French Government rejects encryption backdoors..
January 17, 2016
In the latest twist in the encryption debate the French Government has Read the rest of this entry »
Pro publica advocates Tor.. for privacy’s sake
January 14, 2016
Pro publica, a public interest journalism site, has a large piece offering readers to browse its website using the Tor Browser. This is an interesting development, a fairly high profile site advocating its readers to use Tor. The rationale for advocating going down this route is because Read the rest of this entry »
Encryption and Privacy..
January 13, 2016
The friction, if not outright conflict, between government authorities wanting access to data and viable and trusted encryption is a significant ongoing Read the rest of this entry »
Uber settles with New York Attorney General over privacy violations and data breach
January 12, 2016
Uber has settled an investigation by the New York Attorney General arising from using its app to monitor the whereabouts of passengers. The financial penalty aspect of the settlement is Read the rest of this entry »
Monitors placed on journalists desks… privacy issues galore
Sometimes facts make fiction look so inadequate. Take the Buzzfeed story that the Daily Telegraph managers placed monitors on the underside of journalists desks. The monitors are Read the rest of this entry »
Drone regulation must encompass safety and privacy ….the New York Times says so
January 11, 2016
The lack of privacy protection that has been built into regulations regarding the use of drones has been a major public policy failing in Australia and the United States. In the US Read the rest of this entry »
Data breaches in 2015 result in over 480 million records leaked or compromised
Readers of this blog would know the regularity of data breaches throughout the world in 2015. Itgovernance in List of data breaches and cyber attacks in 2015 – over 480 million leaked records has actually tabulated the volume of the records leaked or compromised by those breaches. The best guess is that 487,731,758 records were leaked on line.
With poor regulation and no data breach notification laws in Australia it is difficult to get an accurate idea of Read the rest of this entry »
Police in the USA using data to calculate a threat “score”, privacy issues galore
In the 80s and 90s police were heavily, and correctly, criticised for racial profiling when doing stop and searches, car checks and general patrolling. It is the subject of considerable controversy and judicial analysis. While less used (and obvious) than previously, it is still an unfortunate practice Read the rest of this entry »
Drones, steps forward, with technology, and back, with privacy
January 7, 2016
The BBC reports that Intel at the 2016 CES tech show has revealed a collision avoiding drone in CES 2016: Intel drone dodges ‘falling tree’ on stage. Having a drone that is Read the rest of this entry »
Federal Trade Commission takes issue with misleading claims about encryption protection in software
Never let it be said that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) doesn’t have a sense of humour. When it took issue with a Henry Shein Practice Solutions Inc’s claim that its software encrypted dental patients’ data its press release was FTC takes on toothless encryption claims for dental practice software. Nice.
What is more of a worry is Read the rest of this entry »