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Passport card with chatty RFID chip draws privacy ire

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by HASH0x84705f8 in Network World on Security
 
A proposed new RFID-enabled passport card intended for use by Americans frequently travelling to Canada, Mexico. Bermuda and the Caribbean poses serious security and privacy risks for users, the Centers for Democracy and Technology (CDT) warned this week
 
Tags: passport card, privacy risks, americans frequently, caribbean poses, bermuda, week, users, mexico, democracy
 
 
 
 
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Show 001 - An Interview with Avi Rubin

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2006-04-19 17:47:13 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting , Avis forthcoming book ACCURATE - A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable, and Transparent Elections Froot Loops and Corn Flakes Subscribe to IEEE Security & Privacy
 
Tags: avi rubin, avi, ieee security, johns hopkins university, avis site, information security institute, avis, electronic, diebold electronic
 
 
 
 
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A new world order of computing - an analogy of Microsoft and the US

2008-02-19 00:24:05 by HASH0x8baa6ec in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...democracy to the world never materialized. Instead we find ourselves increasingly in a multi-polar world with two budding new superpowers (could Europe and China really be new?) - the European Union and China, competing very successfully, filling the vacuum we have left in many parts of the world. There has been no lessening of violence or...
 
Tags: world, microsoft, crazy world, multi-polar world, ago microsoft, century, 21st century, drive fast cars, unipolar american hegemony
 
 
 
 
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Web 2.0 SecureD. DelivereD. :)

2007-10-13 09:29:44 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...democracy of user communities [thanks to Paul Graham for his definition]. Web 2.0 gives more power for the users to interact, customize, share and leverage The democratization of users bring significant problems 1. Loss of privacy: Ease of use motivates users to upload personal information. Many users are not aware of ramifications of loss of...
 
Tags: web, web based technologies, call web, upload personal information, personal information, security, users, security awareness education, ensure users
 
 
 
 
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A new world order of computing - an analogy of Microsoft and the US

2008-02-18 14:27:32 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...democracy to the world never materialized. Instead we find ourselves increasingly in a multi-polar world with two budding new superpowers (could Europe and China really be new?) - the European Union and China, competing very successfully, filling the vacuum we have left in many parts of the world. There has been no lessening of violence or...
 
Tags: world, microsoft, crazy world, multi-polar world, ago microsoft, century, 21st century, drive fast cars, unipolar american hegemony
 
 
 
 
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CDT launches health privacy initiative

2008-03-11 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
Privacy needs to be a higher priority as the U.S. government and other groups push for adoption of health IT as a way to improve the country's health-care system, said the Center for Democracy and Technology, which has launched a health privacy initiative
 
Tags: health, health privacy initiative, privacy, health-care system, country, government, priority, improve, center
 
 
 
 
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What Do Online Communities and Global Politics Have in Common?

2008-04-13 13:44:28 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
I got back from Redmond yesterday. I am getting old so couldnt sleep well last night; luckily for me the BBC shows Our World during the night and I caught Danger - Democracy at Work. As usual it was a superb bit of journalism this time questioning Americas dogma to spread their own blend of
 
Tags: night, americas dogma, redmond yesterday, superb bit, luckily, time, bbc, world, danger
 
 
 
 
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Excel Spreadsheet on the web exposes Army officers and civilians

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2008-04-13 20:23:28 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Democracy and Technology. "It would seem to be a violation of the [Office of Management and Budget] memo that just went out that said agencies should be cutting down on the use of Social Security numbers, as well as the Privacy Act Cate and Schwartz both agreed that PII leaked over the Internet is much more dangerous than widely publicized...
 
Tags: web, personal information remains, personal information, army, usaascs web site, information, spreadsheet, usaasc response, usaasc
 
 
 
 
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RSA Day 2: Wednesday with JJ & the Engima

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2008-04-14 01:35:30 by JJ in Security Uncorked
...Democracy about the lack of security of electronic voting Here was something amusing Their crypto list of If you hear any of these, RUN Cryptography is expensive We have this guy thats reallllly smart Wired EQUIVALENT encryption Its proprietary security Its revolutionary NEW cryptography technology It uses DES- so its FIPS 140...
 
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