“To tell the truth, or let the bad news go unsaid”
I have had the pleasure of being acquainted with bon vivant and man-about-town Bob Ramsay (no relation, and more accurately a Toronto communications consultant and host of the locally famous Ramsay...
View ArticleWhat is Personal Data and How Much Personal Data Exists?
@ technologyreview.com In 1995, the European Union introduced privacy legislation that defined “personal data” as any information that could identify a person, directly or indirectly. The legislators...
View Article“Say goodbye to anonymity”
@ successfulworkplace.com In case you missed 60 Minutes on CBS last night, there’s a new challenge to privacy that is coming faster than people realize and was made more urgent by the terror attack in...
View ArticleDNA hacking the biggest opportunity since cyber attacks
@ wired.co.uk There have always been hackers. If we look back 30 years to the earliest days of the personal computer, the first iteration were DIY types with cobbled-together devices, tinkering in...
View ArticleAn iPhone App To Turn Windows From Clear To Opaque
@ fastcodesign.com Blinds are a clumsy technology. And generally, they can’t offer privacy to your windows without cutting out light. So when your blinds are down, you might as well not have a window...
View ArticleCyber Attacks And The New Cyber Security Model
@ forbes.com Cyber attacks not only are growing in volume, but in the last year they have hit major companies like Google, Bank of America, Northrop Grumman, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, LinkedIn, Tumblr,...
View ArticleThe Complex Science of Cyber Defense
@ blogs.hbr.org Traditionally, cyber security research has focused on technical solutions to specific threats — for example, how to filter spam or protect PCs and mobile devices against the latest...
View ArticleWe need more humanities majors
It has become oddly fashionable to look down on the humanities over the last few decades. Today’s students are being told that studying the classics of English literature, the history of the twentieth...
View ArticleThe Renaissance Expedition: A (very) new community for all builders, makers,...
Don’t get me wrong. I’m an optimist. I believe that the promise of technology to liberate humanity to realize it’s full potential outweighs the prospective costs/risks. But. The caveat is that if...
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