Kristen V Brown reports: A group of medical researchers have a counterintuitive proposal for shielding people’s most intimate personal data from prying eyes. Share more of it, they say. A lot more of it. Sometimes, a counterintuitive proposal is actually just a verry verry bad idea. As in this case. Read more on Bloomberg.
Category: Misc
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate this holiday! For those who will miss out on their family get-together because they are serving their community as firefighters, medics, police, soldiers…. thank you for the sacrifices you make today so that the rest of us can enjoy this occasion. As always, I am grateful for those who…
‘The End of Trust’ – On Sale in Bookstores and Free to Download Now!
Rebecca Jeshke of EFF writes: Do you need some stimulating reading material for this long holiday weekend? Here’s a great option: the latest issue of Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The End of Trust. This is a collection of essays and interviews about technology, privacy, and surveillance, featuring many EFF authors—including EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn,…
Meet Brad, the Guy Keeping Your Vibrator Safe from Hackers
Mark Hay reports: Over the last few years, the world has started waking up to the disconcerting vulnerabilities of internet enabled sex toys. Information security (infosec) experts and white hat hackers have shown, often through eye-catching stunts, that thanks to apparent security oversights, it is possible for malicious actors to access data on certain toys’ users,…