Yet another example of people using the same
password on multiple systems.
Macy's data
breach exposes customers' credit card info
Macy's says cyberthieves hacked the accounts of
thousands of the retailer's online customers, compromising people's
full names as well as their credit card numbers and expiration dates.
The attack, which occurred over roughly six weeks
between the end of April and the beginning of June before being shut
down, affected consumers registered on Macys.com or
Bloomingdales.com. Logins
and passwords were taken from sites unrelated to the retailers and
then used to access data on both sites.
Some things that Computer Security can address and
some that it can’t.
80 percent
of IT decision makers say outdated tech is holding them back
betanews:
“A study by analysts Vanson
Bourne for self service automation specialist SnapLogic
looks at the data priorities and investment plans of IT decision
makers, along with what’s holding them back from maximizing value.
Among the findings are that 80 percent of those surveyed report that
outdated technology holds their organization back from taking
advantage of new data-driven opportunities. Also that trust and
quality issues slow progress, with only 29 percent of respondents
having complete trust in the quality of their organization’s data.
Nearly three-quarters (74 percent) say they face unprecedented
volumes of data but struggle to generate useful insights from it,
estimating that they use only about half (51 percent) of the data
they collect or generate. What’s more, respondents estimate that
less than half (48 percent) of all business decisions are based on
data. Those surveyed report spending nearly one-fifth (19.5 percent)
of their time simply working on data and getting it ready for use.
This includes low-level tasks such as manually integrating datasets,
apps and systems, as well as building and maintaining custom APIs…”
I wonder what kinds of ads these people got?
NOTE: There is no reason to think the Russian government can’t do
this themselves.
Facebook
labels Russian users as ‘interested in treason’
Facebook’s advertising tools algorithmically
labelled 65,000 Russians as interested in treason, potentially
putting them at risk from the repressive state, until the company
removed the category, following inquiries from journalists.
The labelling raises new concerns over data-driven
profiling and targeting of users on the website, which has already
faced criticism for the same tool algorithmically inferring
information about users’ race, sexuality and political views
despite data protection legislation requiring explicit consent to
hold such information.
Facebook
said the label was intended to only identify historical treason.
GDPR according to California?
Late last month, California passed a sweeping
consumer
privacy law that might force significant changes on companies
that deal in personal data — and especially those operating in the
digital space. The law’s passage comes on the heels of a few days
of intense negotiation among privacy advocates, technology startups,
network providers, Silicon Valley internet companies, and others.
Those discussions have resulted in what many are
describing as a landmark policy constituting the most stringent
data protection regime in the United States.
The new law — the California Consumer Privacy
Act, A.B.
375 — affords California residents an array
of new rights, starting with the right to be informed about what
kinds of personal data companies have collected and why it was
collected. Among other novel protections, the law stipulates that
consumers have the right to request the deletion of personal
information, opt out of the sale of personal information, and access
the personal information in a “readily useable format” that
enables its transfer to third parties without hindrance.
This is focused?
Trump
orders Justice Dept. task force to investigate wide range of fraud
… The Task Force on Market Integrity and
Consumer Fraud was prompted by
Trump's order and is designed to work as a unified effort by the
Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau and Federal
Trade Commission.
Other federal agencies, including all
Cabinet-level entities and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, will
target crime in a range of areas, from healthcare to financial
markets and digital currencies.
… "We expect to focus on cases involving
fraud against the government, the financial markets, and consumers;
procurement and grant fraud; securities and commodities fraud;
digital currency fraud; money laundering; healthcare fraud; tax
fraud; and other financial crimes," Deputy Attorney General Rod
Rosenstein said as
he introduced the task force Wednesday.
Are we moving toward a jury of 12 AIs?
Algorithms
and Justice
I. Introduction
Our work on “Algorithms and Justice,” as part
of the Ethics
and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative, explores
ways in which government institutions are increasingly using
artificial intelligence, algorithms, and machine learning
technologies in their decision making processes
Perspective.
Microsoft
Is Smoking Amazon In The Cloud
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Microsoft's Azure has grown at an exceptional pace over the past several quarters now, outstripping Amazon Web Services' growth rates.
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Also, it seems like customers are using more than one public cloud platform. It's a favorable industry dynamic for companies operating in the segment.
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Overall, Microsoft's Azure seems to have a lot more growth potential.
The alternative transport world. (Next: Rent a
horse?)
Portland’s
Scooter Tax Is Super High, and That’s Fine
… You may
have heard that private shared e-scooters—parked alongside the
sidewalk by each successive user, waiting to be located and rented
with the smartphone of the next—are the
new
hotness in the
rapidly
expanding universe of
battery-powered “micromobility.” In the last
14 days, shared scooter fleets have launched in Dallas,
Baltimore, Salt Lake City, Oakland, Milwaukee and San Antonio. Bird,
the 11-month-old company behind all those launches, raised
its latest $300 million two weeks ago in
a deal that could potentially make it one of the fastest-growing
companies in U.S. history. On Monday, Bird’s main competitor
Lime locked
up a $335 million round
of its own.
… Last week,
Portland announced
the terms by which it’d
become the first city in the Northwest to license shared e-scooters,
starting July 23.
To those
watching closely, Portland’s usage fee was eye-popping: 25
cents per trip.
That’s a big
slice of each rental. The going rate to ride an e-scooter is
currently $1
per trip plus 15 cents per minute.
There are various
regulatory terms, too. Notably, Portland is setting an overall cap
of 2,500 e-scooters in the city, and requiring at least 20 percent to
be deployed to lower-income East Portland.
(Related) Why limit the number of companies that
could pay a license fee?
Denver’s
dockless scooter pilot program prompts permit applications from 7
companies
… Those companies include Lime and Bird, as
well as ride-sharing giant Lyft, and a few other familiar names:
Spin, Razor, Skoot and Jump.
Lyft also submitted a permit application for
bikes, alongside Jump, Zagster and Ofo.
… Denver Public Works will grant
permits to a maximum of
five scooter-sharing companies and five bike-sharing companies.
Each business will be allowed to release 250 scooters or 400 bikes
in the city.
I’m a bit rusty, but apparently I should brush
up a bit.
Google’s
Gboard keyboard now lets you communicate through Morse code on both
Android and iOS
… When activated, Morse
code fills the keyboard area with two large dot and dash icons. As
you tap the icons, word suggestions will appear at the top of the
on-screen keyboard just as they do when you’re using the QWERTY
version. Google has created
a Morse Typing Trainer game that it says can teach users Morse
code in under an hour. You can play it on both mobile and desktop.
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