August 14, 2006 – MichaelZimmer.org

Amazon Plans “World’s Biggest Personal Data Stash”

Posted by Michael Zimmeron August 14, 2006in Internet, Privacy

The Register warns that Amazon.com is planning to create the "world's biggest personal data stash." Their source is this Seattle Post Intelligencer report on the detailed patent application Amazon filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: Amazon.com is developing…

Gmail Pictures Used For Face Recognition?

Posted by Michael Zimmeron August 14, 2006in Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

The Google Operating System blog reports that when uploading pictures for your contacts, Gmail will ask you to crop the picture, to separate the face of the person. The result? Google has a database of multiple images for a lot…