Art for data's sake -- pop-up shop takes personal information as payment

Cyber security company Kaspersky Lab has been running an interesting experiment in London with a shop that only accepts personal data as payment. The Data Dollar Store provided shoppers with the opportunity to get their hands on exclusive prints and artwork by street artist Ben Eine. The difference came at the checkout where the only way to pay was with Data Dollars -- a new currency created by Kaspersky Lab that consists of a customer's personal data held on smartphones such as images, video or texts. "We see the Data Dollar mainly as a means to raise awareness for the… [Continue Reading]