The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Short Honk: Does Amazon Have Facebook Data? I read “Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends.” The write up mentions Amazon as a company given “access to vast amounts of its users’ personal information.” So the answer appears to be “Yes.” I assume that the NYT report is “real” news. …
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Goodbye James Bond, hello big data Former head of Britain’s MI6 recounts how intelligence gathering has changed deeply “Now, the most important person in any intelligence service is the data analyst, because it’s the data analyst who will tell you where the threats are coming from and where the opportunities are emerging that you as …
Law Enforcement and Big Data The job of being an officer of the law has never been harder, but many on the tech side are trying to make it easier. But, as with most innovations, this might make life harder. Confused? Join the club. A recent spate of big data law enforcement innovations are due …
How the EU could change the world through Data Asylum All that is needed is a provision that any big Internet company doing business in the EU would be required to offer the EU’s end user license agreement (EULA) as an option for all accounts, no matter where they lived. PS: Or, it might be …
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Is Homeland Security Working to Compile a Database of Journalists and Bloggers? A solicitation put out by the United States Department of Homeland Security seeks a contractor to collect data on social media influencers and media outlets.
Data, Social Media, and Users: Can We All Get Along? Data Ownership, Rights, and Usage: Consumers’ expectations and reality on who owns data and how data may be used are commonly misaligned. Data Security and Privacy: Data security is not generally prescribed by law for the information technology sector.
