"The way you walk can be as unique as your fingerprint; a couple of studies show that gait can help verify the identity of smartphone users. And gait can also predict whether someone is at risk for dementia. Seemingly useless pieces of data may let experts deduce or predict certain behaviors or conditions now, but the big insights will come in the next few years, when companies and consumers are able to view a tapestry of different individual data points and contrast them with data across the entire population. That’s when, according to a recent report from Berkeley’s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, we’ll be able to “gain deep insight into human emotional experiences.” But it’s the data that you’re creating now that will fuel those insights. Far from meaningless, it’s the foundation of what you (and everyone else) may be able to learn about your future self."
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Showing posts with label concerns re seemingly innocuous personal data. Show all posts
Showing posts with label concerns re seemingly innocuous personal data. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
There’s No Such Thing as Innocuous Personal Data; Slate, 8/8/16
Elizabeth Weingarten, Slate; There’s No Such Thing as Innocuous Personal Data:
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