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Court Rules in Favor of Mining LinkedIn User Data

Adam Levin

A federal appellate court ruled that mining and aggregating user data publicly posted to social media sites is allowable by law. It also limits the definition of “unauthorized access” to content protected behind a password or some other means of authorization. .

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Acuity Who? Attempts and Failures to Attribute 437GB of Breached Data

Troy Hunt

Slightly different column count to mine (and similar but different to the hacker forum post), and slightly different email count, but the similarities remain striking. Some more data points before going further: The files is named "ACUITY_MASTER_18062020.csv" It's a legitimate , honest , legal business model.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Blog Series: Alright boys, it’s time we have “The Talk”

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

With a little more investigation, I found two browser extensions that were crypto mining, which fortunately uninstalled without a problem. My high schooler fessed up immediately that he installed the crypto mining extensions just to see what would happen (and to make some money). At dinner, we had “the talk” about safe computing.

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Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports

Krebs on Security

For example, there were four phone numbers on my Experian credit file: Only one of them was mine, and that one hasn’t been mine for ages. I am definitely in this camp. Now I know why Experian has NEVER let me view my own file via their website. The easiest way to get yours is through annualcreditreport.com.

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What Is Data Literacy?

erwin

Data Literacy Definition. erwin helps customers turn their data from a burden into a benefit by fueling an accurate, real-time, high-quality data pipeline they can mine for insights that lead to smart decisions for operational excellence. So, what is data literacy? What Is Data Literacy?

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Is AIIM Membership Worth It? Pros and Cons

AIIM

As I noted in the previous post, I would definitely encourage you to consider whether your association offers these benefits. I included this last because it is the least valuable benefit I get from mine. In this post, you’ll learn some of the specific pros & cons associated with AIIM membership. But it is a consideration.

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else 11/25: The Collective Hallucination of Currency

John Battelle's Searchblog

Bitcoin mining operation. “These definitions do not restrict the use of pen registers or trap-and-trace devices to communication facilities associated with individual users, it is finding that these definitions encompass an exceptionally broad form of collection.” And tweet us links! ” N.S.A.