I remember when the first Data Privacy Day was announced in 2006 to be held in 2007. I was genuinely excited. I even tried to make a graphic, and then spent hours arguing with myself as to whether it was Data Privacy Day or Data Protection Day, and what was the difference? Were we even…
Category: Misc
Deepfakes Expose Cracks in Virtual ID Verification
One of the things I have come to understand from reading research reports from GeminiAdvisory.io is that criminals are quite nimble and creative as conditions change, the market changes, or new security protocols are adopted. So now that financial institutions, cryptocurrency exchanges, and businesses deploy more sophisticated techniques to verify identity virtually, how are criminals…
Privacy news you may have missed….
To say some of us have been distracted since January 6 would be an understatement. Thanks to Joe Cadillic, maybe we can get caught up a bit. Here are some news items of note recently: How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone’s Encryption https://www.wired.com/story/smartphone-encryption-law-enforcement-tools/ The European Data Protection Supervisor Website Evidence Collector tool for privacy…
A guide to being an ethical online investigator
Some research may put you — or others — at risk. At risk of violations of law, but also at risk of violations of people’s privacy or causing harm to them (regardless of whether you are right or wrong in any attributions). Tanya Basu writes: As rioters stormed Capitol Hill on January 6, Theo—like many…