Via: www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/10/software-tracks-social-media-defence
Tracking users…. via a ”proof of concept” product that was not sold to any clients?
Private sector and public sector getting around ‘walled gardens’ find what? Security risks?
Like protesters in front of an East German church – what are the options?
The optics of mass arrests? Or yet more expensive undercover work.
Via: www.scmagazine.com.au/News/328135,linguistics-identifies-anonymous-users.aspx
with a video.
Comments at yro.slashdot.org/story/13/01/09/0233243/linguistics-identifies-anonymous-users
What your writing style can give away about you. Interesting video. Function words used in a thesis could track a person in a chatroom…
Via: www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/tweeters-could-be-military-targets-20121213-2bcjq.html
Could using social media or blog comments about any military operation make you a legal military target?
The Geneva Convention protecting civilians could be removed if a power feels uploading, downloading or sharing is part of the fight. How long before “knowingly providing material support or resources to an entity that has been designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.” becomes just “providing material support or resources to an entity that has been designated”"
An interesting read on the possible value of a privacy policy in the EU.
Via: www.zdnet.com/australian-police-want-telco-customer-data-retained-forever-7000004811/
2 years? 5 years? – try forever. Dont worry its not the content, just ip’s…
Via: www.itnews.com.au/News/308706,submarine-cable-operators-face-us-levy.aspx
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering an expansion to the Universal Service Fund. Submarine cable operators with landings in the United States could face a 15.7 percent levy on quarterly revenues. Some history on US telco rates can be found at: http://www.commsday.com/commsday/2012/comment-bad-timing-proposed-undersea-cable-tax/“
The Attorney-General’s Department is looking into 40 proposals surrounding telco data retention in Australia.
Will the intelligence community get 2 years of logs to sort from every Australian isp?
Via: computerworld.com.au/article/427095/how_charles_dickens_helped_crack_your_linkedin_password/
A computer security expert finds a long set of passphrase strings vis some of the world’s most classic books.
I wonder are we seeing people with English lit educations, old family favourites, some deep recall or spammers/sock puppets that get good long passwords?
More at http://7habitsofhighlyeffectivehackers.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/using-twitter-to-build-password.html
Via: http://theintelhub.com/2012/06/01/exclusive-photos-bilderberg-attendees-revealed/
Canadian book sellers, the sitting Minister of Finance of Finland, the Prime Minister of Alberta, Canada, a fellow at … University, a Swedish Banker, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (China) ….
Via: www.usforacle.com/opinion/domestic-propaganda-threatens-american-rights-1.2742509
Say goodbye to the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act and the 1987 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, welcome to domestic “counter-propaganda” under the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012.