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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/identity/darpa-authentication-project-focuses-on-humans-as-secrets/157

So do my cats. But so what?

Does this mean that DARPA/USGov will finance the supply of advanced biometrics with every PC from Microsoft or Apples and every Tablet and smartphone? Perhaps eyeball recognition like in “Minority Report“.

And I’m sure there are _other_ ways to hack that than the one mentioned in the movie.

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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/india/rim-vs-indian-government-continues/135?tag=nl.e539

… and the UAE.

RIM is between a rock and a hard place.
They say no to this and they loose a market; and the Indian market is big. They say yes to this and the customers don’t trust them, so why should they buy RIM rather than some other insecure service? Read the rest of this entry »

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On the one hand there this:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/10/new_york_isp_crackdown/

and on the other, when it comes down to practice, there’s this

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/20/australian_adult_content_filter_failure/

Now please don’t think I support p0rn.
But surely …

One of the principles of good home economics is to pay down your most expensive (usually credit card) debts first. Surely there’s an analogue here about applying censorial leverage where its most effective.

Sadly, the media, and hence the government and also the “do something about it now” pressure groups, are very good at making use of broad, overly inclusive labelling. It saves having to deal with fine issues, use discernment and judgement and making people actually stop and think about things rather than have an emotional reaction.

So where does pornography begin and end? Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/steffy/6666406.html

[...]

Hanni, who lives in California, is the founder of the Coalition for an
Airline Passengers Bill of Rights, the group that’s spearheading efforts
in Congress to prevent airlines from imprisoning passengers on delayed
flights.

In a lawsuit filed in Houston Tuesday, she claims that Delta Air
Lines was behind the hacking, accusing the world’s largest carrier
of conspiracy and invasion of privacy.

Hanni believes Delta wants to crush her attempts to force better
customer service on the airline industry, which has fought mightily
to ensure it can treat passengers shabbily.

Perhaps this isn’t on the same scale as cars that are designed to explode and kill the passengers, but the model is the same. Can we see Hanni standing for the Presidency in a couple of decades? No, seriously, there does seem to be some skulduggery here that impacts privacy.
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