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• SMH: You are what you surf, buy or tweet

  22 February 2012 in Internet, Media, Politics, Privacy

  I have an op-ed in the Sydney Morning Herald today about the surveillance society, something that’s already with us. Computers can tell when your daughter is pregnant. Sometimes they know even before you do. In a recent feature for The New York Times, Charles Duhigg describes how Target in the US analyses everything it knows [...]

• Weekly Wrap 89: Storms and too many podcasts

  19 February 2012 in Weekly Wrap

  My usual weekly summary of what I’ve been doing elsewhere on the internets. This post covers the week from Monday 13 to Sunday 19 February 2012. I never did get around to writing that more reflective blog post, but you’ll cope. There’s enough here for you to be reading and listening to. Podcasts Patch Monday [...]

• The 9pm Edict #19

  19 February 2012 in The 9pm Edict

  Years ago, a bloke got frustrated at the end of a long day, and swore a bit. And suddenly the entire fucking media in this country is buzzing around this one pissy little story like blowflies to the corpse of a dead horse. Yes, less than two days since I posted episode 18, today’s bullshit [...]

• Talking iMessage and Path privacy fail on radio 2UE

  18 February 2012 in Conversations, Internet, Media, Privacy

  So I ended up going quick chat just now on Radio 2UE just now about Apple’s newly-announced iMessage plans and Path’s privacy outrage. While Apple’s iMessage isn’t new, extending the application to the Mac’s OS X desktop is, as are some of the iCloud-linked services. In part that’s shoring up Apple’s cloud services. And it’s [...]

• The 9pm Edict #18

  17 February 2012 in The 9pm Edict

  Danger on the streets! Lock up your children! There’s not a moment to spare. Australians demonstrate their stupidity and complete lack of class by proposing fucked up names for satellites. And in an effort to become relevant to important media issues, a food review. This episode’s lead topic is the report that NSW Police are [...]