WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
A weekly feature on electronic technology as it affects everyday life with Jim Campbell. Broadcast on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME every Thursday at 7:30 AM.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Think that when you go on the Web, you will be able to access anything that is there? Maybe, maybe not, depending on where you are when you try. Filtering of Web content is big business today for governments, Internet Service Providers, and even libraries. But what is filtered out and why is often very unclear to us users.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Folks who use Netflix benefit from the suggestions that Netflix makes about other movies they might enjoy. But how does Netflix know? One way is by classifying movies into microgenres. And data brokers use the same sort of categorization techniques but they are using them on us, not on movies. The story is available in this Senate Committee Report from December, 2013. www.commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=0d2b3642-6221-4888-a631-08f2f255b577
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
As we begin the New Year and watch the events surrounding revelations about NSA surveillance unfold, it might be worth thinking about a critical underlying question: does privacy actually matter in today’s world? If it does, why does it matter? Here are some thoughts on the subject. See what you think.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Hot to do holiday shopping online? Here are a few things to think about before you do.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Ever wonder how electricity and magnetism work? On this edition of Hear Again, two (very) young scientists enlighten us on the subjects.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Happy Halloween! How about some digital treats? Alas, there are a lot more digital tricks these days so let’s look at couple of them first – then a couple of new treats for our online lives!
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
These days we all know about the NSA collection of information about every phone call we make, every email we send, and much of what we search for and look at on the Internet. but the NSA is not the only surveillance organization around, as these examples illustrate. So what’s a person to do if s/he values personal privacy. Our everyday choices are a good place to start.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
We’ve been hearing a lot about the data collection of the phone calls and emails of American citizens by the National Security Agency (NSA). “We’re only collecting metadata” says the government. But what can metadata tell the government – or anyone else. Quite a lot, as it turns out.