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2020: The Year Data Saved The World

Waxing UnLyrical

I think it will be as The Year Data Saved The World. Ok, many of us still zoned out in front of our screens – those on our mobile devices – but at least we did that outside…!). So, while 2020 will certainly be The Year COVID-19 Changed The World, I think it will also be The Year Data Saved The World.

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How To Protect The Privacy of One’s Mobile Device

The Realtime Report

How to Protect the Privacy of One’s Mobile Device. Most of them are connecting through mobile devices. In general, mobile internet usage accounts for more than half of all global web traffic. Mobile phones are now our favorite tools for internet browsing. Install a mobile VPN app.

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Can You See Who Views Your VSCO? Understanding Privacy and User Experience on the Popular Photo Platform

BeingOptimist

Due to some privacy concerns users have started expressing concern and have asked if there is a way to see who has viewed their VSCO profile. Understanding VSCO VSCO is a popular image and video-transforming mobile app for Android and iOS devices. VSCO has been criticized for its privacy practices.

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What is Cached data?

BeingOptimist

While you are using your device regularly, cached data build-up is not avoidant. But the question is- What is cached data? This stands the same for mobile phones as well as computers. What Is Cached Data? Cached data of any kind is informational data that gets stored on our devices when we visit websites and applications.

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These Ads Suck: Will Users in a Privacy-Altered World Like What They See?

Jon Loomer

Privacy as the goal, advertising will suddenly seem very “different” to users. This prompt, most importantly for Facebook advertisers who run ads for mobile web, will be shown for Facebook and Instagram app users. The Future of Privacy-Altered Advertising. Will they like what they see? This is a trend.

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More Nations Are Looking to Use Cell Phone Data to Track the COVID-19 Outbreak, Raising Privacy Concerns

Social Media Today

As COVID-19 outbreak continues to expand, could cell phone and mobile data tracking be the key to containment?

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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

You can see the forest and the trees in big data, according to Nora Young , the Canadian author and the host of CBC Radio One’s Spark, in her opening keynote at last week’s Fireworks Factory conference held on Galiano Island, British Columbia. Her topic was “Big data as a new information ecosystem.”. And it can be used for good.

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