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Archive for December, 2006

CNBC Privacy documentary

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

published simultaneously on Whoops-a-Data.com
A few days ago I realized how much information I take for granted. The reason I say this is because I had the pleasure of watching the CNBC privacy documentary Big Brother Big Business with my wife. She was truly shocked to see how companies are able to compile and use […]

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I can see the future…

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

… well, maybe.  I’ve been trying to find ways to think more strategically about various situations.  One tool to which I have recently been introduced is called “Scenario Planning.”  This methodology (or art) involves creatively envisioning multiple future states related to any areas of uncertainty that you may face.
As an example, let’s say that, due […]

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Privacy’s “Big Bang”

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Well, it looks like the folks affected by the ChoicePoint data breach are finally about to be compensated. On December 6th, the Federal Trade Commission announced a redress program for those affected by Identity Theft as a result of the breach.
If you remember, the ChoicePoint data breach was announced on February 15, 2005; because […]

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Malware musings

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Lately I’ve been doing a bit of research into malware trends (mostly from the smartphone perspective) — but via PaulDotCom Security Weekly episode 52, I found a few items related to malware that were particularly interesting.
The first item is a whitepaper from John Canavan of Symantec. The paper, is titled Me code write good: […]

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More insanity

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Imagine my surprise when I read the news today and saw that now Senator John McCain is now echoing the futile insanity proposed by those in charge of MySpace. His bill is called the Stop the Online Exploitation of Our Children Act and, if passed, will require sex offenders to register their email and IM […]

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