Category: Advanced Cyber/IO

A Solution to the Blockchain Trilemma?

Struggling to deliver a blockchain application which is decentralized, secure, and scalable? A solution may have been developed. Navigate to “Ex-Microsoft Researcher Says He’s Solved the Blockchain Scalability Problem.” Despite the hype about blockchain, there’s a problem mixed with the promise:

…It says that it’s easy to have a blockchain with two of three key attributes: decentralization, security, and scalability. What’s difficult is getting all three; so far, cranking up the volume has always meant sacrificing on another.

The alleged solution comes from Asensys, led by former Microsoft lead researcher JiaPing Wang.

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Clearview app lets strangers find your name, info with snap of a photo, report says

It may not be long before you'll have to forget about walking down the street anonymously, says a New York Times report.

The Role Of Utility Meters In Mass Surveillance

Jerry Day in Crime & Power

The big data farmers discovered a lucky accident: your utility meter can be juiced up to collect all kinds of personal data from you in your home. Just by jamming some special electronics in utility meters, they are creating the most invasive and massive surveillance program ever undertaken in history. Imagine collecting the daily and hourly behavioral habits of every household in the developed world.

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