Hannah Frishberg reports: “Humanity has been contemptuously used by vast digital empires.” Thus begins Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger’s “Declaration of Digital Independence,” a new manifesto of sorts advocating for the decentralization of “Big Social Media.” He is asking for digital dissenters to sign it — and strike. In a separate blog post, Sanger calls for…
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Webinar Invitation — Cyberthreats in the Internet of Things
There are lots of webinars all of the time. But this one is more oriented to lawyers, and I thought some of my readers might be interested in it. From Hogan Lovells: Please join the Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity and Litigation teams on July 16th for our webinar, Cyberthreats in the Internet of Things. We will explore…
Is It Really Possible to De-identify High Dimensional Data?
Odia Kagan of FoxRothschild writes: “Whenever we make a call, go to work, search the web, pay with our credit card, we generate data. While de-identification might have worked in the past, it doesn’t really scale to the type of large-scale datasets being collected today.” It turns out that ” four random points (i.e. time…
Families of missing people in Michigan can submit DNA to police
Amy Biolchini reports: The Michigan State Police are trying to help bring closure to families who have loved ones that are still missing. This Friday, June 14, the police are hosting a free event at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing for the families of missing people. From noon to 5 p.m. biological relatives of a missing…