Privacy vs. Security — What do you choose?
Below is an excerpt from the Keynote presentation I delivered at GBATA 2013 in Helsinki, Finland. It is based upon my“A Global Overview of Trends in Personal, Corporate and Government Surveillance”...
View ArticleWho’s to blame for Target’s 110 million record breach? Target, VISA, MasterCard
As WSJ reports, the security guys tried to get chip-and-pin launched in the US 10 years ago. This is the same technology that has REDUCED UK losses by 70%. Why did it fail in the US? VISA &...
View ArticleGlobal Surveillance Week
Welcome to the Panopticon. Or surveillance circle-jerk. With apologies to Tom Lehrer, Global Surveillance Week! Chinese spy on the Japanese Russians Spy on the Chinese Indians Spy on the Pakistanis...
View Article10 Years A (Digital) Slave
Article by Raj Goel I read a moving article on CNN.com about modern day slavery in Mauritania (see http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slaverys.last.stronghold/index.html/ ). Yes,...
View ArticleIs the SEC Obtaining Emails Without a Warrant? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Imitation is the best form of flattery. The DOJ is flattered. Updates to the email privacy law called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ECPA are long overdue. It’s common sense that emails...
View ArticleUtah cops warrantlessly search prescription drug records of 480 emergency...
Welcome to the land of the Free (surveillance) and the home of the Brave (spies) Utah law enforcement officials searched, without a warrant, the prescription drug records of 480 public paramedics,...
View ArticleWhat does Facebook SELL about you to corporations, governments and criminals?
…and here’s what a brand knows when you login via facebook pic.twitter.com/mxYYfsaoSn via Twitter / TheBakeryLDN: …and here’s what a brand ….
View ArticleHow One Woman Hid Her Pregnancy From Big Data
"And finally, I’m actually here today to win the ‘Most Creative Use of Tor’ award I’m actually here today to win the ‘Most Creative Use of Tor’ award," she said, followed by roars of laughter in the...
View ArticleStop Blaming The Victims
As I read about the HOME DEPOT breach, follow the commentaries on the TARGET breach and other breaches, it’s clear to me that we need to have a more mature conversation about breaches. We don’t blame...
View ArticleMagazine article says parents destroying infant privacy at birth
Raj Goel Security & Compliance Consulting Practice www.rajgoel.com raj@rajgoel.com 917-685-7731 Magazine article says parents destroying infant privacy at birth Noted Internet security...
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