Why you should beware of the Phish
Phishing for Identity thieves is the little engine that could. So much so, that by some estimates its ballooned into a multi billion dollar a year industry. Those of us in the security field always know that humans are the weakest link when it comes to data protection. We can put up fancy firewalls and [...]
Flashback to 1998: Technology and privacy then and now
Last week I was performing research on Apple and stumbled upon a YouTube video shot in 1998 of Steve Jobs on stage announcing the worlds’ first iMac. Seeing Jobs, still with a full head of hair, unveiling the iMac, and explaining Apple’s vision of the “i” series products, has prompted a small stroll down technology [...]
ENCORE - Ensuring Consent and Revocation
A collaborative IT research project being undertaken by UK industry & academia aims to make giving consent as reliable and easy as turning on a tap, and revoking that consent as reliable and easy as turning it off again. This is what Im talking about ladies and gentlemen, this is Privacy 2.0!
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Announcing: Privacy 2.0
“Privacy 2.0 – Cleaning up the mess Web 2.0 left behind”What is Privacy 2.0 you might ask? I’d like to start the explanation with a bit of background. Two years ago I founded a startup social network that was a mashup of Facebook, Myspace, Meetup and Yelp. We put together a solid team and embarked [...]
Dont wait for the government to protect you from Spammers
Perhaps a built-in effect of living in a democratic society is the fact that our government is a reactive one on major issues. Something has to go terribly wrong before our lawmakers react and try to correct it by enacting legislation. Katrina and FEMA (a 2′fer in natural disasters), The dot com bust and SOX [...]