The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Tech

Check out the tech behind Felix Baumgartner’s record-breaking free-fall. [Extreme Tech]

In a story that is becoming more familiar over time a major wireless provider has started selling information on their users that they have collected. This time it is Verizon that has been exposed. Verizon is accused of selling customers’ geographical locations, app usage, and Web browsing activities, this of course raises privacy questions and could possibly brush up against federal wiretapping law. [CNET]

The Pirate Bay has moved its entire file-sharing operation to the cloud – making what was already a hard organization to pin down for law enforcement even trickier. This move should make the Pirate Bay effectively raid-proof. [TorrentFreak]

A woman who lost her hearing due to a tumor and created a helmet that translates ambient vibration into vibration that the inner ear can interpret and “understand.” Adversity is the mother of invention? [Amelia Marzec]

Amazon admits it makes no profit on its Kindle sales. I didn’t see that one coming. Of course, Amazon counts on their Amazon store leading the industry in e-book sales. [Forbes]