Day: August 28, 2017

Hit App Sarahah Quietly Uploads Your Address Book

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Sarahah, a new app that lets people sign up to receive anonymized, candid messages, has been surging in popularity; somewhere north of 18 million people are estimated to have downloaded it from Apple and Google’s online stores, making it the No. 3 most downloaded free software title for iPhones and iPads. Sarahah bills itself as Read more about Hit App Sarahah Quietly Uploads Your Address Book[…]

‘Data is the new oil’: Your personal information is now the world’s most valuable commodity

Posted on by Robin Edgar

What “the big five” are selling — or not selling, as in the case of free services like Google or Facebook — is access. As we use their platforms, the corporate giants are collecting information about every aspect of our lives, our behaviour and our decision-making. All of that data gives them tremendous power. And Read more about ‘Data is the new oil’: Your personal information is now the world’s most valuable commodity[…]