Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry Gabrielle Canon in San Francisco @GabrielleCanon Fri 15 Feb 2019 11.00 GMT; Last modified on Sat 16 Feb 2019 01.40 GMT Taylor Swift has used facial recognition software for safety at events – but how far should the […]
US Embassy Shopping List, from Wikileaks Website 21 December 2018 Today, 21 December 2018, WikiLeaks publishes a searchable database of more than 16,000 procurement requests posted by United States embassies around the world. All US embassies post requests for quotations and job listings on their websites when they need to purchase goods or services. In […]
Members of Deep Green Resistance denied entry to Canada on the way to a Chris Hedges’ lecture Adam Federman Three members of the radical environmental organization Deep Green Resistance and two other individuals were detained for more than seven hours at the Peace Arch border crossing between Washington State and British Columbia on their […]
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist. He teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School, and serves as special advisor to IBM Security. His new book is called Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-Connected World. Years ago I contacted Bruce Schneier because of Lockheed Martin’s role at Statistics Canada […]
From: Bruce Schneier Sent: November 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram November 15, 2018 by Bruce Schneier CTO, IBM Resilient schneier AT schneier.com https://www.schneier.com A free monthly newsletter providing summaries, analyses, insights, and commentaries on security: computer and otherwise. For back issues, or to subscribe, visit Crypto-Gram’s web page. Read this issue on the web These same essays […]
the light went on. I remember what “under the Law” means in the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. (NOTE: List of RELATED postings at bottom) There’s a BLIND SPOT that creates confusion. And down the garden path we go. the word PRIVACY used in two different contexts has different meaning. If you do not […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom) by Bill Curry Canadians strongly oppose Statistics Canada’s plan to obtain personal banking records – and most would not consent to participating, according to a new Nanos Research survey. The survey suggests the federal government is on the wrong side of public opinion in its defence […]
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = RELATED POSTINGS 2018-11-16 Surveillance Kills Freedom By Killing Experimentation, Bruce Schneier. from “The End of Trust”. In my book Data and Goliath, I write about the value of privacy. I talk about how it is essential for political […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom) Further to: My reply to “StatsCan plan to scoop customer spending data from banks” I received this: I circulated on facebook the petition against this sharing of personal data from financial institutions. One response made it clear that people trust Stats Canada a way more than is warranted, […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom) Tech companies’ reign over users’ personal data has run largely unchecked in the age of the internet. Europe is seeking to end that with a new law by Steve Kroft This has not been a great year for big tech; on Wall Street or in Washington. For decades, […]