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Evan Schuman has covered IT issues for a lot longer than he'll ever admit. The founding editor of retail technology site StorefrontBacktalk, he's been a columnist for CBSNews.com, RetailWeek, Computerworld and eWeek and his byline has appeared in titles ranging from BusinessWeek, VentureBeat and Fortune to The New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, The Detroit News and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Evan can be reached at eschuman@thecontentfirm.com and he can be followed at twitter.com/eschuman. Look for his blog twice a week.
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They’re an example of big tech companies’ failure to take security seriously.
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True privacy online is not viable
You can hide from casual observers, but a motivated person will see through your attempts at anonymization.
Dead men may tell no tales, but IoT devices do
Real privacy laws are needed in the U.S., and now more than ever with the advent of the IoT.
Bots may send your liability risk soaring
Judges and juries may think that a company should be better able to eliminate errors in responses with automation.
