As the courts wrestle with technology vs. the Constitution, the process has its up and downs. Last year the 11th circuit ruled that the government could not get cell phone location data without a warrant. That doing so was a violation of your fourth amendment rights. This year the same court overturned last year’s ruling […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last week the FBI and DoJ testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT, asking for an encryption back door (or as the NSA has said they prefer, a front door). They did not get a very welcome reception. In fact, Rep Lieu suggested that they “just follow the damn […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The WSJ is reporting that the bankers who were impacted by the Target and Home Depot breaches are fighting back. Usually, Mastercard and Visa negotiate a deal with the retailer who was breached and then dole out the money to the banks. The money seems to go to the big banks with the small banks […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have written several items about cell site simulators or Stingrays. Dirtboxes are stingray-like devices hung from an airplane that DoJ agencies use to capture tens of thousands of cell phones as they fly over hundreds of miles. I said early on that it was going to be years before the crap hit the fan, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In a somewhat bizarre case, a Goldman Sachs programmer has been convicted for the second time of stealing software that he developed for Goldman (see Wired article). The first conviction was overturned and the second may be nullified by the judge. Sergey Aleynikov was convicted in 2011 on espionage and theft of trade secret charges. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]LinkedIn has a service called a LinkedIn Reference Search that allows someone to search for people who worked at the same companies that you did at the same time you did. While LI does not give employers direct access to those people who worked with you, they do “recommend” that prospective employers use the LinkedIn […]
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