Help in a murky area…
https://www.databreaches.net/when-to-report-a-breach-consideration-of-encryption-states/
When to Report a Breach: Consideration of Encryption States
Matt Fisher of Carium writes:
Data breaches grab headlines on a daily basis and arise from a number of different scenarios. However, one question that is not necessarily examined closely (at least in news articles), is whether encryption was in place and why the encryption did not prevent the breach. That rhetorical question does not get into the finding in a number of resolutions through the HHS Office for Civil Rights where lack of appropriately or properly implemented encryption was part of the reason for a penalty.
Matt then considers a number of different scenarios involving encryption to make the point that the determination of a breach when encryption is involved may be more complex than initially thought.
Read more on The Pulse.
A new broom sweeps clean?
TikTok Sale to Oracle, Walmart Is Shelved as Biden Reviews Security
Trump-driven deal had languished as video-sharing app’s Chinese owner mounted successful legal challenges
(Related)
Huawei requests US courts to overturn its national security threat designation
It has accused the FCC of making the designation without providing substantial evidence.
I expect this to blow up when both parties claim their political speech is restricted more than the others.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/technology/facebook-reduces-politics-feeds.html
Facebook Dials Down the Politics for Users
The social network announced on Wednesday that it had started changing its algorithm to reduce the political content in users’ news feeds. The less political feed will be tested on a fraction of Facebook’s users in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia beginning this week, and will be expanded to the United States in the coming weeks, the company said.
“During these initial tests we’ll explore a variety of ways to rank political content in people’s feeds using different signals, and then decide on the approaches we’ll use going forward,” Aastha Gupta, a Facebook product management director, wrote in a blog post announcing the test.
We can, therefore we must?
New Jersey Transit Won’t Explain How Its 'Face Mask Detection' AI Works
In late January, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded NJ Transit a $600,000 grant to install face mask-detecting artificial intelligence and heat mapping systems on the River Line, which runs from Trenton to Camden. The purpose of the technology, the agencies say, is to provide customers more information through the NJ Transit smartphone app about how crowded train cars are during the time of COVID-19.
In a press release announcing the grant, NJ Transit CEO Kevin Corbett said the data collected by the systems is “expected to provide longer-term operational benefits and customer experience improvements,” but neither he nor a spokesman elaborated on what that might mean—particularly whether the agency might at some point compare images captured against facial recognition databases.
… Smith also claimed that face mask detection is not facial recognition. The FTC, however, categorizes face detection —necessary for face mask detection—as a form of facial recognition. The primary difference between the two uses is whether or not images collected by the systems are compared against a database of face templates at any given time.
What is there about me that I own?
Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe plans to go public in deal with Richard Branson
Kari Paul reports:
The genetic testing company 23andMe will go public through a partnership with a firm backed by the billionaire Richard Branson, in a deal that has raised fresh privacy questions about the information of millions of customers.
Launched in 2006, 23andMe sells tests to determine consumers’ genetic ancestry and risk of developing certain illnesses, using saliva samples sent in by mail.
Privacy advocates and researchers have long raised concerns about a for-profit company owning the genetic data of millions of people, fears that have only intensified with news of the partnership.
Read more on The Guardian.
Interesting hack for ‘self defense?”
Is This Beverly Hills Cop Playing Sublime’s ‘Santeria’ to Avoid Being Live-streamed?
Police officers in Beverly Hills have been playing music while being filmed, seemingly in an effort to trigger Instagram's copyright filters.
… even if the algorithm does not detect the song immediately, someone — for example, a disgruntled police officer—could simply wait until a user posts an archive of the live video on their page, then file a complaint with Instagram that it contains copyrighted material.
I knew there were twits in Congress!
https://www.bespacific.com/libguide-congressional-twitter-accounts-home/
LibGuide – Congressional Twitter Accounts: Home
UC San Diego Library – “Many Senators and Representatives are active on Twitter, often issuing statements there rather than posting official press releases to their websites. This list is intended to help users identify and quickly access the Twitter accounts of those in the current 117th Congress. The lists are arranged alphabetically by last name, and identify the home state and political party for each person. An Excel file is also available for download, if you wish to sort the data in other ways. You do not need a Twitter account to access these sites and read tweets, but you will need an account if you wish to interact (e.g. “like” or respond to a tweet).”
Perspective. Covid changes…
Salesforce declares the 9-to-5 workday dead, will let some employees work remotely from now on
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‘It no longer makes sense to expect employees to work an eight-hour shift.’
Cloud computing company Salesforce is joining other Silicon Valley tech giants in announcing a substantial shift in how it allows its employees to work. In a blog post published Tuesday, the company says the “9-to-5 workday is dead” and that it will allow employees to choose one of three categories that dictate how often, if ever, they return to the office once it’s safe to do so.
Salesforce will also give employees more freedom to choose what their daily schedules look like. The company joins other tech firms like Facebook and Microsoft that have announced permanent work-from-home policies in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
What to do if the AI homework assistant doesn’t do a good job?
To succeed in an AI world, students must learn the human traits of writing
Students across Australia have started the new school year using pencils, pens and keyboards to learn to write.
In workplaces, machines are also learning to write, so effectively that within a few years they may write better than humans.
Sometimes they already do, as apps like Grammarly demonstrate. Certainly, much everyday writing humans now do may soon be done by machines with artificial intelligence (AI).
The predictive text commonly used by phone and email software is a form of AI writing that countless humans use every day.
According to an industry research organisation Gartner, AI and related technology will automate production of 30% of all content found on the internet by 2022.
Some prose, poetry, reports, newsletters, opinion articles, reviews, slogans and scripts are already being written by artificial intelligence.
Literacy increasingly means and includes interacting with and critically evaluating AI.
This means our children should no longer be taught just formulaic writing. Instead, writing education should encompass skills that go beyond the capacities of artificial intelligence.
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