The Power of Data and Privacy
Steve discusses privacy and data that is publicly available on the Internet.
2026-02-11
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Data Privacy and Protection
Concerns over AI Chat Privacy
Many of the GenAI services are using the free model of the past, where they use your data in ways you might not expect. Now, a court is ensuring OpenAI keeps your chat data around.
2025-09-03
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2024-09-16
138 reads
A Lack of Privacy in Smart Cars
With new vehicles becoming more and more computerized and controlled, is data privacy an issue?
2023-11-29
263 reads
The Chief Data Officer
The idea of a Chief Data Officer is growing in many companies. Steve thinks this is a good thing.
2022-03-16
180 reads
Location Data Is Not Anonymous
The world of public data is scary for Steve, even when the data is aggregated. It appears that keeping information private is becoming harder, and perhaps, impossible.
2021-10-04
184 reads
Tracking, Privacy, and Lots of Data
Apple has implemented some privacy controls for customers, which some advertisers don't like, but Steve agrees with.
2021-06-16
174 reads
Agree or Lose Features
Forcing users to agree to a new EULA or removing features seems like a bad idea to Steve.
2021-05-26
217 reads
Differential Privacy
Steve looks at a technique that some think will allow more data to be used in research and training.
2021-05-24
160 reads
Finding Legal Data
Using data scraped from the web might be convenient, but is it legal. Perhaps more importantly, is it moral? Steve has a few thoughts.
2021-04-19
266 reads
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