Real-name system for Internet users
A case on online rumors On July 23, 2011, two high speed trains derailed each other. Four cars fell off the viaduct when they travelling on the Yongtaiwen railway...
Surveillance
How Secure Is Your Phone’s Software?
The software that runs your phone is called an Operating System. There are many ways an OS can protect you and your data, such as sandboxing, encryption, and...
How Secure Is Your Phone’s Lock?
It's been 10 years since the first modern smartphone. Back then, many of them weren't protected by default—you only needed to swipe to unlock them. Today, all phones...
How Secure is Your Chat App?
Chat apps are the #1 way to communicate using your smartphone. The offer is broad and wide, and the potential for companies or governments snooping on your conversation...
Quantified Self, Self-tracking, and Self-awareness: What are the advantage and disadvantage of self-tracking from a psychological perspective?
Self-tracking devices are getting more notice from people nowadays. More and more people get their Quantified Self, which is self-knowledge, through self-tracking from wearable devices. Until now, people’s...
How the commercialization of satellite imagery has become for-profit domestic spying
In the early days of satellite imagery, its primary uses were global observation. The technology was owned by government agencies and motivated by reconnaissance, but later found use...