[liberationtech] Columbia XRay web transparency project
https://github.com/matlecu/xray > XRay is a research project from Columbia University that aims to improve > transparency of data usage on the web. You can learn more on our website. http://xray.cs.columbia.edu/ > ...we developed XRay, a new tool that reveals which data in a web account, > such as emails, searches, or viewed products, are being used to target which > outputs, such as ads, recommended products, or prices. It can increase > end-user awareness about what the services they use do with their data, and > it can enable auditors and watchdogs with the necessary tools to keep the Web > in check. > > Currently, XRay can reveal some forms of targeting for Gmail ads, Amazon > product recommendations, and YouTube video recommendations. However, XRay's > core mechanisms are largely service-agnostic, providing the necessary > building blocks that we hope will enable a new generation of auditing tools > that will help lift the curtain on how users' personal data is being used. > > Using our XRay Gmail prototype, we found some pretty interesting examples of > data uses, such as a number of ads targeting depression, cancer, and other > illnesses. We also saw quite a few subprime loan ads for used cars that > targeted debt, loan, or borrow keywords in users' inboxes. YouTube (Aug 20) - "XRay: web transparency tool": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxH20ey2d7k HT @kdnuggets: https://twitter.com/kdnuggets/status/503198576798089216 gf -- Gregory Foster || gfos...@entersection.org @gregoryfoster <> http://entersection.com/ -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Columbia XRay web transparency project
On 8/23/14, 2:01 PM, Gregory Foster wrote: > https://github.com/matlecu/xray > >> XRay is a research project from Columbia University that aims to >> improve transparency of data usage on the web. You can learn more >> on our website. > > http://xray.cs.columbia.edu/ > >> ...we developed XRay, a new tool that reveals which data in a web >> account, such as emails, searches, or viewed products, are being >> used to target which outputs, such as ads, recommended products, >> or prices. It can increase end-user awareness about what the >> services they use do with their data, and it can enable auditors >> and watchdogs with the necessary tools to keep the Web in check. >> >> Currently, XRay can reveal some forms of targeting for Gmail ads, >> Amazon product recommendations, and YouTube video >> recommendations. However, XRay's core mechanisms are largely >> service-agnostic, providing the necessary building blocks that we >> hope will enable a new generation of auditing tools that will >> help lift the curtain on how users' personal data is being used. >> >> Using our XRay Gmail prototype, we found some pretty interesting >> examples of data uses, such as a number of ads targeting >> depression, cancer, and other illnesses. We also saw quite a few >> subprime loan ads for used cars that targeted debt, loan, or >> borrow keywords in users' inboxes. > > YouTube (Aug 20) - "XRay: web transparency tool": > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxH20ey2d7k > > HT @kdnuggets: > https://twitter.com/kdnuggets/status/503198576798089216 "XRay: Enhancing the Web’s Transparency with Differential Correlation" Presented at the 23rd Usenix Security Symposium (Aug 20-22) by @matlecu, et. al. https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity14/technical-sessions/presentation/lecuyer paper: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity14/sec14-paper-lecuyer.pdf slides: https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/conference/protected-files/sec14_slides_lecuyer.pdf NYT Bits Blog (Aug 18) - "XRay: A New Tool for Tracking the Use of Personal Data on the Web" by @SteveLohr: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/xray-a-new-tool-for-tracking-the-use-of-personal-data-on-the-web/ gf -- Gregory Foster || gfos...@entersection.org @gregoryfoster <> http://entersection.com/ -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] economic cost of lost emails.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:12:11 + (UTC) Troy Benjegerdes wrote: > At my last 'full-time employee' gig, I was at a company that > effectively lobotomized themselves with an idiotic "data retention > policy". One test engineer had 20 years of email going nearly back to > when the company was started, and 'policy' was that it must be > deleted. There is a lot of history loss going on, despite backups. I've had personal content suddenly disappear from public services and lost many many communications due to filtering. Plus sudden hardware failures most of my personal backed up data is just gone now. Are there any software projects are out there to resist an eventuality of digital book burning? Personal knowledge and public knowledge have both fallen prey to targetted attacks. Wikipedia sure lacks decentralization and a web of revision trust. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
