Tag: open data
  • Apr 15, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Open source, open science: the coronavirus crisis is when openness comes into its own

Open source figures frequently on this blog. That’s in part because Private Internet Access is a long-time supporter of free software, and is in the process of open-sourcing its own software. But more generally, privacy is deeply bound up with open source, for reasons a recent post explained. The importance of open source in the … Continue reading “Open source, open science: the coronavirus crisis is when openness comes into its own”

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  • Jul 12, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Here’s why Google thinks you should trust it with unprecedented quantities of your city’s “urban data”

Last October, Privacy News Online wrote about an ambitious project from Google’s sister company, Sidewalk Labs. It aims to take the idea of a “smart city” to the next level, measuring everything that happens in the public sphere so that it can be optimized – and monetized. As that post reported, many people were understandably … Continue reading “Here’s why Google thinks you should trust it with unprecedented quantities of your city’s “urban data””

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  • Aug 14, 2017 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

Privacy issues with Palantir’s move into law enforcement, and how to tackle them

The name “Palantir” bespeaks mystery. Its original meaning is the powerful artifact in Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” that allows direct communications with distant lands. It is now also the name of a secretive company, Palantir Technologies, founded in 2004 by a number of Silicon Valley luminaries, chief among them Peter Thiel. At heart, Palantir … Continue reading “Privacy issues with Palantir’s move into law enforcement, and how to tackle them”

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