Would you setup shop in the middle of a warzone?
Do you fancy opening your next office in Baghdad? Kabul? Beirut? Bogata? Medellin? No? Why not? Could it be because you do NOT want your employees or clients to […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Rising Cost of HIPAA Violations: $100,000 Fine Levied on Physician Group | Mintz Levin – Privacy & Security – JDSupra
Here’s a fantastic summary of the Phoenix Cardiac Surgery Group’s landmark HIPAA Violations penalty & settlement. The days of small medical practices thinking they were too small for enforcement are […]
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 […]
Cybercrime isn't so lucrative – NYTimes.com
A fascinating article in the NY TIMES sheds light on why spammers and malware peddlers aren’t billionaires…it seems that the cybecrime loss stats are skewed. Yet in terms of economics, […]
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 […]
