The Digital Self: Tomorrow’s politicians are ruining their online reputations today
Thanks to loose regard for online privacy, America is destined to decide just how much online indiscretion we are willing to tolerate in our politicians.
The Digital Self: Yahoo’s Tumblr buy shows how delicate our online lives are
Yahoo's purchase of Tumblr serves as a reminder that relying on third-party companies to store our digital lives is a bad bet.
Terms & Conditions: Etsy’s homespun rules are more complicated than you think
Etsy may be a great place to find that simple little item that ties the room together. But its terms of service toss sellers into a maze of rules.
Playing God: Meet the man who built the most lifelike android ever
Dr. David Hanson will unveil the world's most lifelike humanoid robot at the GF2045 conference in June.
Inside the world of vapers, the subculture that might save smokers’ lives
Welcome to the world of vapers, and all that goes with it.
Terms & Conditions: BangWithFriends is not liable for your horrible decisions
BangWithFriends lets you secretly find out which of your Facebook buddies want to become friends with benefits. But just how private is it?
The Digital Self: Our online lives are our ‘real’ lives
Our perception that "the Internet" isn't "real life" is wrong – and, sometimes, dangerous.
Terms & Conditions: Reddit revamps with privacy in mind
Reddit has revamped its privacy policy to give users exactly the information they need to understand how their privacy is protected by the popular site.
The Digital Self: Covering your eyes won’t keep you safe from online peeping Toms
Online privacy isn't dead, but it is evolving. Here's what it means to most people now – and what we need to do to protect it from falling six feet under.
The Digital Self: We need new rules for citizen reporting on the real-time Web
The rush of the real-time Web got the better of many of us during last week's Boston manhunt. How do we make sure that never happens again?
Terms & Conditions: Congress has privacy policies in its sights with CISPA
The return of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) puts all privacy policies on the chopping block.
Crowdsourced or Mobsourced: Did Reddit help or harm the Boston bombing investigation?
Are crowdsourced investigations like that of Reddit's 'FindBostonBombers' community helpful or dangerous?
The Digital Self: Facebook’s teen privacy effort is great … oh, wait – no it’s not
Facebook's new pro-privacy partnership with the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) smells like a ripe marketing stunt, and nothing more.
Tagging 2.0: How one artist uses tech to give life to 3D graffiti
Italian graffiti writer "Peeta" gives us an inside look at street art in the Internet era.
The Digital Self: We need laws that empower consumers in the face of big data
California's may soon earn the "right to know" what data companies have about them, and how that data is shared. All Americans deserve this right, too.
Terms & Conditions: Should ignoring fine print be illegal?
The already-bad Computer Fraud and Abuse Act may be set to get a lot worse. Here's why.
Obama’s $100M BRAIN Initiative aims to cure Alzheimer’s, create cyborgs
President Obama unveiled Tuesday the first details of the BRAIN Initiative, which aims to map the human brain.
The Digital Self: Fight the man, buy a CD
The courts say it's illegal to re-sell digital goods like MP3s and ebooks. Here's how to fight back.
How one Russian millionaire wants to save the world … with immortal cyborgs
Russian media tycoon Dmitry Itskov wants to save humanity from guaranteed destruction by creating human cyborgs.
The Digital Self: Ignorance about privacy is not an excuse – but it is our excuse
When it comes to privacy violations, most people blame the companies that make the products we use, from Facebook to health bands. But if we really want to start solving the privacy problems, it's time we took a hard look at ourselves.
Andrew Auernheimer is not Aaron Swartz
Outrage over broken anti-hacking laws have blinded tech pundits like myself to the clear wrongdoings of "AT&T iPad hacker" Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer.
The Digital Self: We all lose with the Web’s last bandits behind bars
The Internet once promised to level the playing field, and give power to the little guys. But the recent prosecution of so-called "hackers" proves that very little has changed: We are still powerless, no matter how loud we can shout.
Terms & Conditions: Netflix never said never to password sharing
Netflix remains the king of video streaming, beloved by cord cutters everywhere. But what secrets lay within Netflix's Terms of Use?