Big Data

  1. 6 Links That Will Show You What Google Knows About You

    Article In this article, there are 6 links featured that, when clicked, give you a peek into the data Google has...

  2. Adblocking: How About Nah?

    Article In this article, the author discusses the ethics of using an ad blocker, and highlighting the position that ad blockers give users...

  3. Advertising is a cancer on society

    Article In this article, the author argues that modern advertising is similar to how cancer takes over the human body. After...

  4. Big Data Business Plan Lecture Slides

    Lecture / slides In these lecture slides for the Ethical and Professional Issues course in Notre Dame's Computer Science and Engineering department, the following...

  5. How Companies Learn Your Secrets

    Article In this article, the author tells the story of how Target learned to identify when women are pregnant to target...

  6. Privacy Fundamentalism

    Article In this article, the author argues that there are alarmist privacy arguments out there and explains why one by Farhad...

  7. The Convenience-Surveillance Tradeoff

    Article In this article, Adrienne LaFrance discusses how Americans view the tradeoffs between privacy and surveillance based on a recent. Pew study....

  8. The New Age of Surveillance

    Article In this article, the author discusses how the emergence of the Internet of Things is ushering in a new age...

  9. Walter Scheirer Interviews Kirsten Martin

    Video In this video, Prof. Walter Scheirer (Computer Science, Notre Dame) interviews Dr. Kristen Martin, expert on technology ethics and privacy,...

  10. Welcome to the Age of Privacy Nihilism

    Article In this article, Ian Bogost provides an overview of the history of business intelligence. While the uncannily-appropriate nature of the targeted...

  11. Why Using an Ad Blocker Is Stealing

    Article In this article, the author discusses why using an ad blocker is stealing. The author argues that using an ad...

  12. Why You Should Embrace Surveillance, Not Fight It

    Article From the article description: "The internet is a tracking and monitoring machine. We will ceaselessly self-track and be tracked. We’re expanding...

  13. Writing Reflection 05: Exposure of Anonymity?

    Writing Reflection In this writing reflection for the Ethical and Professional Issues course in Notre Dame's Computer Science and Engineering department, students are...