by Ty Davison | Sep 5, 2025 | News & Commentary
Google ordered to pay 9-figure penalty for snooping on smartphones – oregonlive.com: A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions. The verdict reached...
by Ty Davison | Aug 29, 2023 | News & Commentary
Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste: Low-price, easy-to-use Chromebooks were once a boon to cost-conscious schools. Educators say the simple laptops are no longer a good deal. This is incorrect. Chromebook’s were never a “good...
by Ty Davison | Jan 10, 2018 | News & Commentary
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/january-february-march-2018/how-to-fix-facebook-before-it-fixes-us/
by Ty Davison | Oct 15, 2017 | News & Commentary
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopiaI deleted the Facebook app from my iPhone and my iPad. Life improved. I had more time, since I wasn’t checking Facebook all the time. Now I look in on it maybe once a...
by Ty Davison | Sep 25, 2016 | News & Commentary
For decades, ever since a scandal in the 1980s in which Switzerland’s government was revealed to have been spying on tens of thousands of its citizens, the Swiss have been sceptical about state surveillance. CCTV cameras are rare; even Google Street View is...
