Linked – Facial Recognition Tech Is Creepy When It Works—And Creepier When It Doesn’t
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Linked – Facial Recognition Tech Is Creepy When It Works—And Creepier When It Doesn’t

Ultimately, this is the problem with wide-scaled facial recognition use. It’s going to “find” a lot of similar looking people. For an extreme example of what can go wrong, take data recently released by an EU Freedom of Information request and then posted by the South Wales police. It shows that at the Champions League…

Linked – Lesson One: What most people get wrong about effective learning
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Linked – Lesson One: What most people get wrong about effective learning

As a trainer, this is vital to remember: “Reading and listening are often important steps in learning. Without having any instruction, pure practice is little more than trial-and-error. The fact that we can learn from instruction and observation is one of the greatest powers we have as a species. The mistake, however, is in assuming…

Linked – Report: Software bug led to death in Uber’s self-driving crash
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Linked – Report: Software bug led to death in Uber’s self-driving crash

Oh this is not going to sit well with all of the people who simply don’t trust the basic idea of self-driving cars. “The fatal crash that killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, in March occurred because of a software bug in Uber’s self-driving car technology, The Information’s Amir Efrati reported on Monday. According…

Linked – Facebook fired employees for stalking users
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Linked – Facebook fired employees for stalking users

I know many people look at those of us who are concerned about privacy and the people who have information about us as some kind of conspiracy theorists, worrying that the government is going after us individually. I get why that can seem far fetched, but this is really why we concern ourselves with it….

We Have Met The Internet’s Enemy, and It is Us
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We Have Met The Internet’s Enemy, and It is Us

This is my conclusion after reading the “apology” from some of the founders of internet platforms. As an early blogger and social media fan, I too felt like these new tools would be a tremendous way to share information, learning, and connect with people to continue that learning. I still believe it is that, on…

Linked – With smart cities, your every step will be recorded
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Linked – With smart cities, your every step will be recorded

No worries, I’m sure no one would ever misuse this much data, right? Although they have huge potential to make life better, the possibility of increasingly smarter cities also raises serious privacy concerns. Through sensors embedded into our cities, and the smartphones in our pockets, smart cities will have the power to constantly identify where…