For my Forensic and Security students.
FBI releases the Internet Crime Complaint Center 2020 Internet Crime Report
“The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report. The 2020 Internet Crime Report includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime—an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. State-specific statistics have also been released and can be found within the 2020 Internet Crime Report and in the accompanying 2020 State Reports.…”
Improving surveillance every day.
https://gizmodo.com/this-surveillance-company-claims-it-can-track-nearly-an-1846494534
This Surveillance Company Claims It Can Track Nearly Any Car in Real-Time
A defense contractor that claims to have access to motor vehicle location data on a global scale says it wants to use that data to help U.S. federal agencies conduct more efficient spying and military operations.
The Ulysses Group, which offers “cutting edge operational and intelligence services, support, and equipment” to government clients, says it can “access over 15 billion vehicle locations” worldwide every month. This data, which can be viewed “historically” or in real-time, should be used operationally by U.S. agencies, the company says.
A document obtained by the office of Sen. Ron Wyden, which was first reported by Motherboard and shared with Gizmodo, shows Ulysses claims to be able to “remotely geolocate” cars in “nearly any country,” with the exceptions of Cuba and North Korea.
… It’s been well-known for some time that as cars have become increasingly connected to the internet, they have also generated an ever-larger amount of data (this can include location, usage rates, internal media and communications preferences, external road conditions, and so on): Often, this data is being shared continuously with the automaker, with car-parts manufacturers, and sometimes with third parties
… Maybe the worst thing about this whole story is that it’s not entirely clear where a company like Ulysses gets all its data from. Andrea Amico, the founder of Privacy4Cars told Vice that, due to the convoluted nature of vehicle data collection, there are a whole variety of sources where locations might be procured from: “the company that provides the map itself, for instance, would have access to it; the company that provides the infotainment system may have access to it; the company that provides the traffic data may have access to it; the company that provides the parking data may have access to it. Right there and then you’ve got five companies that are getting your location.”
This suggests that they have a technology that can identify pornography (and a clear legal definition) and who can see it.
https://www.makeuseof.com/utah-considering-blocking-pornography-all-new-phones/
Utah Is Considering Blocking Pornography on All New Phones
… Utah lawmakers' official proposal reads that newly-purchased smartphones and tablets would "automatically enable a filter capable of blocking material that is harmful to minors," and that would include pornography. It also states that certain users [Lawmakers? Bob] would be able to disable the filter "for specific content."
A report by the Associated Press reveals that Cox "will carefully consider this bill during the bill signing period." March 25, 2021, is his deadline to sign or veto the bill. Even if Cox does sign it, the bill won't go into effect unless five other states enact similar restrictions.
Some opponents of the bill argue that the filter would be a violation of free speech. On the other hand, supporters cite that this bill is necessary to keep children away from pornography while using mobile devices.
In the eyes of Utah lawmakers, parental controls just aren't enough. Passing this bill would essentially enable parental controls on new devices automatically, erasing the struggle that some parents may have when turning on these filters.
Forced to disclose…
https://thehackernews.com/2021/03/google-to-reveals-what-personal-data.html
Google Reveals What Personal Data Chrome and Its Apps Collect On You
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo called out rival Google for "spying" on users after the search giant updated its flagship app to spell out the exact kinds of information it collects for personalization and marketing purposes.
"After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much personal data they collect in Chrome and the Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it," the company said in a tweet. "Spying on users has nothing to do with building a great web browser or search engine."
The "privacy nutrition labels” are part of a new policy that went into effect on December 8, 2020, mandating app developers to disclose their data collection practices and help users understand how their personal information is put to use.
The insinuation from DuckDuckGo comes as Google has been steadily adding app privacy labels to its iOS apps over the course of the last several weeks in accordance with Apple's App Store rules, but not before a three-month-long delay that caused most of its apps to go without being updated, lending credence to theories that the company had halted iOS app updates as a consequence of Apple's enforcement.
Not sure I understand this idea. Why not just give everyone $10 Million and then we’d all be rich? (My AI says it has a better use for the money.)
OpenAI’s Sam Altman: Artificial Intelligence will generate enough wealth to pay each adult $13,500 a year
Artificial intelligence will create so much wealth that every adult in the United States could be paid $13,500 per year from its windfall as soon as 10 years from now.
So says Sam Altman, co-founder and president of San Francisco-headquartered, artificial intelligence-focused nonprofit OpenAI.
Perspective. Harder to accommodate than Privacy laws?
AT&T will start counting HBO Max against data limits, blames California net neutrality law
AT&T will no longer exempt viewership of its HBO Max streaming service from data caps after a federal court upheld California’s net neutrality law, the company said in a statement Wednesday.
The company informed customers that it would no longer offer “Data Free TV” on its video apps beginning March 25, according to a copy of the customer notice obtained by CNBC. That means customers must be connected to WiFi to avoid having their streaming count toward their total data caps. The change will extend beyond California, since, AT&T said, “the Internet does not recognize state borders.”
Perspective.
https://www.ft.com/content/9bfda026-df9d-42e4-8679-c26a072e0522
How Stripe became Silicon Valley’s most prized asset
Even the co-founder of Stripe admitted there is nothing obviously attractive or exciting about the digital payments technology that is the focus of his company.
“It’s low-margin . . . It’s very competitive,” said John Collison, who launched Stripe in 2010 with his brother Patrick, in an interview with the Financial Times last week. Stripe’s staff are “the strange and weird woodland creatures who are payments fanatics”, he added.
Silicon Valley’s most prominent start-ups are normally consumer internet ventures such as Facebook and Uber — aggressive, fast-growing companies on a relentless drive for global domination and the huge brand awareness that goes with it. Yet it is Stripe — a name unfamiliar to most outside the tech industry — that now sits atop the list of Silicon Valley’s most prized private companies after investors valued it at $95bn this week.
Stripe’s software makes it simple for any website or app to accept payments, without having to obtain their own licences or strike deals with the many different banks and card operators that the company has already integrated.
… With the internet economy shifting away from advertising and towards ecommerce and payments, Benedict Evans, a tech industry analyst, described Stripe’s opportunity another way: “They are a 3 per cent tax on the future of the internet.”
One of Stripe’s key competitive advantages is doing more with less. It has about 3,000 staff, a third less than Facebook had in 2012 when it went public at a similar valuation. Its online tools are designed to be easy for businesses to adopt without needing a large sales force or support team.
Diversions for shut-ins.
https://www.businessinsider.com/duke-free-online-courses
14 Duke University classes you can take online for free, from machine learning to dog psychology
… On top of Duke's lower-cost online offerings, the school also has a plethora of online courses that are completely free, from introductory courses in machine learning and English composition to highly specialized courses such as behavioral finance and the science behind dogs' emotions. You can access video lectures, readings, and forums without a fee, or pay a one-time $49 fee for a certificate of completion to add to your resume or LinkedIn.
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