While watching the Alex Winter film about the Panama Papers, this quote stood out to me given all of the talk about the “dangers” of encryption.
While working with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in the early days of investigating the data leaked from Mossack Fonseca law firm, the importance of not letting anyone know that the data had leaked, or that it was all being investigated, they lived with this slogan:
“Shut Up and Encrypt”
Sarah Anderson lays out one area where being a “know-it-all” is actually pretty dangerous. Unfortunately, many cybersecurity professionals either refuse or fail to accept the basic premise that he/she does not and cannot know everything. This failure or refusal is dangerous as cybersecurity requires a constant education and re-education from uncommon sources – news, Twitter,…
Gone to a protest lately? Seen a lot of advertising about voting, or BLM, or related subjects since then? That’s no coincidence. “Jason Berlin, founder of a voter-registration group called Field Team 6, told the WSJ that such location-based tactics are “deeply spooky yet extremely helpful.” Field Team 6 uses Facebook to deliver targeted advertising…
It may not sound like a serous question, but it is. Whatever side you are on in terms of whether people should wear masks in public I can’t help but notice that there seems to be some inconsistency when it comes to facial recognition. I mean, if I were an all-powerful government official interested in…
On-Premise Tech’s Swan Song? Pandemic Places Greater Emphasis on the Cloud Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You: Technology Competence in the Time of COVID-19 Privacy Tip #232 – Spam Phone Calls Rampant for Remote Workers – a lot of us may get more calls on our…
There are no easy answers here. If I had the virus and Apple could dip into the location history of my phone and see who I may have come into contact with, and get to those people for early diagnosis, I might want them to do that, right? “According to published reports, the US government…
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