I don't agree with Edward Snowden but I agree with what he did.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUh1yghRBjeMblNu31Dh696opt9Hgm2Jb-u4TIMqbd8RzAU6OD69WOURQw2MfckIl_Dw8a4mjMEqXQwILtj6oP0fVQQqpxtnDSiU_wEJ12jyTwB6lDs3C4zgCqndHpBtj3aQkGi3K9A/s1600/EdwardSnowden.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUh1yghRBjeMblNu31Dh696opt9Hgm2Jb-u4TIMqbd8RzAU6OD69WOURQw2MfckIl_Dw8a4mjMEqXQwILtj6oP0fVQQqpxtnDSiU_wEJ12jyTwB6lDs3C4zgCqndHpBtj3aQkGi3K9A/s640/EdwardSnowden.png"></a></div> It was Edward Snowden's leaks that made me aware of the full extent of NSA surveillance. I considered it my duty to engage my legislative representatives about this and I considered Edward Snowden as having done me a public service for revealing just how much information was being collected and how. With <i>New Republic</i> journalist     <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/100638377116111667063" target="_blank">+Sean Wilentz</a>  deep dig into Snowden's motivations I have learned that he isn't against government spying per se, he is a libertarian that is against government. And you know what? I don't care. He is still my civic engagement hero. Read the story and see if he is still your hero.You can <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wcGRaSsTTR96Q-TqAk0390jnhFwt018XQOeJO--o5xo/edit#slide=id.g29e023afd_019">download the article as a PDF</a> for easier reading.<br>

I don't agree with Edward Snowden but I agree with what he did.

It was Edward Snowden's leaks that made me aware of the full extent of NSA surveillance. I considered it my duty to engage my legisla...

Intel Backed HTML5 Posse Shows Public What HTML5 And CSS3 Can Do

<a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107505091494053426676" target="_blank">+HTML5</a>  brings hacker evangelists together to showcase what HTML5 and CSS3 can do.  The results are on display on an <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/108565252943447145061" target="_blank">+Rolling Stone</a> article that digs into government recruitment of hackers.<br>

Intel Backed HTML5 Posse Shows Public What HTML5 And CSS3 Can Do

+HTML5   brings hacker evangelists together to showcase what HTML5 and CSS3 can do.  The results are on display on an  +Rolling Stone  artic...

New Knights In Tech Armor Attack Click Farm Companies That Game Social Network Platforms

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8KU5ZEuRMKdk-63vxqRb0bXPjBpdPrJzxYuaJWssRUlCHNQCtPZ0vRV2yioBjLUKCjIHgDRWc4EEKhMYrgdfRUSwa285kfUuak6LKCrhK4dGNUL_j9KlJv5dykBjzqFPhuPJE0XJZw/s1600/India_Click_Farms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8KU5ZEuRMKdk-63vxqRb0bXPjBpdPrJzxYuaJWssRUlCHNQCtPZ0vRV2yioBjLUKCjIHgDRWc4EEKhMYrgdfRUSwa285kfUuak6LKCrhK4dGNUL_j9KlJv5dykBjzqFPhuPJE0XJZw/s640/India_Click_Farms.jpg" width="640"></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Click farms allow people who pay to game the social media platforms.  They brought in over $500 million (U.S.) in 2013.  Now there are knights in tech armor aiming to take them down.</span><br> <span style="font-size: large;"></span><br>

New Knights In Tech Armor Attack Click Farm Companies That Game Social Network Platforms

Click farms allow people who pay to game the social media platforms.  They brought in over $500 million (U.S.) in 2013.  Now there are kni...

High Tech Medical Devices Introduced At CES 2014 Don't Always Include High Tech Data Security

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_R0BTQxc37xgQHcGvikj_GomVuN_bVbYyT-yojLmRnvctdY2m8AcBQdsWy4molkVsdkU9HtediJptG2Rf4ZCbY9v-eGhxADAQeOaXRblXjG2JScI6mYbo82sGw3dfdBGhyphenhyphenVpes3VZA/s1600/HighTechMedicalDevices.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_R0BTQxc37xgQHcGvikj_GomVuN_bVbYyT-yojLmRnvctdY2m8AcBQdsWy4molkVsdkU9HtediJptG2Rf4ZCbY9v-eGhxADAQeOaXRblXjG2JScI6mYbo82sGw3dfdBGhyphenhyphenVpes3VZA/s640/HighTechMedicalDevices.jpg" /></a></div><br/> At CES 2014 there were a lot of booths from high tech medical device companies hawking products that promised to monitor consumers health and warn them about potential medical issues. This is a continuation of the "quantified self" trend where consumers measure every aspect of their lives, including their biology. A lot of startups are jumping on this trend. But their product development, says some critics, does not always include proper care to make sure that the biological information being captured by the user stays only with the user. <br/> <iframe width="660" height="180" src="//www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FAdreanaInLB%2Fhigh-tech-medical-devices-dont-always-have-high-tech-data-security%2F&embed_type=widget_standard&embed_uuid=69514051-a1e3-4917-8c65-ad3a9df8594b&hide_tracklist=1&hide_cover=1" frameborder="0"></iframe><div style="clear: both; height: 3px; width: 652px;"></div><p style="display: block; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 4px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 652px;"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/AdreanaInLB/high-tech-medical-devices-dont-always-have-high-tech-data-security/?utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=base_links&amp;utm_term=resource_link" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">High Tech Medical Devices Don't Always Have High Tech Data Security</a><span> by </span><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/AdreanaInLB/?utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=base_links&amp;utm_term=profile_link" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Adreana Langston</a><span> on </span><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=homepage_link" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"> Mixcloud</a></p><div style="clear: both; height: 3px; width: 652px;"></div> This radio piece originally ran on <a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/01/10/261271818/startups-often-focus-on-data-security-too-late-if-at-all?rel=nofollow">National Public Radio</a> on January 9, 2014 in a piece by <a href="https://twitter.com/aarti_news21">Aarti Shahani</a>

High Tech Medical Devices Introduced At CES 2014 Don't Always Include High Tech Data Security

At CES 2014 there were a lot of booths from high tech medical device companies hawking products that promised to monitor consumers health a...