Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
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Kyle Chayka calls this “ambient television,” an artifact of contemporary dystopia made for our quarantine era, when nothing’s stopping you from leaving the TV on all day long.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/emily-in-paris-and-the-rise-of-ambient-tv
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TIL that the Soviet Union was issued a top-level internet domain just before its 1991 collapse. The domain was never deactivated and has since become a haven for cybercriminals due to its lack of regulation. from r/todayilearned
https://gizmodo.com/tons-of-hackers-are-hanging-out-in-old-soviet-cyberspac-510829003
Until recently, the .su domain has been the home of weird, but legitimate sites. But when the administrators for Russia’s .ru got a little more strict about what they would and wouldn’t allow, scammers and hackers alike began to migrate to the out-dated .su, which saw its population of sites double in 2011, and again in 2012.
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https://www.foxnews.com/tech/old-soviet-union-domain-name-attracts-cybercriminal-interest
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more on the Internet in this IMS blog
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https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol
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more on conspiracy theories in this IMS blog
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+++++Under EU law, citizen can demand a copy of all personal data that companies hold about them. However, more than one year after implementation of the new law, most Android and iPhone apps still completely ignore this right, a new study has found. from r/iphone
https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3407023.3407057
Besides a general lack of responsiveness, the observed problems range from malfunctioning download links and authentication mechanisms over confusing data labels and le structures to impoliteness, incomprehensible language, and even serious cases of carelessness and data leakage. It is evident from our results that there are no well-established and standardized processes for subject access requests in the mobile app industry. Moreover, we found that many vendors lack the motivation to respond adequately. Many of the responses we received were not only completely insucient, but also deceptive or misleading. Equally worrisome are cases of unsolicited dissolution of personal data, for instance, due to the
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New lawsuit: Why do Android phones mysteriously exchange 260MB a month with Google via cellular data when they’re not even in use? from r/technology
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https://www.iste.org/explore/essential-elements-digital-citizenship
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more on digital citizenship in this IMS blog
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https://www.iste.org/explore/5-competencies-digital-citizenship
I am open to hearing and respectfully recognizing multiple viewpoints, and I engage with others online with respect and empathy.
I evaluate the accuracy, perspective, and validity of digital media and social posts.
I use technology and digital channels for civic engagement, to solve problems and be a force for good in both physical and virtual communities.
I make informed decisions about how to prioritize my time and activities online and off.
I am aware of my online actions, and know how to be safe and create safe spaces for others online.
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Court records in an arson case show that Google gave away data on people who searched for a specific address.
https://www.cnet.com/news/google-is-giving-data-to-police-based-on-search-keywords-court-docs-show
Recently unsealed court document found that investigators can request such data in reverse order by asking Google to disclose everyone who searched a keyword rather than for information on a known suspect.
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https://www.chronicle.com/article/7-ways-to-assess-students-online-and-minimize-cheating
As we all work to improve our online teaching, we have the opportunity to rethink practices we’ve relied on for years in our physical classrooms.
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Deepfake Putin is here to warn Americans about their self-inflicted doom. AI-generated synthetic media is being used in a political ad campaign—not to disrupt the election, but to save it. from r/technology
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/29/1009098/ai-deepfake-putin-kim-jong-un-us-election/
They then worked with a deepfake artist who used an open-source algorithm to swap in Putin’s and Kim’s faces. A post-production crew cleaned up the leftover artifacts of the algorithm to make the video look more realistic. All in all the process took only 10 days. Attempting the equivalent with CGI likely would have taken months, the team says. It also could have been prohibitively expensive.
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