News
Etsy Sellers Demand Reversal of "Train Wreck" Policy
The company is asking users to verify their bank details via Plaid, a fintech company that recently settled a privacy class action lawsuit.
online privacy
Test 2018 posts
Why Google’s Art Selfie App Doesn’t Work in Texas and Illinois
Both states have strict user privacy laws governing the use of biometric identifiers like scans of facial geometry.
Art
Visualizing the Purrrsonal Data You Share with Your Cat Photos
For Owen Mundy, the internet's love of cats is a gateway to recognizing the huge amounts of personal data we share publicly on social media.
Opinion
Going Private: From WeChat to SnapChat
Around this time last year, Instagram caused a flurry after attempting to change its terms of service — what the Globe and Mail's Russell Smith called "an apparent move to appropriate and sell every user’s photos." Smith pondered how growing awareness of the public documentation of our private lives
Interview
James Gilbert On Tweeted, Googled and Inappropriately Touched
Los Angeles-based artist James Gilbert has been exploring the nature of privacy online with Tweeted, Googled and Inappropriately Touched. The cleverly named series incorporates smaller sub-projects, like "Privacy Is Dead Because We Said So, 2.0" (2010), which is included in #TheSocialGraph [http://h