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Hi-Tech Holidays: Put Privacy in Mind When Picking out Presents
’Tis the season: November is at its end, and suddenly your shopping list has moved into overdrive with gift purchases, be they intended for family, friends, or an office Secret Santa. With the increasing rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) products, it's very likely you have thought about giving a gift of a connected […]
Continue readingFake News vs Free Speech: Facebook’s Festering Information Challenge
Fake news, charges of election meddling by foreign propaganda, and now allegations of listening in on conversations made through the chat interface of the platform: face it Facebook, you're no longer the friendly-go-lucky "connect to friends and family" tech company you were when you started out. Between heavy mining and sale of personal data, combined […]
Continue readingBlockchain and Privacy: the New Frontier
It's hard to enter a technical conference these days without at least one party bringing up the advancements of blockchain. With support from big-name players including IBM, J.P. Morgan Chase and Microsoft, and the foundation behind the advancement of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, researchers now argue blockchain may be the ultimate disruptive technology. Certainly if […]
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No, it isn’t okay to put CCTV in your employee’s houses under the guise of “protecting company assets” - end of transmission
It is literally no ones business whether and why you qualify for a vaccine at any point in time. If you are eligible, get to it. https://twitter.com/theferocity/status/1366827885571559434
I don’t like that self-appointed vaccine cops are creating an atmosphere where folks feel pressured to disclose personal health information to explain why they’ve been vaccinated. I know we’re all stressed and shit but mind ya business.
The ability to conduct threat analytics and look great in high heels- face it, I've got it all!
For the Honour of InfoSec!
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data
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