Empathy+ Technology

The FCC releases their Title II net neutrality rules; good samaritans use technology to combat human trafficking in India; the risks and opportunities of big data sharing.

Topics

FCC Net Neutrality rules, Helping Faceless, Digital Fingerprints, Food Bank of the Rockies

Show Notes

Intro Music by Miracles of Modern Science: Physics Is Our Business

FCC Net Net Neutrality update

• http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releases-open-internet-order

Helping Faceless

• http://social.yourstory.com/2015/01/helping-faceless-samerica/
• http://social.yourstory.com/2014/07/helping-facele...
• http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/08/next-time-find...
• https://www.facebook.com/helpingfaceless
• http://www.helpingfaceless.com/?referrer=utm_source%3Dvolunteerform%26utm_medium%3Dweb
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/human-trafficking-month_n_4590587.html
• http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery?language=en#t-181461
• http://slaveryfootprint.org/
• http://madeinafreeworld.com/on_the_ground

Digital Fingerprints

• Netflix
  • http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/03/pulling-back-the-curtain-on-anonymous-twitterers/
  • https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_oak08netflix.pdf
  • https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/netflix-faq.html
  • http://stoweboyd.com/post/882278313/the-limits-of-anonymity-the-netflix-prize-undone
• http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/29/7945073/credit-card-metadata-reveals-purchase-history-study
• http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/your-secrets-live-online-in-databases-of-ruin/
• AOL: http://arstechnica.com/business/2006/09/7835/
• Credit Cards
  • http://www.nature.com/news/people-identified-through-credit-card-use-alone-1.16817#/ref-link-2
  • http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/with-a-few-bits-of-data-researchers-identify-anonymous-people/
  • https://hbr.org/2015/02/theres-no-such-thing-as-an...
• http://qz.com/232838/heres-why-you-should-stay-wary-of-anonymous-data-but-dont-go-full-luddite/
• http://randomwalker.info/publications/no-silver-bu...
• Location Data
  • http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130325/srep01376/full/srep01376.html
  • Taxis: https://medium.com/@vijayp/of-taxis-and-rainbows-f6bc289679a1
• Medicine
  • http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/01/researchers-use-big-data-to-find-patients-with-high-cholesterol-risk.html
  • http://www.wired.com/2013/01/your-genome-could-reveal-your-identity/

Food Bank of the Rockies

• http://www.foodbankrockies.org/

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