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]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 very interesting problem for developers of AI models. Likely it doesn’t impact software developers using those models, but it could affect you or your company if you develop software, even for internal use, that integrates AI functions. Follow this scenario. Some of either your own personal information or your company’s sensitive information […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DoD Cyber Command 2.0 DoD, apparently, doesn’t like it being called Cyber Command 2.0. Maybe we should call it 3.0 or 4.0. DoD has been wrestling with making Cyber Command more effective since it was formed in 2010. Multiple presidents from both parties have failed at it. Now DoD has a new plan to solve […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]No, not the data collected by doctors and hospitals. That data is already protected by HIPAA. Actually, the amount of data protected by HIPAA is dwarfed by the amount of data NOT protected by HIPAA. The not protected category – that includes everything from smart watches to period tracking apps. And a lot more. These […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Flock doesn’t have a great privacy reputation in many quarters and although, maybe, this is not their fault, they are going to get beat up for it anyway. Flock, you may remember, is the company that sells license plate reader cameras to anyone. Say, you are an HOA and you want to track the comings […]
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