Posts Tagged ‘Cloud Risks’

IBM bans Dropbox, Siri and iCloud for Privacy Threats

IBM is one of the largest IT firms on the planet, and based on their patent filings, the smartest tech organization in human history.  They invented large parts of modern […]

NYCLA CLE – May 15, 2012

  http://nycla.org/index.cfm?section=CLE&page=CLE_Detail&itemID=2682&dateID=20120515 Location: 14 Vesey Street Faculty: Program Co-sponsor: NYCLA’s Cyberspace Committee Faculty: Raj Goel, brainlink.com and Natalie Sulimani, Law Offices of Natalie Sulimani

NYS CyberSecurity Conference – Social Media & Cloud Computing Threats to Privacy, Security and Liberty – June 5 2012

http://www.dhses.ny.gov/ocs/awareness-training-events/conference/2012/index.cfm June 5, 2012, 11 am   Social Media has quickly woven itself into the very fabric of everyday life. This boom in sharing, even the most banal of details, […]

ASIS 58 – Social Media & Cloud Computing Threats to Privacy, Security and Liberty – Sep 11, 2012

Sep 11, 2012 – ASIS 58 Social Media & Cloud Computing Threats to Privacy, Security and Liberty, Session 3183 http://www.asis2012.org/Pages/Seminar-Home-Page.aspx   Social Media has quickly woven itself into the very […]

Girls Around Me App – A preview of what's to come

Yes, Girls Around Me – the app, is gone.  For now. It wasn’t illegal, but it creeped people out. What I find amusing is that while these guys creeped people […]

Sergey Brin says Facebook, Apple, US Government biggest threats to Web Freedom

In a rare show of honesty, Sergey Brin admitted that  their data that was now in the reach of US authorities because it sits on Google’s servers. He said the […]

Smart Meter Hacks Likely to Spread – new technology meets old fashioned greed

Utilities are used to deploying electric meters that last 20-30 years in the field. They are also deploying “smart” meters to enable variable pricing and cut down on their projected […]

Mercedes Benz updates car software remotely

All of us have experienced Patch-Tuesdays, when we come into work and find our desktops & laptops rebooted due to mandatory Microsoft patches.   Imagine starting your car and finding […]

Here’s what Facebook sends the cops in response to a subpoena – 62 pages

In the EU-vs-Facebook cases, Facebook has sent european citizens 800 PAGES of documents.   In the US, a subpeona merits 62 pages.   So, either the Craigslist killer didn’t use […]

Selling You on Facebook

WOW!  Even the Wall Street Journal thinks Facebook’s data collection, data profiling and app-sharing is out of control.   From the 4/9/12 WSJ column: A Wall Street Journal examination of […]