For my Computer Security class. Try not to become depressed.
These Browser Extensions Will Show You Exactly Who’s Tracking You on the Web
Gizmodo: “As soon as you place one digital foot on the internet, chances are that you’re being tracked—and exactly who is doing the tracking and why is often far from obvious. The good news for your user privacy is that there are a growing number of browser extensions that can shed some light on who’s following you around the web and why. All of the browser add-ons we’ve listed here will give you a detailed breakdown of the tracking technologies embedded in a webpage, and help you do something about it—usually by stopping these trackers from working. If you want to know just how closely you’re being watched online, these extensions will reveal all…”
Sound advice.
Think 3,2,1 to protect your business against ransomware
… The 3-2-1 rule recommends that there should be at least three copies of important data, on at least two different types of media, with at least one of these copies being off-site. The best part is that this rule does not demand any particular type of hardware and is versatile enough to address nearly any failure scenario.
The ‘one’ copy in the 3-2-1 strategy has to be ultra-resilient. By this, we mean air-gapped, offline or immutable. There are different forms of media which this copy of data can be stored in an ultra-resilient manner. These include tape media, immutable backups in S3 or S3-compatible object storage, air-gapped and offline media, or software as a service for backup and Disaster Recovery (DR).
Can we license this from the Army or do we (taxpayers) already own it? Think the FBI will ask for a backdoor?
Army researchers awarded patent for secure comms
Authentication is one of the core pillars of wireless communications security, along with secrecy and privacy. The value of authentication in a military setting is readily apparent and mandatory.
Receivers verify that an incoming transmission did indeed come from an ally and not a malicious adversary, therefore maintaining the integrity of communications.
One to order from my library?
‘T-Minus AI’: A look at the intersection of geopolitics and autonomy
China has a national plan for it. Russia says it will determine the “ruler of the world.” The United States is investing heavily to develop it.
The race is on to create, control and weaponize artificial intelligence.
In Michael Kanaan’s book “T-Minus AI: Humanity’s Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power,” set for release Aug. 25, the realities of AI from a human-oriented perspective are laid out for the reader. Such technology, often shrouded in mystery and misunderstood, is made easy to comprehend through a discussion on the global implications of developing AI. Kanaan is one of the Air Force’s AI leaders.
The following excerpt, edited for length and clarity, introduces how, in late 2017, the conversation about artificial intelligence changed forever.
It never rains but it pours.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/14/amazon-faces-antitrust-probe-in-canada.html
Amazon faces antitrust probe in Canada
Canada’s Competition Bureau announced Friday it is launching an investigation into whether Amazon’s conduct on its marketplace has hurt consumers and companies that do business in the country.
(Related)
German watchdog launches Amazon investigation: report
Germany’s anti-trust authority has launched an investigation into Amazon’s relationship with third-party traders selling on its site, its head was quoted as saying on Sunday.
“We are currently investigating whether and how Amazon influences how traders set prices on the market-place,” Andreas Mundt, President of the Federal Cartel Office, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily.
Confusing. Another concession to Russia?
Trump says he is considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden
… The Republican president's comments followed an interview here Trump gave to the New York Post this week in which he said of Snowden that "there are a lot of people that think that he is not being treated fairly" by U.S. law enforcement.
The new normal?
Modern Business Models Will Drive the Post-Pandemic World
… These new, three-pronged models go far beyond SaaS and include the following:
A community of active B2B and B2C users that creates a network effect due to their interactions.
A marketplace that delivers offers from sellers and suppliers to meet customers’ needs.
A secured data lake powered by AI that enables customized offers and insights.
We call this new winning combination a modern business model (MBM). In fact, MBMs occupy four of the top 10 spots of the S&P 500’s most valuable companies: Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), and Microsoft. And they are not alone — Shopify, Spotify, and others have adopted this new AI-powered, subscription-based model with marketplaces.
Something for history buffs.
https://www.bespacific.com/naras-presidential-library-explorer/
NARA’s Presidential Library Explorer
“Welcome to the NARA’s Presidential Library Explorer. Permanent records from presidential administrations are held by NARA at their respective Presidential Libraries. This visualization presents the holdings of the Presidential Libraries in descending order from the library the largest number of textual records to the smallest.
Textual Records Scanned – As of August 2020, there are 1,587,252 scans online representing 0.244% of the estimated total number of textual pages across all Presidential Libraries.
650,882,475 estimated total textual pages across all Presidential Libraries (Learn more about these numbers).
I too am trying to be helpful…
https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-08-17
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