Posts Tagged ‘US-shortcomings’

GBATA 2012 Keynote Presentation – Social Media & Cloud Computing Threats to Privacy, Security and Liberty – July 11 2012

July 11, 2012 10:30 AM EST Social Media has quickly woven itself into the very fabric of everyday life. This boom in sharing, even the most banal of details, has […]

SceneTap – Creepy new surveillance App in Bars

Remember all those movies where the hero ducked into a bar to avoid the bad guys? Or all those bars you ducked into with your date, because the vibe felt […]

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 […]

What legal rights do YOU have to your mobile data?

Here’s a fascinating article from Phys.org on how the US DOJ is getting cellular location data from cell carriers (neatly bypassing the 4th amendment protections) and how technology has increased […]

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 […]