Weasel language. Why can’t they say the entire election process is
secure?
After 2016
Hack, Illinois Says Election System Secure
Illinois
officials assured voters Tuesday that their Nov. 6 tallies "will
be securely counted" following
a data breach that's part of the Justice Department's
investigation of Russian meddling in U.S. elections.
Board
of Elections Chairman William Cadigan and a group of state and local
officials — including Illinois National Guard leaders — said in
Chicago that beefed-up measures to monitor
and spot cybersecurity risks will ensure a fair and free
election. [Not “prevent
or correct?” Bob]
From
“Match” to “Hint.” identifying suspects gets much easier.
How an
Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations
… Law
enforcement agencies have their own database for criminal
investigations: Codis,
which contains more than 16 million DNA profiles. But forensic
profiles contain only a tiny fraction of the hundreds of thousands of
genetic markers that genealogy sites rely on. If investigators are
unable to find an exact match there, a site such as GEDmatch is
better for tracking down suspects through their relatives.
New
term my students should already understand.
Back in June, 2015, I posted a link to an
article on “surveillance capitalism.” Did you take note at
the time?
This week, Rex Lee reports:
Today, people, businesses, government officials, and law makers are unaware of the business model that supports their favorite technology such as smartphones and connected products that are supported by the Android, Apple, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
The connected-product business model comprises surveillance and data mining business practices rooted in “surveillance capitalism.” These are terms that the public is unaware of because all parties concerned are not transparent about their business practices.
Companies that have adopted a surveillance capitalism business model are in the business to exploit their paying customers or product users for financial gain at the expense of the user’s civil liberties, privacy, cybersecurity, and safety, whether the product user is an adult or a child.
Read more on The
Epoch Times. See also this article on Computerworld.
Handy
reference.
From EPIC.org:
EPIC proudly announces the 2018 edition of the Privacy Law Sourcebook, the definitive reference guide to US and international privacy law. The Privacy Law Sourcebook is an edited collection of the primary legal instruments for privacy protection in the modern age, including United States law, International law, and recent developments. The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2018 has been updated and expanded to include the modernized Council of Europe Convention on Privacy, the Judicial Redress Act, the CLOUD Act, and new materials from the United Nations. The EPIC Privacy Law Sourcebook also includes the full text of the GDPR. EPIC will make the Privacy Law Sourcebook freely available to NGOs and human rights organizations. EPIC publications and the publications of EPIC Advisory Board members are available at the EPIC Bookstore.
Interesting podcast. What ISIS learned from
Taylor Swift. (And you know they talk about Donald Trump)
Taylor Swift and
Islamic State are in a battle for our hearts, minds, and eyeballs.
Russia wants your vote, or for you not to vote at all. And if you
think the amount of false information out there online is dangerous
now, just wait. Artificial intelligence is about to make fake news
virtually indistinguishable from the real thing.
Peter W. Singer,
author of the new book LikeWar:
The Weaponization of Social Media,
takes us beyond the troll farms and into some even creepier
territory.
Perspective. Risk v reward.
Volkswagen AG's Audi division has agreed to pay
$926 million in the latest series of fines tied to the dieselgate
scandal, which is now responsible for about $33
billion in costs.
As part of the deal with prosecutors in Munich,
Audi had to admit it worked around regulatory requirements. It also
loses profits from its sales from 2004 to 2018 in Europe and
stateside, and from the savings connected to not ensuring its cars
were compliant with requirements.
Perspective.
Netflix
record subscriber growth sends shares soaring
Netflix hooked 7 million new streaming subscribers
from July to September, a third more than Wall Street had expected,
reassuring investors who had worried the company was facing a
slowdown in its fast-paced growth.
The record number of additions in the third
quarter brought Netflix’s customer base to 137 million worldwide,
confirming its rank as by far the world’s biggest online
subscription video service.
Netflix shares, already up about 78 percent so far
this year, jumped 14 percent to $394.25 in after-hours trading, and
boosted other high-tech stocks.
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