Collaborate Disseminate
There’s a new trend in Silicon Valley startups; companies are not collecting and saving data on their customers: In Silicon Valley, there’s a new emphasis on putting up barriers to government requests for data. The Apple-FBI case and its aftermath have tech firms racing to employ a variety of tools that would place customer information beyond the reach of a… Continue reading Companies Not Saving Your Data
Interesting analysis from The Grugq: Bottom Line Up Front Intelligence agencies must cooperate more rapidly and proactively to counter ISIS’ rapid and haphazard operational tempo. Clandestine operatives must rely on support networks that include overt members of the public. These networks are easily mapped out based on metadata available to nation state level security forces. Fugitives should learn to cook… Continue reading Observations on the Surveillance that Resulted in the Capture of Salah Abdeslam
Yet another fraud discovered through data analysis. EDITED TO ADD (3/11): More…. Continue reading Plagiarism in Crossword Puzzles
New Research: Rebecca Lipman, "Online Privacy and the Invisible Market for Our Data." The paper argues that notice and consent doesn’t work, and suggests how it could be made to work. Abstract: Consumers constantly enter into blind bargains online. We trade our personal information for free websites and apps, without knowing exactly what will be done with our data. There… Continue reading Notice and Consent