apparently, their agreement with the municipality requires them to share user data with the municipality. Its not clear how this agreement
The three papers summary: Time on Facebook, People-Nearby Applications and Price in Location Sharing
Three new papers by my group were recently accepted to various conferences. In “Retrospective Privacy – Managing Longitudinal Privacy in Online Social Networks“, Oshrat Rave Ayalon looks at something we all battle with from time to time: what do we
The three papers summary: Time on Facebook, People-Nearby Applications and Price in Location Sharing
Three new papers by my group were recently accepted to various conferences. In “Retrospective Privacy – Managing Longitudinal Privacy in Online Social Networks“, Oshrat Rave Ayalon looks at something we all battle with from time to time: what do we
New Paper: The Price Is Right? Economic Value of Location Sharing
A new paper was just accepted to the 2nd ACM Workshop on Mobile Systems for Computational Social Science. The paper, written by Omer Barak, Gabriella Cohen, Alla Gazit and Eran Toch, is based on a class project of the first
New Paper: The Price Is Right? Economic Value of Location Sharing
A new paper was just accepted to the 2nd ACM Workshop on Mobile Systems for Computational Social Science. The paper, written by Omer Barak, Gabriella Cohen, Alla Gazit and Eran Toch, is based on a class project of the first
Friday Links and News: The Biometric Database, Photo Stream Analysis, DNT and the Mother of all Demos.
Several days before the Israeli biometric ID pilot starts, a security evaluation document reveals major flaws in the way the smart IDs are created and managed. The document was created by the request of RAMOT – the Department for Law, Technology and Information in
Friday Links and News: The Biometric Database, Photo Stream Analysis, DNT and the Mother of all Demos.
Several days before the Israeli biometric ID pilot starts, a security evaluation document reveals major flaws in the way the smart IDs are created and managed. The document was created by the request of RAMOT – the Department for Law, Technology and Information in
Why the Law cannot understand Facebook? And can we design privacy beyond the middle class
In the fascinating New Yorker article, “The Prism”, Jill Lepore chronicles the history of privacy through time, trying to solve some mysteries, such as why many organizations that promote privacy also promote government openness. Towards the end of the article, Lepore mentions
Why the Law cannot understand Facebook? And can we design privacy beyond the middle class
In the fascinating New Yorker article, “The Prism”, Jill Lepore chronicles the history of privacy through time, trying to solve some mysteries, such as why many organizations that promote privacy also promote government openness. Towards the end of the article, Lepore mentions
Two lectures by group members, today at ILAIS
Two group members, Ron Hirshpung and Oshrat Ayalon, are showing their works today at the ILAIS – Israel Association for Information Systems (ILAIS’13) conference. Oshrat will talk at the first session about “Understanding the Temporal Aspects of Information Sharing in Online Social
Two lectures by group members, today at ILAIS
Two group members, Ron Hirshpung and Oshrat Ayalon, are showing their works today at the ILAIS – Israel Association for Information Systems (ILAIS’13) conference. Oshrat will talk at the first session about “Understanding the Temporal Aspects of Information Sharing in Online Social
New Article: Locality and Privacy in People-Nearby Applications
A new article was recently accepted to the Ubicomp conference: Locality and Privacy in People-Nearby Applications. The article, written with Inbal Levi, a research assistant in the group, looks at mobile applications that help users discover new people around them for
New Article: Locality and Privacy in People-Nearby Applications
A new article was recently accepted to the Ubicomp conference: Locality and Privacy in People-Nearby Applications. The article, written with Inbal Levi, a research assistant in the group, looks at mobile applications that help users discover new people around them for