From NIST: GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Innovative technologies such as the “internet of things” (IoT) and artificial intelligence enhance convenience, efficiency and economic growth. At the same time, these and other technologies increasingly require complex networking environments and use detailed data about individuals that can make protecting their privacy harder. To help meet this challenge, the U.S….
Category: Misc
Who needs democracy when you have data?
Christina Larson reports: In 1955, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov published a short story about an experiment in “electronic democracy,” in which a single citizen, selected to represent an entire population, responded to questions generated by a computer named Multivac. The machine took this data and calculated the results of an election that therefore never…
“…. be certain that your evidence is going to be forwarded to all your buddies.”
So many scammers, so little time. Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, not poorly-attempted extortion. In case you were wondering what some of these scams look like – where an email is blasted out widely in the hopes that one or a few recipients believe it – I thought I’d share one…
Security expert discovered a bug that affects million Kaspersky VPN users
Pierluigi Paganini reports: A security issue exists in Kaspersky VPN <=v1.4.0.216 which leaks your DNS Address even after you’re connected to any virtual server. (Tested on Android 8.1.0) What is a DNS leaks? In this context, with the term “DNS leak” we indicate an unencrypted DNS query sent by your system OUTSIDE the established VPN tunnel….