The Guardian Data Protection

MARCH 24, 2018

Shahmir Sanni, a volunteer for Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit EU referendum campaign, explains how a data company linked to Cambridge Analytica played a crucial role in the result, and voices his concerns that electoral spending rules were manipulated… and evidence apparently destroyed • Brexit insider claims Vote Leave team may have breached spending limits When I first met Shahmir Sanni last August, he was nervy, anxious, uncertain.

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Elie

MARCH 24, 2018

This post provides an in-depth analysis of Gooligan monetization schemas and recounts how Google took it down with the help of external partners. This post is the final post of the series dedicated to the hunt and take down of Gooligan that we did at Google in collaboration with Check Point in November 2016. The. first post. recounts the Gooligan origin story and offers an overview of how it works.

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WIRED Threat Level

MARCH 24, 2018

Reddit bans, Atlanta ransomware, and more of the week's top security news.

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Elie

MARCH 24, 2018

This post provides an in-depth analysis of Gooligan monetization schemas and recounts how Google took it down with the help of external partners. This post is the final post of the series dedicated to the hunt and take down of Gooligan that we did at Google in collaboration with Check Point in November 2016. The. first post. recounts the Gooligan origin story and offers an overview of how it works.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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IT Governance

MARCH 24, 2018

Most organisations will do anything within their budget to prevent cyber attacks, but senior staff are often given conflicting advice on where to spend their money. Should they invest in the latest technological defences? And which technologies? Should they overhaul their data protection policies? If so, how? The list of potential solutions is nearly endless, but no single measure will significantly reduce the risk of a breach.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MARCH 24, 2018

Enforcement officers search firm’s London HQ for nearly seven hours amid allegations it may have illegally acquired data Investigators from Britain’s data watchdog have spent nearly seven hours searching the London offices of Cambridge Analytica. Eighteen enforcement officers entered the Cambridge Analytica headquarters in London’s West End on Friday night to search the premises after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was granted a warrant to examine its records.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MARCH 24, 2018

Our new exposé raises issues that should concern those who believe in open and transparent democracy The concept of democracy is based on high principle, refined by centuries of political theory. But democracy is at its most observable in the processes required to sustain it; the everyday – and sometimes mundane – safeguards needed to protect free and fair elections, freedom of speech and association, and minority rights.

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