For my Computer Security students. The future is
secure?
Alpha releases of the Keybase app are starting to
come with a cryptographically secure file mount. It is brand new.
And very different.
… The Keybase servers do not have private keys
that can read this data. Nor can they inject any public keys into
this process, to trick you into encrypting for extra parties. Your
and my key additions and removals are signed by us into a public
merkle tree, which in turn is hashed into the Bitcoin block chain to
prevent a forking attack. Here's a screenshot of my 7 device keys
and 9 public identities, and how they're all related.
As a reminder, Keybase is open
source Go.
… If you're not a Keybase user yet, you can
click
this link to get in line to be one of our first users.
Are there clear guidelines or is it simply a
vague, “find fraud?”
Rae Johnston reports:
State and Federal Government agencies are using private investigators to conduct “optical surveillance” on members of the public, including monitoring the social media accounts of Centrelink recipients. This “open-source intelligence” is a growing trend, bringing questions about online privacy into the spotlight.
Evidence gathered from private social media accounts has been used to investigate Centrelink claims. According to The Daily Telegraph, and in one instance conversations on Twitter were used to prove the relationship status of a couple who were receiving payments as individuals.
Read more on Gizmodo.com.
Interesting. Could become a resource. I need to
play with it a bit more.
Harvard
portal helps track and map use of personal data
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Feb 4, 2016
“About theDataMap
– theDataMap™
is an online portal for documenting
flows of personal data. It tells you where your data
goes. The goal is to produce a detailed description of personal data
flows in the United States. The effort started with health data and
is expanding to all other kinds of personal data. The
motivation is to help journalists, advocates, regulators, policy
makers and researchers understand the current state of personal data
sharing so they can do their jobs better. Our aim is to
help the helpers. A comprehensive data map will encourage new uses
of personal data, help innovators find new data sources, and educate
the public and inform policy makers on data sharing practices so
society can act responsibly to reap benefits from sharing while
addressing risks for harm. With funding from the Knight Foundation,
we will launch a portal that engages members of the public in a
game-like environment to report and vet reports of personal data
sharing and to participate in data visualization and analysis
competitions.” [theDataMap™
operates as a research project in the Data
Privacy Lab, a program in the Institute for Quantitative Social
Science (IQSS)
at Harvard
University. The project leader is Professor
Latanya Sweeney.]
It all began with “Double secret probation!”
Paper –
Coming to Terms with Secret Law
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Feb 4, 2016
Rudesill, Dakota S., Coming to Terms with Secret
Law (January 6, 2015). 7 Harvard National Security Journal, 2015,
Forthcoming; Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 321. Available
for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2687223
“The allegation that the U.S. government is
producing secret law has become increasingly common. This article
evaluates this claim, examining the available evidence in all three
federal branches. In particular, Congress’s governance of national
security programs via classified addenda to legislative reports is
here given the first focused scholarly treatment, including empirical
analysis that shows references in Public Law to these classified
documents spiking in recent years. Having determined that the secret
law allegation is well founded, the article argues that secret law is
importantly different than secret fact: the constitutional norm
against the former is stronger than against the latter. Three
normative options are constructed and compared: live with secret law
as it exists, abolish it, or reform it. The article concludes by
proposing 10 principles for governing secret law, starting with the
cardinal rule of public law’s supremacy over secret law.”
Bad reporting? Another case of someone making up
the news?
Super Bowl
50: FAA Threatens To Shoot Down Drones Flying Near Levi's Stadium On
Game Day
As football fans prepare for Super Bowl 50, the
FAA is making preparations of its own for the big day, threatening
to shoot down any unauthorized drones that fly within 36 miles of
Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. This news comes as the FAA
takes an increasingly militant stance on recreational drone usage in
the U.S.
… violators could face civil penalties and
criminal charges, the FAA warned, noting that the government
officials may use deadly force against the airborne aircraft, if it
is determined that the aircraft poses an imminent security threat.
(Related)
No, The FAA
Isn’t Going To Shoot Down Super Bowl Drones
… I’ve written about this before, and was
struck by the references to “deadly force,” which aren’t in the
announcement
from the FAA or the official
notice. As best I can find, it appears to come from an NBC story
titled “FAA:
Drones Flown Around the Super Bowl Could Face 'Deadly Force'.”
… This is technically always true, as the
United States Government has a sovereign authority to the skies above
America and it can make the call to shoot down aircraft deemed to be
a threat. And the term “deadly force” appears in the
FAA’s recommendations for police on illegal drone use. The
document specifically states “The United States government may use
deadly force against airborne aircraft, if it is determined that the
aircraft poses an imminent security threat.”
No doubt this won a Darwin Award for design.
One, anyway.
6
Little-Known Corners Of The Deep Web You Might Actually Like
… To access these sites, you’ll need to use
Tor, which allows you to connect to these sites anonymously, and
will keep
your connection private.
Jotunbane describes the reasoning behind his
website like this: “I got tired of ebooks that looked like they
were made in a hurry, and since I had the skill set to do something
about it, well here we are.” In short, the Reading Club lets you
download books that have been cleaned up from their original e-book
versions.
… If you don’t abuse the system, it seems to
be a good way around freedom-stifling
DRM practices.
One for my students.
10 Super
Ways to Save When Shopping on Amazon
For college students, Amazon
Student is a terrific money-saving program. You can sign up for
a free six-month trial
that gives you the two-day shipping for free, unlimited photo
storage, and exclusive student-related discounts
and deals. After your trial expires, you are eligible to receive
Amazon Prime at half the cost and you still get all of the Prime
member benefits we listed above.
(Related) (Free) Prime first, then other free
stuff.
Amazon
Prime Members Have Digital Access to Washington Post for Free – 6
months
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Feb 4, 2016
“Amazon today announced that Prime members can
now enjoy six months of
free unlimited access to The Washington Post National
Digital Edition, a subscription usually retailing for $9.99 per
month. After the first six months of access to world-class national
and international news, Prime members can continue to enjoy unlimited
digital access with a discounted monthly subscription rate of only
$3.99, a savings of 60% per month… Prime members can read news on
the go at any time with The Washington Post’s new national app
available on iOS, Android and Amazon Fire devices or access The
Washington Post’s full website by visiting washingtonpost.com.
For a limited time, members who are not currently subscribed to The
Washington Post can start a free trial of The Washington Post
National Edition by simply visiting www.washingtonpost.com/primeoffer
and signing in with Amazon credentials.”
Another student cheapie.
http://www.bespacific.com/college-students-can-now-receive-digital-access-to-the-times-for-1-a-week/
College
Students Can Now Receive Digital Access to The Times for $1 a Week
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Feb 4, 2016
New York Times Co Press Run – “The
New York Times today will begin offering college students full access
to NYTimes.com on the web and via its smartphone apps for just $1
a week. Students will be required to sign up for their
subscription using their valid school email address, as well as
provide their graduation year in order to verify their student
status. Previously, college students could sign up for access at 50%
off standard retail rates for a digital subscription ($7.50 every 4
weeks). In July, The Times tested the $1 a week offer and found the
students had a very positive response to the deeply discounted rate.
The offer is limited to new subscribers only…”
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