Look what arrived! New edited volume on the economics of privacy. Aimed at scholars looking to get up to speed on the literature and the open questions. With chapters by
@ce_tucker@ssnstudy@garjoh_canuck
Amalia Miller and Alessandro Bonatti.
“It might sound like paranoia to some, but some people really don’t like the idea that they don’t have control over how their data is used.”
@ssnstudy was recently quoted in an article for @WSJ regarding privacy-focused browsers.🌐 on.wsj.com/3yQgsge
“Advertising intermediaries can strategically use the amount of information they collect about consumers in order to benefit mostly themselves…” - Alessandro Acquisti @ssnstudy, Trustees Professor Of Information Technology And Public Policy
on.natgeo.com/4b03daS
We want to extend a congratulations to @ssnstudy on being named an inaugural @ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar!🍎 🌟 His outstanding contributions have placed him in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide!🌍 bit.ly/4bo1j3K
We want to extend a congratulations to @ssnstudy on being named an inaugural @ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar!🍎 🌟 His outstanding contributions have placed him in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide!🌍 bit.ly/4bo1j3K
Talking about the great work of @ssnstudy here, who demo’ed in 2010 that a commercial face recognition algorithm paired w/a database of Facebook photos could identify 1 out of 3 Carnegie Mellon students IRL. Then Google bought that company & closed its services to outsiders.
Who is benefitting from the data economy?
Join @ssnstudy in South Hall this Thursday, Sept. 21, to learn more about where economic value from consumer data is directed. 🗓️
🕙 10:10 am to 11:30 am
📍 205 South Hall
ischool.berkeley.edu/events/…
Huge week for privacy at Cal---we have Alessandro Acquisti on Thursday giving the distinguished lecture at the I School, Who Benefits from the Data Economy? ischool.berkeley.edu/events/…@ssnstudy
With me as moderator, privacy/tech researcher @ssnstudy, composer @kamalasankaram & @Disney developer Joe Holt, we’ll discuss how art, tech & research can merge to educate the public on the risks & dangers to our privacy posed by current practices in surveillance capitalism
Vote for our panel at @sxsw 2024! "Fusing Opera Theatre W/ Research For Social Justice" is based on the @SloanPublic@OperaonTapNYC techno-noir opera "Looking At You," during which audience members are datamined & exposed to their own content
Vote now: panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/14…
So excited for Professor @ssnstudy to deliver the keynote address at the closing conference for @ZiF_Bi's Research Group “Economic and Legal Challenges in the Advent of Smart Products!" Find out more here: idpcc.pt/en/destaques/call-f…
Published in @CACMmag, Alessandro Acquisti (@ssnstudy) and Ryan Steed’s (@ryanbsteed) column advocates for an interdisciplinary, empirically grounded research agenda on privacy-preserving analytics (PPAs) that connects social and computer scientists.
@HeinzCollege
Why should you be hesitant to purchase a product advertised to you online? “[Recent] studies consistently highlighted a pervasive problem of low-quality vendors in targeted ads,” wrote @ssnstudy, Eduardo Abraham Schnadower Mustri, & @IdrisAdjerid. nytimes.com/2023/04/06/opini…@nytimes