In our hectic, public social lives, there’s always Facebook, a gated community where you can let it all hang out with your friends. What you say or show on Facebook is safe from those outside forces that might otherwise ruin the experience: your parents, your students, your ex, and yes, search engines. But Facebook is […]
Google Dashboard and online privacy
The Russian comic Yakov Smirnoff famously said, “In Soviet Russia, TV watches you.” Today, he might say, “on Internet, Google watches you.” Indeed, Google is like Santa Claus: it sees you when you’re sleeping. It knows when you’re awake. It knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness’ sake. But you […]