Keith Schon on Skeptically Speaking tonight

Keith Schon of Cataphora discusses how computers can track behavior, and find out all your dirty little secrets.

What are the limits on what your company is allowed to find out about you, and how are they doing it? How do we figure out, after the fact, whether "Yeah, go do that" means "Yes, grab me some lunch" or "Yes, perpetrate that multi-million dollar fraud scheme." And what do your online behavior patterns say about you?

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