January 18, 2006 – MichaelZimmer.org

Data Collection for Traffic Avoidance Systems

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 18, 2006in Mobility, Privacy

Technology Review has a new article on traffic avoidance systems, focusing on the software firm Inrix, who is working towards better methods of forecasting traffic congestion "hours and even days in advance." Its interesting stuff, but this passage is somewhat…

Faith in the Algorithm

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 18, 2006in Privacy, Search Engines

This Economist article on Google co-founder Larry Page has been getting a lot of attention due to its closing statements on Google's reported desire build a machine that will pass the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test"Turing test, and how Google wants to be…

iTunes Now Asks for Consent Before Collecting Data

Posted by Michael Zimmeron January 18, 2006in Personal Tech, Privacy

Following up on the earlier story about the new Apple iTunes MiniStore feature that collects and sends user data to Apple, Cory Doctorow reports that iTunes now asks for explicit user consent before activating this feature: The MiniStore was switched…