Kemba Walden to Head new Paladin Cyber Research and Advocacy Institute After being passed over as the national cyber director, she is going to head up a new effort by cyber venture firm Paladin. Walden will serve as president of the new Paladin Global Institute, an organization Paladin said in a press release is designed […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Governments around the world, at best, tolerate encryption. If they thought they could outlaw it, they would. Public pronouncements that it is “about the children” or other fairy tales not withstanding, it is about them not being able to snoop at will. That is something that they have been able to do pretty freely until […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FTC announced today its first ever settlement with a data broker for selling location data. The FTC alleged that the data broker, Outlogic, formerly known as X-Mode Social, sold precise consumer location data and allowed third parties to track visits to health care providers, houses of worship and other sensitive destinations. The FTC claims […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Know Your Customer or KYC is a mandate of federal law for the financial services community such a banks, brokers and fintech. Often companies use “ID images” to confirm a person is who they say they are. Even some cryptocurrency platforms rely on this. Viral posts on Reddit and other social media show how, using […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You Haven’t Migrated to WiFi 6 Yet? It is Already Obsolete. Here is WiFi 7 WiFi 7 or, officially, IEEE 802.11be is faster and more spectrum efficient that previous WiFi versions. WiFi 7, they say, is 3 times faster than either WiFi 5 or 6, which makes it useful for things like gaming apps. Of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]No, it is not a trick question. They, and the advertisers that they sell to, need names and profiles. Lots of names and profiles. Millions and millions of them, so they can slice them very finely. Male, 18-20, likes soccer, shops at Walmart, wears Crocs, etc. etc. Really, really fine grain. And what is the […]
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