Why would the CIA
provide computers? Are Senate computers not adequately secured? Why
did this not raise red flags? (Didn't the NSA provide security?)
McClatchy News
is reporting
that the CIA may have monitored computers that the agency provided to
the Senate Intelligence Committee. The computers were used by Senate
aides to prepare the Committee’s (still unreleased) report on the
CIA’s secret detention and interrogation programs.
… The CIA Inspector
General has reportedly requested the Justice Department to
investigate the case as a criminal matter. Notably, McClatchy
suggests that Senator Wyden was “apparently” referring to
these monitoring practices when he asked CIA Director John Brennan
earlier this year, “Does the Federal
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act apply to the CIA?” Wyden did not
get an answer, at least not at the hearings (full
transcript). Close observers of those hearings had speculated
that Wyden’s questions suggested that the CIA was accessing the
American public’s computers (here
and here).
The McClatchy report provides a new and different
explanation.
Are “professionals”
more “understanding” or just crazy?
Fewer
Than Half of RSA Attendees Think NSA Overstepped: Survey
A survey of 341
attendees of the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco revealed that
less than half (48 percent) felt the NSA overstepped its boundaries
with its surveillance programs.
This year's conference
faced controversy due to allegations that RSA accepted a $10 million
payment from the NSA several years ago to use a weak number
generating algorithm by default in its BSAFE toolkits. The resulting
furor led several scheduled speakers to pull out of the conference,
while other people created a rival event known as Trustycon, which
took place Feb. 27 at a nearby location.
… Of the 52 percent
of the respondents who felt the NSA did not overstep, 21 percent
believe the government needs to be aware of citizens' communications
data in order to protect the nation from terrorist activity.
Thirty-one percent meanwhile, said they were conflicted about the
issue.
After spending $19
Billion, this is chump change. What's it worth to capture all the
Internet users on an entire continent?
Facebook
reportedly in talks for drone maker Titan Aerospace
Facebook is in talks to
acquire Titan Aerospace, the maker of a solar-powered high-altitude
drone that can stay aloft for five years, according to a TechCrunch
report.
The acquisition would
reportedly further the efforts of Internet.org, a
coalition of mobile technology companies
spearheaded by Facebook that is working to bring Internet access to
the 5 billion or so people around the world without it. The
acquisition is valued at $60 million, a source "with
access to information about the deal" told TechCrunch.
… Facebook is
interested in dispatching some 11,000 unmanned aerial
vehicles over parts of the globe that lack Internet
access, beginning in Africa, according to the report. The company is
said to be especially interested in the Solara 60, a featherweight
aircraft built of composite materials that the New Mexico-based
company claims can maintain an altitude of 65,000
feet for years without refueling, thanks to thousands of
solar cells blanketing the aircraft.
Some day, all TVs will
be streamed from your computer/smartphone.
Roku
unveils updated Streaming Stick with support for all HDMI TVs
This would be the kind
of project I would expect from a Privacy Blog. Written by law school
students (guided by practicing lawyers?) and updated every year or
so.
FREE
EBOOK: How To Write A Privacy Policy For Your Website
Launching a website?
This guide goes through what you need to know about creating, and
writing, a privacy policy for your website. Don’t know if you do
need a privacy policy? A very simple question will answer this for
you: do you collect any kind of personal data from your users? If
yes, then you need a privacy policy – it’s required by law in
most countries.
Read online or
download PDF, EPUB version free of charge; Kindle version $1
For my peers.
New
Draft of Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on March 4, 2014
Association of College
and Research Libraries - Draft
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, February
2014 [snipped]
“Introduction. The
changes in higher education, coupled with a more complex information
ecosystem than existed at the end of the last century, demand new
engagement with the concept of information literacy. This
Introduction explores the reasons for the dramatic shift from
standards to a framework; discusses the key elements upon which the
new Framework rests, threshold concepts and metaliteracy; and
includes the components of the Framework that help to move it from a
conceptual rendering to a full-fledged, living entity upon which to
develop collaborative programs suitable for unique situations. The
concluding section acknowledges the stakeholders and community who
are engaged in this conversation.”
[From
the Draft:
Information Literacy: A
New Definition
Information literacy
combines a repertoire of abilities, practices, and dispositions
focused on expanding one’s understanding of the information
ecosystem, with the proficiencies of finding, using and analyzing
information, scholarship, and data to answer questions, develop new
ones, and create new knowledge, through ethical participation in
communities of learning and scholarship.
This might be a simple
way to organize my Math formulas.
Lucid
Chart Adds Interactive Tables and Notations to Mind Maps
Lucidchart
is a great tool for creating flowcharts, mindmaps, and graphic
organizers. This week Lucid Chart added the option to include
interactive tables and notations to your charts. Now you can
right-click on any shape in your mind map to write and add a note
about it. The new tables option allows you to add spreadsheets to
your Lucid Chart flowcharts.
Lucidchart
offers a simple drag and drop interface for creating flow charts,
organizational charts, mind maps, and other types of diagrams. To
create with Lucidchart just select elements from the menus and drag
them to the canvas. You can re-size any element and type text within
elements on your chart. Arrows and connecting lines can be re-sized,
repositioned, and labeled to bring clarity to your diagrams. Google
Chrome users can use Lucidchart offline through the Lucidchart Chrome
app.
Applications for
Education
Lucidchart charges
business customers, but makes all of their tools free
for teachers and students. Lucidchart is a good tool
for students to use to create charts that explain processes in
science or to simply show the connections between key concepts in a
course.
This is not funny. Who
said this was funny?
Found all my Dave
Brubeck albums too.
– is a music
encyclopedia that contains everything you ever wanted to know about
artists, what they released, what tracks they have written, recorded
or produced, who they’ve been involved with, the latest news, etc.
Bandtrace can be described with one word – simplicity.
Can I make it work with
my Maverick Missile App?
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