Episode 127: What Is a Wealth of Data Worth?
As people like, share, and upload on social media platforms, data is generated by users and gathered by tech companies. It’s a bit unclear, however, how companies handle user data. Is selling or storing user data a problem? Does the Fourth Amendment...
Words & Numbers · Antony Davies
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As people like, share, and upload on social media platforms, data is generated by users and gathered by tech companies. It’s a bit unclear, however, how companies handle user data. Is selling or storing user data a problem? Does the Fourth Amendment protect internet privacy? Should the government get involved?Join James Harrigan and Antony Davies—live from the University of Arizona!—as they discuss End User License Agreements, copyright law, data breaches, and more on this week’s episode of Words & Numbers.
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Quick hits
President Trump may not block critics from his Twitter feed
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/trump-twitter-first-amendment.html
CBO estimates of the effect of a minimum wage hike
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/08/cbo-estimates-effects-of-house-democrats-15-minimum-wage-plan.html
Foolishness of the week
Google recorded then leaked conversations that Google Assistant overheard
https://mashable.com/article/google-assistant-recordings-leaked/
Topic of the week: Privacy
Expectation of privacy https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/expectation_of_privacy
Katz v. United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katz_v._United_States
Olmstead v. United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmstead_v._United_States
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