Article by Raj Goel I read a moving article on CNN.com about modern day slavery in Mauritania (see http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slaverys.last.stronghold/index.html/ ). Yes, slavery still exists and 10-20% of the Mauritanian population […]
Welcome to the Panopticon. Or surveillance circle-jerk. With apologies to Tom Lehrer, Global Surveillance Week! Chinese spy on the Japanese Russians Spy on the Chinese Indians Spy on the Pakistanis […]
As WSJ reports, the security guys tried to get chip-and-pin launched in the US 10 years ago. This is the same technology that has REDUCED UK losses by 70%. […]
As SC magazine reports, a contractor stole data on 20 million South Koreans and smuggled it out on a USB stick. Data of 20 million South Koreans copied to USB […]
Below is an excerpt from the Keynote presentation I delivered at GBATA 2013 in Helsinki, Finland. It is based upon my“A Global Overview of Trends in Personal, Corporate and Government […]
Here’s another excellent reason to NEVER buy digital content from iTunes, Google Play or Kindle. Cross the border, lose your content… Jim O’Donnell was at a library conference in Singapore […]
Charlie Stross (an awesome writer) wrote an excellent piece on what life will be like for England’s future monarch. This kid is going to live in the panopticon – maybe […]
The Dutch are smoking something…and it isn’t good. They are watermarking books and will report buyers, er customers, er, suckers to the anti-piracy mafia on the flimsiest of accusations. This […]
Spying in the digital age required access to the fiber-optic cables traversing the world’s oceans, carrying torrents of data at the speed of light. And one of the biggest operators […]
How much privacy are you willing to give up for security? This conversation has dominated the headlines in recent months and participants in a recent poll on the ASIS LinkedIn Group were […]
