I also thought this a bit strange. Not least
because journalists claimed law enforcement was “done with” the
apartment. What if this is not exactly what everyone thinks it is?
Jed Bracy reports on what was a “WTF?!” moment
for anyone watching MSNB or CNN today.
It seems as though the world is getting more chaotic by the minute. There have been awful terrorist attacks around the world, seemingly unabated – from Egypt to Paris to Mali to San Bernadino.
And it appears that chaos is infecting the news media.
On Friday, reporters from CNN and MSNBC openly rummaged through the now-deceased San Bernadino attackers’ home like eager shoppers on Black Friday.
TV journalists gain unprecedented access to shooting suspect’s apartment. pic.twitter.com/EQQ4ylpzL6
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) December 4, 2015
Live on TV for everyone to see, reporters unapologetically let the world into this home – a crime scene – sharing baby pictures, clothing, contents of their refrigerator.
And get this: passports, work IDs and even a California state driver’s license.
Read more on IAPP.
I know just who to nominate! I'll send Barack an
email as soon as I'm done blogging.
Tara Seals reports:
The White House has announced plans to establish a new Federal Privacy Council, which will serve as an ecosystem for strategic thinking on privacy implementation.
It will serve as a central place to coordinate and share ideas, best practices and successful approaches for protecting privacy across the government, “bringing together the best minds we have to tackle the cutting-edge privacy issues of the digital era,” according to Shaun Donovan, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
The Council will also develop guidance, standards and best practices to serve as a road map to successful implementation, starting with updating privacy guidance at OMB over the next several months.
Read more on InfoSecurity
Magazine.
Censorship. Sounds much more useful than it
actually is.
Social
media censorship in Bangladesh hints at long-term problems for
publishers
Two
weeks have passed since the government in Bangladesh
blocked access to Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, and other social media
sites. In Dhaka, some people have crowded into hotel lobbies to
access private networks, while others are gaining access through
proxy servers. The reason for the ban, according to the government,
has to do with security, in light of the recent terrorist attacks and
local
political violence, but there is concern that it’s part of a
creeping pattern of censorship that’s having a negative impact on
publishers, especially after the temporary
block in January and reports
of journalists being harassed.
I think all the fuss over encryption is helping
sell encryption software.
Open
Whisper Systems Launches Encrypted Messaging App for Desktop
Open Whisper Systems, the group behind the Signal
secure communication application for Android, this week announced the
release of their encrypted messaging application for desktop
computers.
The new Signal Desktop software is now available
in beta as a Chrome application, designed to constantly stay
connected with a phone, so that all incoming and outgoing messages
are available on all devices at all time. The same as the Signal app
for Android and iOS devices, Signal Desktop offers end-to-end
encryption, offering support for free private group, text, picture,
and video messages.
Once enabled, Signal Desktop enables users to
seamlessly continue conversations back and forth between their mobile
devices and a desktop computer, as all messages will be available
instantly when switching to another device. Signal Desktop beta
comes only with support for linking to the Android application, with
iOS support expected to follow.
This has probably been suggested several time, but
if it every actually happens we will still wonder, “why didn't
someone think of this years ago?”
The Cloud
Catalog: One Catalog to Serve Them All
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Dec 4, 2015
The
Cloud Catalog: One Catalog to Serve Them All – By Steve Coffman
“As a whole, public libraries are the single largest supplier of books in the U.S. No single other outlet can compete with public libraries—not Amazon, not Barnes & Noble, not Walmart or Costco, not all your local bookstores. But you’d never know it to look at us on the web.
“As a whole, public libraries are the single largest supplier of books in the U.S. No single other outlet can compete with public libraries—not Amazon, not Barnes & Noble, not Walmart or Costco, not all your local bookstores. But you’d never know it to look at us on the web.
Stupidity: Regular as clockwork.
Hack
Education Weekly News
… Blake Montgomery observes that “Revisions
to No Child Left Behind Attempt to Define Education Technology.”
… “Education Dept CIO comes under fire from
Congress for major security loopholes,” says
EdScoop, which notes the
department had 91 data breaches this year.
… “A
study from ID Analytics found that 140,000 identity frauds are
perpetrated on minors each year.”
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in my day...”
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