Ryan Calo writes: UPDATE: As told to Jules Polonetsky over at The Future of Privacy Forum, Capital One was engaging in “totally random” rate changes that were not related to browser type. On the other hand, according to the Wall Street Journal, Capital One was at one point using [x+1] data to calibrate what credit card offers…
Category: Misc
A Little Less Privacy, a Bit More Security
Simon Chesterman had an op-ed in today’s New York Times: The European Union has announced that it will overhaul its data protection rules in 2011. Later this month, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Commerce Department will release their own reports on online privacy. Meanwhile, as part of the much-hyped efforts to prepare for “cyberwar,”…
10 Riskiest Places to Give Your Social Security Number
Kashmir Hill kindly pointed me to this piece by Cameron Huddleston: McAfee, the antivirus software company, recently released a list of the most dangerous places to give your Social Security number. Many of the places on the list might surprise you: 1. Universities and colleges 2. Banking and financial institutions 3. Hospitals 4. State governments…
How a Savvy Coder Hacked His Tesla
Justin Hyde writes: A software engineer asked by a Tesla Roadster owner to see what information the car was collecting on its performance managed to crack Tesla’s data format. He found it records every second of its use. […] Last month, after getting the request from another Tesla owner, the software engineer went to work, finding…