An MIT Project That Lets You Spy On Yourself

Jacob Goldstein review

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/07/01/197632066/an-mit-project-that-lets-you-spy-on-yourself?utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130701
Spy on yourself
It's my favorite in large part because it's my metadata. It comes from my Gmail account. The relationships it maps are, more or less, my life — orange circles for Planet Money, purple for Brooklyn, brown for college. The big red circle that gets cut off at the bottom of the screengrab is my mom.

The picture shows just how revealing metadata can be. Without knowing anything about the content of my emails, you can paint a pretty complete picture of my personal and professional universe.

MIT Project | NPR Blog

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