As expected…
TikTok sues Trump administration over US ban
TikTok has sued President Donald Trump’s administration for banning transactions with parent company ByteDance. “The [Trump] administration ignored our extensive efforts to address its concerns, which we conducted fully and in good faith,” TikTok wrote in a press release. “We do not take suing the government lightly, however we feel we have no choice but to take action to protect our rights, and the rights of our community and employees.”
The lawsuit alleges that Trump’s order violates due process protections, exceeds the scope of sanctions rules, and offers no evidence for its claims that TikTok presents a national security threat. It also argues that Trump ignored TikTok’s cooperation with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews mergers like ByteDance’s acquisition of the app Musical.ly, later rebranded as TikTok in the US.
For my IT Architecture students.
Why You — Yes, You — Need Enterprise Architecture
Digital technologies have raised customer expectations for responsive, seamless online services and information-enriched products. Many companies are struggling to meet those expectations and will continue to struggle unless they embrace enterprise architecture.
We define enterprise architecture as the holistic design of people, processes, and technology to execute digitally inspired strategic goals. Every negative customer interaction via a company app, website, telephone call, or service provider exposes your architectural inadequacies. Left unresolved, these issues will destroy formerly great organizations.
If they have access to the data, why do they need a passcode?
New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Phone Passcodes Are Not Protected by Fifth Amendment
In a blow to personal privacy and legal protection from self-incrimination, New Jersey’s highest court has ruled that people do not have a Fifth Amendment right to refuse to give phone passcodes to police.
Perhaps more disturbing is the rationale that the court used to reach this decision, which was that it was a “foregone conclusion” that the government already had access to any data that might be on the phone.
… The ruling does not make clear whether encrypted files on a device are subject to the same demands during searches and seizures. The case seems to hinge on a reasonable expectation that someone known to own a device (in this case having it registered in their name) should also know the passcodes to unlock it. They can thus be legally compelled with an obstruction charge if they claim they do not remember the phone passcodes. However, there is a much more plausible argument to be made that encrypted files on a device might be old and that the owner has forgotten the password with the passage of time. Would it be legally permissible to hold someone in indefinite contempt of court when the possibility exists that they legitimately forgot the password?
(Related)
https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2020/08/24/the-execution-of-cloud-search-warrants/
The Execution of Cloud Search Warrants
In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco discusses the issues raised by search warrants aimed at electronically stored information.
So it’s like a politician?
This Philosopher AI has its own existential questions to answer
A new Philosopher AI could help you find meaning in a meaningless world — as long as you don’t ask it any controversial questions.
The system provides musings on subjects that have plagued humanity since its inception. You can ask it about a topic that’s filling you with existential angst. It then uses OpenAI‘s GPT-3 text generator to analyze your text and spit back a life-affirming/soul-destroying response.
The system is the brainchild of a Vancouver-based programmer called Murat Ayfer,, who describes it as an experiment in “prompt engineering.” Ayfer admits the AI doesn’t have any specific opinions or knowledge of its own. Instead, it “merely mimics opinions,” which means it will sometimes produce conflicting responses to identical questions.
Perspective.
https://www.bespacific.com/why-going-back-to-work-isnt-going-to-work/
Why going back to work isn’t going to work
ZDNet – The COVID-19 virus and our reaction to it have accelerated an emerging shift in our conventional ways of doing things. “Companies that return to the old ways without understanding that shift are likely to fail. The Next Normal is vastly different than the normal before the pandemic… To repeat, as soon as we stopped forming in groups, the economy fell apart. And it wasn’t just the economy. Despite all the obvious differences between commerce, education, healthcare, entertainment, travel and hospitality, religion and other institutions, they were all organized in the exact same way; a commercial, cultural and social world based on physical grouping, aggregation, massing, or centralization of employees, customers, students, patients, worshipers, travelers, fans and spectators, old people, prisoners, and others, into controlled environments where the associated functions (employment, commerce, education, healthcare, religion, etc.) took place. In a nutshell, our economy and our Old Normal were built on and were dependent on centralization. The second part of the story, the part about our current state, is more complicated. It’s complicated because it wasn’t planned, intentional or chosen, and because it isn’t “normal.” We are, in effect, in an extended state of emergency, an abnormal or exceptional set of circumstances. No one believes that this is a way to run an economy or live a social life…”
I could see this being useful for answering questions from children.
https://www.bespacific.com/the-measure-of-things-search-engine/
The Measure Of Things search engine
The Measure Of Things is a search engine for finding comparative or relative measurements of physical quantities. Want to know how much, how long, how many, how far, how large, how tall, how high, or how heavy something is? Want to figure what weighs 5; 500; or 5,000 tons? The Measure Of Things can tell you what you need to know. With the Measure Of Things tool, you can take a physical quantity – like 84 kilograms or 23 cubic meters – and see how it compares to a list of famous or well-known objects. For example, 84 kilograms is the weight of about 17 gallons of paint, while 23 cubic meters is about twice the volume of a cement mixer truck. You can use the Measure Of Things to research equivalent measures for several types of quantities, including weight, length, speed, time, height, area, volume, and computer data..”
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