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GUEST ESSAY: Who do you think impacts privacy, free markets more: Big Government or Big Tech?

The Last Watchdog

Big Tech’s annual operating cash flow of $280 billion could annually fund a military budget that is: larger than #2 China’s ; comparable to the EU’s ; and about 40% of America’s. About the essayist: Scott Cleland is President of Precursor®, and the author of “Search & Destroy: Why You Can’t Trust Google Inc.

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In praise of. the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Data Protector

In terms of transparency, a great deal of information about how the IPA has worked in practice is available from the annual reports that have been published by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner. Engagement with stakeholders outside the closed investigative world was something that should not be feared but embraced.

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Hackers, Scrapers & Fakers: What's Really Inside the Latest LinkedIn Dataset

Troy Hunt

Verification that supports the alleged source is usually quite straightforward , but disproving a claim can be a rather time consuming exercise, especially when a dataset contains fragments of truth mixed in with data that is anything but. Which is what we have here today. On that final point, what is the point?

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A Close Up Look at the Consumer Data Broker Radaris

Krebs on Security

If you live in the United States, the data broker Radaris likely knows a great deal about you, and they are happy to sell what they know to anyone. But how much do we know about Radaris? The FTC also found TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate deceived users about background report accuracy. The FTC levied a $5.8 A Sherborn, Mass.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

Rick Snyder, who is about to leave office and can point to significant strides Michigan has made ‘reinventing’ its economy under his watch. I just wanted to be proactive about it,” he told me. The first Cyber Range training and testing hub opened at Eastern Michigan University in late 2012. They answered, yes.

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If I Go to a Protest, What Kinds of Personal Information Might Police Collect About Me? (important guest post)

Architect Security

If I Go to a Protest, What Kinds of Personal Information Might Police Collect About Me? This wasn’t a bit of dystopian sci-fi; it was a reminder of the myriad types of data that local law enforcement continuously collects from us and about us, both out in the world and during interactions with officers. By: Lauren Kirchner.

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Predictions 2021: Disinformation, SPACs, Africa, Facebook, and a Return to Tech Optimism

John Battelle's Searchblog

Chastened by our last bout with externality ignorance (see Facebook, above), 2021 will be the year society takes a step back and thinks hard about where this is all going. But by year’s end folks will realize that antitrust suits are essentially kabuki, an exercise designed to go nowhere and maintain the status quo.

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