Elinor Mills interviews cryptographer and consultant Bruce Schneier, who “pokes fun at National Cyber Security Month, talks about his background in crypto and working for the U.S. Defense Department, and says he fears privacy invasion more from marketers than governments or criminals.” In an e-mail Q&A, he responds: Don’t people care about their privacy? Schneier:…
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When 2+2 Equals a Privacy Question
Natasha Singer writes: Time to revisit the always compelling — and often disconcerting — debate over digital privacy. So, what might your movie picks and your medical records have in common? How about a potentially false sense of control over who can see your user history? While Netflix and some health care concerns say they…
Back to the Future? Interracial couple denied marriage license
Civil rights advocates in eastern Louisiana are calling for a justice of the peace of Tangipahoa Parish to resign after he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. “He’s an elected public official and one of his duties is to marry people. He doesn’t have the right to say he doesn’t believe…
Household robots do not protect users’ security and privacy – researchers
People are increasingly using household robots for chores, communication, entertainment and companionship. But safety and privacy risks of information-gathering objects that move around our homes are not yet adequately addressed, according to a new University of Washington study. It’s not a question of evil robots, but of robots that can be misused. “A lot of…