data mining
Yes, Someone Could Be Watching Your Every Move Through Your MacBook's Camera Right Now
Not to freak you out or anything, but you should probably be more paranoid when you're online.
Photographs of the Underwater Telecommunication Cables Tapped by the NSA
Trevor Paglen took a literal deep dive into government surveillance for his latest project.
Breathtaking Aerial and Water Photos Come to Benrubi Gallery
Jeffery Milstein and Eric Cahan bring urban landscapes and abstract fluid patterns, respectively, to the New York gallery.
Canada's Privacy Commissioner Caught Google Targeting Ads It Shouldn't Have
Google was warned about targeting ads using sensitive information before.
This Art Installation Uses Geological Data for Psychedelic Sound and Vision
Instead of data mining an online world, Sean Cotterill and Benjamin Freeth's data was collected from literal mines.
R. Luke Dubois, Data Artist Behind Britney Spears Photo Collages, Gets New Exhibition
He might be described as a "data-miner" but he's really a data architect.
What Four Months of Cleared Internet Cache Looks Like As a Physical Object
Hacker-artist Evan Roth made four months of cleared internet cache into physical works of art. Watch him make one.
Nixon Had It Right: The Government Should Be Wiretapped
If constant surveillance is the new technological reality, then government officials should live it, too.
CISPA Is the Data Mining Bill That Just Won't Die
CISPA re-animators Senators Diane Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss want to give NSA more access to data.
A Brief History of the US Government Spying on Its Citizens
The NSA’s surveillance of the internet and the phone records of millions of Americans isn't not the first time US government has taken an Big Brotherly interest in its citizens. The feds have been tapping into the private lives of Americans without...
The NSA's Data Collection Habits Are Trickling Down to Cops and Credit Agencies
More and more, companies, credit bureaus, and cops around the world are vetting people via social media.