This article was originally published on VentureBeat. The MaskMe tool I refer to by Abine is now called Blur. If you're like me, the idea of knowing what's in your genetic profile is both fascinating and scary. Everything from your ancestry to your likelihood of getting Alzheimer's to how quickly your body processes caffeine is in your genes, just waiting to be uncovered. And the company #23andMe can do just that with only a sample of your spit. It's the stuff of science fict

I wrote this to send to people whenever I have to defend why privacy matters...which is often. Privacy matters. It matters even if you (wrongly) believe you have nothing to hide. Privacy gives you the space and the freedom to be yourself. You don't act the same way when you're being watched, nor when you're around different groups of people. Do you say the same things around your boss and your best friend? Your grandma and your girlfriend? Didn't think so. Deciding what to re

Originally published on Variety. If the NSA is Big Brother, the increasing number of Google Glass wearers on the street are an army of Little Brothers. Although impressive, this wearable technology comes with a rash of anti-privacy side effects. The Glass wearer chooses to be connected to Google’s servers, but the people in their lines of sight — and lens — do not. Glass can take an automatic photo every few seconds and send it back to Google’s servers, essentially turning an