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NSA developing real time map of all Internet-connected devices

The US National Security Agency (NSA) penetrated the systems of leading German technology and communications companies as part of a…

Apr 8, 2018 Yves Mulkers 39M views 2 min read

Artificial intelligence reads privacy policies so you don’t have to

We can think of privacy policies as fortresses made out of thick bricks of gobbledygook: impenetrable, sprawling documents that do…

Feb 24, 2018 Yves Mulkers 74M views 3 min read

16 analytic disciplines compared to data science

What are the differences between data science, data mining, machine learning, statistics, operations research, and so on? Here I compare…

Nov 25, 2017 Yves Mulkers 74M views 3 min read

The 5 worst Big Data privacy risks (and how to guard against them)

Big data, as its proponents have been saying for nearly a decade now, can bring big benefits: advertisements focused on…

Jul 17, 2017 Yves Mulkers 123M views 4 min read

Artificial Intelligence Will Put Spies Out of Work, Too

If Robert Cardillo has his way, robots will perform 75 percent of the tasks currently done by American intelligence analysts…

Jun 10, 2017 Yves Mulkers 141M views 3 min read

Why We’re So Hypocritical About Online Privacy

Many of us say that we’re concerned about protecting our privacy and personal data online. And yet, our actions say otherwise.…

May 4, 2017 Yves Mulkers 87M views 4 min read

NSA to share data with other agencies without “minimizing” American information

On Thursday the New York Times reported that the Obama Administration had recently finalized rules to give the National Security…

Jan 19, 2017 Yves Mulkers 98M views 2 min read

Going with the flow: The global battle for your personal data

It’s a cliché that “data is the new oil”—a metaphor that dates back to at least 2006. Like oil, data…

Nov 27, 2016 Yves Mulkers 94M views 3 min read

Using Big Data to Predict Terrorist Acts Amid Privacy Concerns

Before Ahmad Khan Rahami planted bombs in New York and New Jersey, he bought bomb-making materials on eBay, linked to…

Oct 19, 2016 Yves Mulkers 100M views 4 min read

Six categories of Data Scientists

We are now at 9 categories after a few updates. Just like there are a few categories of statisticians (biostatisticians,…

Oct 12, 2016 Yves Mulkers 34M views 2 min read