“What Are you Doing,” Soon to be “Where are You?”
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At a specific ATM, calling from a certain intersection, new technology is increasingly aware of where we are at any given time. But when does that become a threat to our privacy and how can we get technology to work for us rather than against us? A new report out by the Electronic Frontier Foundation says it’s up to the programmers to start respecting our privacy and stop collecting and storing this information. We hear from a co-author of EFF’s report and a privacy officer from a programming company
Guests:
Andrew Blumberg, co-author of Electronic Frontier Foundation’s “On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever”
Brian Knapp, Chief Privacy Officer and COO for Loopt, a company based in Mountain View that provides a cellphone-based GPS sharing system that allows users to visualize one another using their cell phones and share information. Loopt also enables users to explore the world around them by connecting users with integrated content from Yelp and others.
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Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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