“Stupid
is as stupid does.” F. Gump But don't worry. The DoJ insists that
encryption will protect you. Please believe these straight talking
politicians.
Jihadists
Increasingly Wary of Internet, Experts Say
After
having used the Internet profusely for propaganda and recruitment,
jihadist organizations have realized that investigators are gleaning
crucial information online and are increasingly concealing their web
presence, experts say.
Apart
from recent orders given to fighters to limit their exposure, erase
the footprint of their online activity and avoid revealing too many
place names or faces, the Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front groups are
increasingly using the "Dark Web" -- the hidden part of the
Internet protected by powerful encryption softwares.
…
In
November, Flavien Moreau, a 28-year-old jihadist who travelled to
Syria and then returned to France, was jailed for seven years
exclusively on the basis of what he posted online.
And
those who just months ago had happily posted videos, photos of
themselves holding Kalashnikovs or of beheadings on Facebook have now
realised that they were single-handedly building a case against
themselves, if they ever decided to come home.
"We
are starting to notice the beginnings of disaffection with Facebook
-- they have understood that's how we get incriminating evidence,"
said Chadrys.
I
was surprised it took six weeks, then I realized it was conducted by
lawyers not auditors. They reviewed policies and procedures. Did
they look at how those procedures worked in the field? Don't get me
wrong. Good policies and procedures are the basis for good privacy,
but that's only the start of an audit.
Devindra
Hardawar reports:
The results from Uber’s six-week-long external
privacy audit, spurred on by several high
profile security controversies, are in. And, surprisingly, the
final
report looks positively rosy for the on-demand taxi company.
“Uber has dedicated significantly more resources to privacy than we
have observed of other companies of its age, sector, and size,”
auditors from the law firm Hogan Lovells said in a
statement.
Read
more on engadget.
Government
privacy?
Companies
including Google, Twitter, Yahoo and Advertising.com automatically
obtain information from people visiting HealthCare.gov, according to
analysis by congressional staffers.
The
finding builds on news last week that dozens of data-tracking
companies were able to obtain information about people visiting the
federal healthcare website, potentially including information about
their age, location and pregnancy status.
…
According to the staff analysis, the information about visitors to
HealthCare.gov is in some cases not transferred to outside companies
until “long after” their visit, due to the site's use of cookies
that can stay in a visitor's browser for years.
Follow-up.
Still lots of questions. Was this sexting gone wrong? Is this a
common occurrence?
An
18-year-old Fremd High School senior from Schaumburg was charged by
Palatine police today (Friday) with misdemeanor disorderly conduct
for sending an offensive email.
According
to police, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, an email message containing an
offensive image was sent to student email accounts at both Fremd and
Palatine high schools. Police did not disclose what type of image
was sent out.
Perspective
and history. I may be ready for a 6G phone.
The
Ultimate History Of Cellular Technology
Sounds
like a great tool for student papers at a Technical University.
America’s
oldest news agency wrote 10X more articles by having robots do what
reporters used to do
…
AP produced roughly 3,000 articles on company earnings last quarter,
10X more than it used to, by using automated technology.
According
to
The Verge, AP has been able to do it by partnering with Automated
Insights, a company that specializes in “robot journalism.”
Automated Insights uses artificial intelligence and Big Data analysis
to automatically generate data-heavy
articles, such as earnings reports.
Strange,
my female students wouldn't even look at the KickStarter page.
Here's
Why and How Exploding Kittens Set a New Kickstarter Record for Most
Backers
…
Since the launch of the card game's crowdfunding campaign on Jan.
20, Exploding Kittens has now raised almost $5 million as of the
evening of Jan. 30, well beyond the initial goal of only $10,000.
How
lucky am I to work in an industry that so amuses itself...
Hack
Education Weekly News
…
A
proposed bill in Texas would allow teachers to
use “force or deadly
force on school property, on a school bus, or at a
school-sponsored event in defense of the educator’s person or in
defense of students of the school that employs the educator” –
that is, to kill a student. [Was
this not politically correct before this law? Don't interfere with
little Johnny's expression of rage! Bob]
…
Proposed
legislation in Colorado
would teach schoolchildren about sex
abuse (although
it’s anticipated that Republicans in the legislature will kill the
bill). [Because
there are some things man was not meant to know? Bob]
…
A
proposed bill in Kentucky
would allow computer
science courses to
count as a foreign
language
requirement.
…
The Department of Justice has agreed to pay Nicholas George $25,000
after detaining him at an airport for 5 hours because he had Arabic
language flash cards
in his pocket.
…
Still struggling with its technology implementation – you guessed
it – LAUSD, which this week announced it would
delay
distribution of some 19,000 laptops.
Fun
for students?
Google
Earth Pro is Now Free for Everyone
Google
Earth Pro has been available for free to teachers with GAFE email
accounts for quite a while. Now it is available for free to anyone
who wants to upgrade to Google Earth Pro. Google announced this
yesterday on the Google
Lat Long blog. To get a license key for Google Earth Pro you
just need to complete
the form found here. \
Google
Earth Pro offers at least nine features that are not available in the
standard version of Google Earth. Those features include importing
GIS data, mapping multiple points at once, measuring areas of
polygons and circles, and automatically
geo-locating imported GIS images.
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