Telechronics (Ademar Days of opinion): electronic lixo, data protection and other curiosities.
The volume of electronic waste in the world increased 8% between 2014 and 2016, revealed an International Union report of the UN Telecommunications.
The study 'Global Observatory of Electronic Waste in 2017', which presupposes a "growing risk to the environment and to human health", attributes the growth to improved purchasing power and falling prices of electronic devices.
According to the data presented, last year the number of devices with batteries or electrical plugs that were thrown away amounted to 44,7 millions of tons, ranging from solar panels mobile, through refrigerators, televisions and computers.
Only 20% of this total was recycled.
Only 12% of companies say they are ready to implement the new general regulation of European data protection (RGPD) in May 2018.
A global study by Commvault reveals important findings with regard to the management of personal information circulating in companies.
The data show that only 18% of companies indicate that they have the ability to delete data on demand to all your storage repositories. And just 9% They believe they can anonymize your data effectively whenever necessary. Even less, 8%, They believe they can examine and transfer data to another organization at the request of a user.
As for the right to be forgotten, only 16% of organizations surveyed said they would be able to locate in an immediate way the data of individuals and, so, guarantee this right. Already 36% They indicated that it would take them hours to collect this data, 25% that would require days and 18% which would require weeks. Worse, 5% even admitted not having way to find this information.
How much more time spent on Facebook and Twitter, we feel less safe.
This was the conclusion reached by a study by Ball State University to 918 students from three different US universities and who were questioned about how long a week pass in the various social platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Reddit and, more specifically, how often they read, watch, publish or share "stories involving crime and violence".
After, and using a scale of zero to 10, each indicated the fear they had in relation to six specific crimes: be stolen or robbed at the road, a stranger into the house, be sexually assaulted, be murdered and that the car was stolen.
Lastly, also assessed, a scale of one to six, security in their own neighborhoods on issues such as vandalism, drug use and burglary.
The team led by Jonathan IntraVia concluded that "the global consumption of social networks plays an important role in increasing fear among young adults, especially among those who generally feel safe in your neighborhood ".
More information on https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-in-human-behavior
The popularity of Messenger is growing and the numbers 2017 prove it.
According to the social platform, applying recorded 17 billion video calls 2017, double the previous year 2016.
Is at 2017 They were exchanged over 500 billion emoji and about 18 billion GIFs.
Other records indicate that a chat group includes, average, 10 participants and that have existed over 7 billion active discussion within the.
Numbers are, not least, impressive.
now present o Twin Strangers, a website where you can find the(s) your(s) partner(s), or "twins from other mothers"!
The service is free, It is subject to registration for use, to be overcharged photos (no more than five) that will support research.
After, Physical characteristics through the application of algorithms and, Twin Strangers compares the images uploaded by different users, searching for people similar to you within your database.
The Twin Strangers said to have an efficiency of 75%, but it is better to lower the level of expectation.
This is the link: https://twinstrangers.net.
No cinema, this week marks the return of "Jumanji".
In "Jumanji – Welcome to the Jungle", director Jake Kasdan back to bring the present action, adventure and comedy that made the first title a success.
Dwayne Johnson is the protagonist of this new chapter and they get Jack Black, Karen Gillan e Kevin Hart.
The story of "Welcome to the Jungle" brings us to four high school students who discover an ancient video game console, which had never heard – Jumanji – and are immediately transported to the game's jungle environment, becoming, literally, in their own avatars: Spencer, addicted to gaming, becomes a brain adventurous (Dwayne Johnson); the football star, Fridge, loses (and these are his words) "The first half meter of your body", becoming Einstein (Kevin Hart); Bethany, one of the popular girls, becomes a middle-aged teacher (Jack Black); Martha and Shy becomes a fearless warrior (Karen Gillan).
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDEqv9hc0s
