Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Is there something the Governor knows that she is not sharing?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-29/south-dakota-governor-bans-tiktok-from-state-phones-for-security

South Dakota Bans TikTok From State-Owned Devices Over Security

TikTok is now banned on government employee devices in South Dakota because the governor believes the social media app’s ownership by a Chinese company poses a national security threat.

The state’s employees and contractors are no longer allowed to download the app or access TikTok via the web, according to an executive order signed Tuesday by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem.





We can, therefore we must? (If it works for trucks, let’s extend it to cars and bicycles and shoes!)

https://reason.com/2022/11/28/the-federal-governments-plan-to-track-truckers-every-movement-is-a-privacy-nightmare/#

The Federal Government's Plan to Track Truckers' Every Movement Is a Privacy Nightmare

The Department of Transportation is considering a disturbing new rule that could force every commercial motor vehicle to install an electronic device that would wirelessly transmit location data and other personal information to police on demand.

By collecting data on each of the 12 million commercial vehicles on the road, the thinking goes, these monitoring devices could help law enforcement focus its inspections on carriers it deems "high risk," allowing lower-risk vehicles to skip unnecessary inspections.

But truckers already undergo roadside inspections and record large amounts of information for regulators. The Department of Transportation offers no reason to believe the warrantless collection of identifying information will make anyone safer. It might make some inspectors' jobs easier, but that is no reason to override the rights of truck owners and operators. One might as well call for putting us all in ankle monitors, just because it might reduce crime if the cops know where everyone is all the time.

The Supreme Court has ruled that police must get a warrant—regardless of whether the subject of a search has a reasonable expectation of privacy—before they physically install a tracking device. The rule is no different just because the government forces people to purchase and install the tracking device on their own property.





Opportunity? (and not just in law…)

https://www.bespacific.com/why-it-is-time-for-the-legal-sector-to-mind-its-language/

Why It Is Time for the Legal Sector to Mind Its Language

Artificial Lawyer – By Sam Grange, Senior Knowledge Engineer, iManage. “Standards and structure matter a lot. This article is composed of words that combine to form sentences, which can be grouped to form a paragraph. According to widely accepted conventions, these and other linguistic devices provide meaning and clues as to what is being said within or when one thought connects or flows into another. Without that normalisation and the existence of language conventions, comprehension would be significantly reduced or impossible… What if there was a standardised way for law firms to structure, organise and utilise their knowledge? One where the taxonomy is shared between firms so that software solutions don’t have to be tweaked to fit and the learning curve for new hires is minimised. There is a move towards this kind of standardisation. At the moment, it is small, concentrated among just a few larger firms, but the momentum is growing, not least because the firms involved can see real benefits. For such a system to be helpful across the whole sector, it needs not to be owned and developed by any particular practising law firm but rather by an external body which has the technical expertise to build and maintain the taxonomy and the commitment to be in this game for the long haul… Explore the knowledge opportunity in our updated Making Knowledge Work research report.





A student handout…

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2022/11/complete-data-engineering-study-roadmap.html

The Complete Data Engineering Study Roadmap



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