Make Yourself Expensive: A Field Guide to Shrinking Your Data Footprint
Asked under oath last week whether he would commit to not buying Americans’ location data without a warrant, the Director of the FBI declined.
anonymity
I can never talk to an AI anonymously again
AI only needs 150 words to identify me. What does that mean for you?
In search of Banksy, Reuters found the artist took on a new identity
Anonymity has become part of a lucrative brand for the artist Banksy, but records we unearthed prove his true identity and show the new name he used to travel to Ukraine.
Johatsu: Into Thin Air (2024) ⭐ 6.3 | Documentary
1h 26m
Table for One: Why McDonald’s Solo Seats Are Viral in China
The design taps into a growing demand for low-pressure public spaces, as digital life reshapes how people interact.
How to Disappear: Secrets of the World’s Greatest Privacy Experts
Inside the world of extreme-privacy consultants, who, for the right fee, will make you and your personal information very hard to find
Surfshark VPN Gains a Neat Trick That Changes Your IP Address Every 5 Minutes
k-anonymity, the parent of all privacy definitions - Ted is writing things
How a privacy researcher proved a politician wrong, and how she created the first ever definition of anonymity in the process.
In this article, I'll describe and analyze Sweeney's successful reidentification attack,
these factors appear to be necessary: remove one of them and suddenly, the attack no longer works.
Privacy-Safe Attribution Avoids User Tracking
A new attribution approach uses large sets of anonymized data to infer which channels and campaigns led to conversions.
Vollebak’s Electromagnetic Shielding Jacket creates a NASA-grade Faraday cage around you and your gadgets
"But why?!" is a question I often find myself asking Vollebak when they create some of their oddly fascinating garments. A glow-in-the-dark puffer, a jacket that can survive mars, another garment literally made from woven metal, Vollebak tends to push the limits of what…
Why thousands of young Chinese people use a pink dinosaur as their alias
Users adopt the alias “momo” as a way to speak more freely, evade harassment, and protect personal privacy on Douban and Xiaohongshu.
The Personal Brand Is Dead
Gen Z would rather be anonymous online.
Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone.
You can find deep, lasting happiness in a good deed that no one knows you did.
Larry David and the Game Theory of Anonymous Donations
What your generosity signals about you.
How to Sell Embarrassing Products
Consumers are more likely to buy embarrassing products when their embarrassment is mitigated by more-anonymous packaging. Specifically, consumers found products packaged in boxes with cool colors, small lettering, and a picture of the product to be more anonymous (and appealing)…