Friday, September 24, 2021

How to run an eSting? Did they have rules?

https://www.pogowasright.org/customs-border-protection-ordered-to-disclose-social-media-surveillance-rules/

Customs & Border Protection ordered to disclose social media surveillance rules

Nicholas Iovino reports:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection cannot withhold information on its rules for authorizing agents to use fake identities and nongovernment accounts to spy on social media users, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Government lawyers had argued that disclosing the information would reveal sensitive law enforcement techniques that could help criminals elude justice.

Read more on Courthouse News,



A too subtle disinformation hack? Too much double and triple thinking for me.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/lawsuits-indictments-revive-trump-alfa-bank-story/

Indictment, Lawsuits Revive Trump-Alfa Bank Story

In October 2016, media outlets reported that data collected by some of the world’s most renowned cybersecurity experts had identified frequent and unexplained communications between an email server used by the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest financial institutions. Those publications set off speculation about a possible secret back-channel of communications, as well as a series of lawsuits and investigations that culminated last week with the indictment of the same former federal cybercrime prosecutor who brought the data to the attention of the FBI five years ago.

That report is now public, ironically thanks to a pair of lawsuits filed by Alfa Bank, which doesn’t directly dispute the information collected by the researchers. Rather, it claims that the data they found was the result of a “highly sophisticated cyberattacks against it in 2016 and 2017” intended “to fabricate apparent communications” between Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization.



Worth a listen?

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-ethics-movement-converge21-phili-51781/

The Ethics Movement - Converge21 - Philip Winterburn on Digital Ethics: AI, Privacy and More

A successful whistleblowing program doesn't start with installing a helpline–it starts with fostering an environment that protects whistleblowers, makes them feel supported, and makes clear the value they bring to the business. So how do you build that "speak-up culture?" J oin this session to hear from a panel of practitioners who manage whistleblowing programs and whistleblower advocates who'll share their insights, experiences, and challenges they've faced.

In this episode of The Ethics Movement, I visit Philip Winterburn, Convercent by OneTrust Chief Strategy Officer and talk about his presentation at Converge21 on Digital Ethics: AI, Privacy, and More. We discuss why it's high time to consider the ethics behind practices, including AI, machine learning, and consumer data collection, and how companies can embrace new technologies, scale quickly, and continue evolving while maintaining their values.



Tools & Techniques.

https://www.bespacific.com/new-ecfr-website/

New eCFR Website

The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) have formally launched a new eCFR website. Over the last few years, OFR and GPO developed significant improvements that are now available on the new eCFR website, including the ability to:

    • Show which sections have been recently updated.

    • Display and compare previous versions of text.

    • Link references between content within the CFR and the Federal Register.

    • Link references within the content to the United States Code.

    • Jump directly to text by entering a citation in the “Go to CFR Reference” box.

    • Provide expandable tables that are scrollable.

    • View higher-quality images.

    • Find documents with an improved search engine.

    • Create a ‘My eCFR’account to receive notifications when selected areas of the eCFR are updated.

    • Present text in a new, more readable format with the ability to create links to lower levels of the codification.

Read the “Getting Started page for a comprehensive introduction to the main features of the new website…”


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