The Secure Data Act is the next attempt at a federal privacy law that would replace 20 or more state privacy laws. The Electronic Frontier Foundation published a detailed assessment of the bill saying that it is not serious privacy legislation. They say it has too many exemptions, too little enforcement and too much … […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) is responsible for implementing the new law. It is the fallout from the data broker registration law. DROP or Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform is taking the fines to a whole new level. I watched a webinar on this today and the process is complex. If you are doing […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A quick tutorial is in order. Lets say there was a bank robbery at First and Main yesterday at noon and the police have no idea who did it. So they ask all of the cell phone carriers to give them a list of all phones in the area of First and Main yesterday from, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is a tale of three firewall vendors: Cisco, Checkpoint and Fortinet and their security challenges. First, even though we likely think of a firewall as a piece of hardware, in reality, it is just a specialized computer – think of it as the original Internet of Things device – that runs a lot of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The president would like to help his campaign donors and his kids by killing off any limits on how AI is used. Since the White House has not espoused a strategy as of yet on placing any guardrails on AI (other than we don’t want any guardrails on AI), the states have stepped in and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Superbox streaming box is a device that allows you to turn your dumb TV into a smart TV. The devices are sold at BestBuy and Walmart. It is also sold on Amazon, if you can find it. Amazon killed the sale but if you look for a combined modem and router, you can still […]
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