Posts Tagged ‘monoculture’

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 […]

French and US corporations sell unpatched exploits to highest bidders

France-based VUPEN is one of the highest-profile firms trafficking in zero-day exploits. Earlier this month at the CanSecWest information security conference, VUPEN declined to participate in the Google-sponsored Pwnium hacking […]

Brazilian city uses computer chips embedded in school uniforms to keep track of students – 3/22/2012 2:11:33 PM | Newser

Twenty thousand students in 25 of the of Vitoria da Conquista’s 213 public schools started using T-shirts with chips earlier this week, secretary Coriolano Moraes said by telephone. By 2013, […]

Japanese camera can scan 36 million faces per second

Could governments and private corporations recognise ANYONE instantly via CCTV?  Remember that London is the most densely surveilled city in the world The Occupy Wallstreet protesters were heavily surveillanced – […]

Social media 'private' data is fair game for e-discovery in court

Data Privacy Day: Social media ‘private’ data is fair game for e-discovery in court Microsoft Trustworthy Computing released data about how posting on social networking sites can impact more than […]

Threatened by Anonymous, Symantec tells users to pull pcAnywhere's plug – Computerworld

So let’s get this straight: 1) Symantec failed to stop the SONY Rootkit because Sony is a well-known multinational 2) Symantec released source code to the Indian Government without adequate […]

Too much social media networking: Paranoia of Big Brother surveillance may destroy ya

Too much social media networking: Paranoia of Big Brother surveillance may destroy ya The biggest cybersecurity agency in Europe peeked at the future, 2014, to predict the effects of online […]

Fourth Amendment's Future if Gov't Uses Virtual Force and Trojan Horse Warrants?

Fourth Amendment’s Future if Gov’t Uses Virtual Force and Trojan Horse Warrants? An interesting paper discussed the future of the Fourth Amendment in the cyber world. Can the government legally […]

4th Amendment vs Virtual Force by Feds, Trojan Horse Warrants for Remote Searches?

4th Amendment vs Virtual Force by Feds, Trojan Horse Warrants for Remote Searches? Can the government legally deploy malware for eavesdropping and remote searches, in order to investigate and control […]