De Volkskrant – Beware The Little Sisters
The NCSC conference 2013 was an amazing event #2 My presentation went over well – got lots of kudos and De Volkskrant selected it as one of their favorite […]
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New Filipino law makes liking on Facebook illegal
Welcome to the Balkanization of the internet. While I’m no fan of Facebook, laws like these will hamper freedom & civil rights. I’ve always said that with Social Media, you […]
Prevent your kids from becomomg accidental porn stars
Here’s another good reason to educate your kids and keep them off social media. Parasite websites are popping up that exist solely to grab suggestive and sexually explicit photos of […]
Who's been tracking YOUR DNA?
In the 1990’s we spent $ 2.5 BILLION to sequence the human genome. Thanks to Moore’s law (computing power doubles every 18 months) and revolutionary breakthroughs in DNA sequencing, pretty […]
Jeff Bezos, ebook Nobility. You, Kindle buyer, are serfs
Amazon closed a Norwegian woman’s Amazon account AND DELETED all books off her Kindle for violating some secret Amazon policy. Amazon will NOT disclose what policy she violated; nor […]
Woman arrested for outing an undercover cop on Facebook
Cop posts his photo on Facebook. Cop goes undercover, and a convict’s girlfriend outs him. Umm…remind me again why cops need a facebook page? A Texas woman (Melissa […]
Facebook outs most personal secrets
Historically, I’ve spoken about the stupid/vain/dump things that users do on their Facebook profiles. I’ve also warned about friending people. Here’s an unfortunate case of social media revealing […]
The floppy isn't dead – and old-fashion cut-n-paste defeats massive security
A Canadian Sub-Lieutenant pled guilty to selling secrets to the Russians. What is amusing, is how he defeated the complex technical controls present within the Canadian military. He […]
Schools are the new prisons – John Jay HS in Texas demands Students wear RFID or lose privileges
Does the school administration (or the district, or the state) realize what a HUGE landmine they are burying in front of their faces? A) Students are being trained in being […]
HOW TO FILE A HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY COMPLAINT WITH THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
HOW TO FILE A HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY COMPLAINT WITH THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS If you believe that a person, agency or organization covered under the HIPAA Privacy Rule (“a […]
