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In August 2014, YouTuber Mark Rober showed how a phone thermal camera can read your ATM PIN from keypad heat — and the simple trick that defeats it.
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In September 2014, Facebook tested scheduled post deletion on iOS — borrowing Snapchat's core idea. TI's 2014 take on ephemeral social media, from the archives.
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That zip code the cashier asks for isn't needed for your card to go through. It's marketing data — and you have every right to say no.
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Cambridge researchers predicted users' sexuality, politics, and more from Facebook likes alone — with startling accuracy. What the 2013 study found.
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The 2012 internet loved 'never post this on Facebook' lists. The unasked question was harder: what is social media actually for?
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In May 2012 IBM banned Siri on company devices — voice data went to Apple's servers, and nobody could audit it. The caution turned out to be prescient.
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A Virginia court secretly ordered Twitter to surrender five WikiLeaks-linked accounts. WikiLeaks demanded Google and Facebook disclose their own subpoenas.
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Ratan Tata moved the Supreme Court claiming the leaked Niira Radia tapes violated his right to privacy. On the collision of public interest and private
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In 2011 Google acquired a face-recognition startup — and then refused to ship the technology. The story of the one product Google held back.
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