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 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I don’t usually blog about an individual hacker takedown but this one – it is worth talking about. Certainly not the end of hacking but a significant win for the federales. Last month Interpol talked about Operation HAECHI IV. It was a six month takedown effort that involved 34 countries and funding from South Korea. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AI and the End of Privacy A couple of Stanford grad students have written an AI app that using a very small dataset (400,000 images) can detect your location. PIGEON, as the project is called, can predict the country of the image with 92 percent accuracy and provide location within 25 kilometers in 40 percent […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]They say the third time is a charm. I am not sure with the DoD, but it seems like they are trying. It seems like they are trying to do it right this time. The rule was released last week as a draft rule. The clock started on a 60 day comment period. It is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is one of my pet peeves. And this is not a mom & pop shop that does have the resources. Just bad management. The owner of CBS (yes, that CBS) and Paramount, National Amusements, disclosed a breach last week. Again, we are hearing about it from the Maine AG’s web site, not from them […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Global cybercrime costs this year (2023) is expected to reach $8 trillion globally. Comparing that to GDP, that would make cybercrime the third biggest economy in the world. That is why there is so much of it. It is highly lucrative. While the hackers only get a fraction of that, the cost goes to businesses […]
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