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September 25, 2012

The Man Behind the Curtain


Without any lead-in whatsoever, we just ask that you watch the video above.

And we ask that you hang on for a few moments—this goes far beyond the hocus pocus you’re thinking the clip contains.

What it reveals is the power of real-time computing on diverse volumes of personal information found quite easily by nearly anyone at anytime.

Black-masked hackers aside, it serves as a rather interesting reminder of the dark side of analytics—and the importance of our data trail as the marker, but unmasking force, behind our identity.

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