The most important is number 10.
… While we cannot cover all aspects of data
security and privacy here, we offer these 10 tips that may be
particularly relevant to start-ups.
Not sure I agree. I’ll ask my students.
Improving
Cybersecurity Means Taking More Care with What We Digitize
… how do we fix our cybersecurity troubles?
In two words: Slow down. Put simply, the time has come to more
purposefully control what it is we digitize. This means slowing down
the pace of adoption of networked technology with new laws and
standards aimed at increasing the quality and reliability of any
device with an IP address. And it means carefully preserving analog
capabilities, even as we embrace the digital.
… As it stands, once something has been turned
into computer code — by cameras, recording devices, keyboards, or
sensors — nothing can be done to “certify” its status as
secure. That information may be viewed or corrupted by unauthorized
entities or used in ways that violate the privacy or trust of the
individuals who generated the data.
It’s free for everyone. Isn’t the FBI an
‘everyone?”
One Of The
Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working With The FBI
Family Tree DNA, one of the largest private
genetic testing companies whose home-testing kits enable people to
trace their ancestry and locate relatives, is working with the FBI
and allowing agents to search its vast genealogy database in an
effort to solve violent crime cases, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Federal and local law enforcement have used public
genealogy databases for more than two years to solve cold cases,
including the landmark capture of the suspected
Golden State Killer, but the cooperation with Family Tree DNA and
the FBI marks the first time a private firm has agreed to voluntarily
allow law enforcement access to its database.
… For law enforcement officials, the access
could be the key to unlocking murders and rapes that have gone cold
for years, opening up what many argue is the greatest investigative
tactic since the advent of DNA identification. For privacy
advocates, the FBI’s new ability to match the genetic profiles from
a private company could set a dangerous precedent in a world where
DNA test kits have become as common as a Christmas stocking stuffer.
… The Family Tree database is free to access
and can be used by anyone with a DNA profile to upload, not just
paying customers.
For detectives across the country desperate for
leads, investigative genealogy has become the newest frontier for law
enforcement agencies. By uploading DNA collected from a crime scene
to genealogy databases, detectives have been able to locate distant
relatives of suspected serial killers and rapists. Then, assembling
a genealogical tree from that information, they have worked to
identify suspects of crimes.
An evil invasion of privacy to protect grandma’s
health? Will my health insurance pay for them?
Alphabet’s
Verily has been working on health-tracking shoes to measure movement,
weight and falls
Alphabet’s life sciences arm, Verily, has been
looking for partners to co-develop shoes with sensors embedded to
monitor the wearer’s movement and weight, as well as to measure
falls, CNBC has learned.
… If Verily progresses with the project, the
shoes could have a wide range of health-related uses. For instance,
sudden weight gain can be a sign that the body is retaining fluid,
which is a symptom of congestive heart failure. Another area of
interest is fall detection, two of the people said, which could be
useful for seniors in particular.
Well, I’ll be geeked. Tech-literate judges!
What will they think of next?
FCC
struggles to convince judge that broadband isn’t
“telecommunications”
FCC General Counsel Thomas Johnson struggled to
explain why broadband shouldn't be considered a telecommunications
service, and struggled to explain the FCC's failure to protect public
safety agencies from Internet providers blocking or slowing down
content.
Oral arguments were held today in the case, which
is being decided by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit. (Audio of the four-hour-plus
oral arguments is available
here.) Throttling
of firefighters' data plans played a major role in today's oral
arguments.
The 2020 election will
be wild.
Almost Half
Of Voters Are Dead Set Against Voting For Trump
With the 2020 election cycle revving into full
gear, pollsters are asking voters whether they plan to vote for
President Trump. In a Washington Post/ABC News survey, respondents
were asked if they would definitely vote for the president,
consider voting for him or definitely not vote for him — and 56
percent said they would definitely not vote for him. Morning
Consult posed a slightly different form of this question, asking
voters if they’d definitely or probably vote for Trump, or if
they’d definitely or probably vote for someone else. Eight percent
said they would probably vote for someone else, but 47 percent said
they would definitely vote for someone else. In total, that’s
55 percent of respondents who seemed unlikely to vote for Trump.
An interesting article. Would it work for a
politician?
Should You
Ignore What Your Customers Want? The Great Winemakers Do.
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