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Category: PhD
Writing & Writing Groups
It’s been a long while since I last blogged; seems like an ongoing theme over the past few years. It’s not that I purposefully don’t, I honestly just forget. Anyway, here we are, in the middle of a pandemic and boy aren’t we feeling it. In a lot of ways life in my household has…
Values and personal data
I come across the term ‘value’ a lot in my day-to-day PhD exploration, but we can talk about value in two ways: in the economic and the ideological sense. Put it this way, “data is the new oil” and “we don’t pay for services with money, but with data” determines personal data as an asset…
2019, let’s go
Crikey, as if it’s already 10 days into the year. I feel really excited about this year. I’m not one for new years resolutions or any of that, but I am determined to make this year a good one. First and foremost, my health comes first – learning when to slow down is crucial and…
Finishing up at Cambridge
So the Michaelmas term at Cambridge has come to an end which means that I have finished my 3 month internship with the Trust and Technology Initiative. A lot has happened over the course of three months and I would like to take this time to reflect on some highlights: The Trust and Technology Initiative…
Trust and Technology Initiative Launch
I presented my research area in a short 1 minute… My research has demonstrated that patients have a good understanding and vocabulary to convey social privacy concerns and mitigating behaviours they employ. What is less understood is how data is collected and processed by social media platforms, making risks difficult to articulate. When there is…
DML2016: 2 years on.
How the heck was this two years ago? DML2016 marked an important moment at the beginning of my PhD. I actually missed a few lectures because of it, but never mind… I caught up. It was a moment I stood up to a room of hundreds (and a potential online audience of thousands) and admitted…
Horizon Internship at the University of Cambridge
Alrighty then here we go! This week I started my three-month internship at the University of Cambridge at the Trust and Technology SRI based in the Computer Lab department. I felt a lot of expected anxiety starting a placement in a city I don’t know very well and working with new people. That said, I…
ISOC Multi-Sided Trust for Multi-Sided Platforms
Reposted from CaSMa: In the spirit of recent events surrounding the revelations about Cambridge Analytica and the breaches of trust regarding Facebook and personal data, ISOC UK and the Horizon Digital Economy Research institute held a panel discussion on “Multi Sided Trust for Multi Sided Platforms“. The panel brought together representatives from different sectors to…
Computerphile: PrivacyUG
I was asked whether I would br happy to do a video for Computerphile on Internet privacy. Following the recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica debacle and with the new General Data Protection Regulation coming into force in May 2018, the subscribers wanted something on this topic. When I was approached I was reluctant to talk directly about…