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Tag Archives: microsoft
Privacy? What Privacy?
November 1, 2010 – 6:00 am
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It is unusual for the popular (as opposed to technical) press and particularly for The Wall Street Journal to publish a multipart series on the topic of privacy. But the WSJ did it in “What They Know: A Wall Street Journal Investigation” And I think they did a pretty good job. You can find…
Securing the Web – Dream On
December 7, 2009 – 6:00 am
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There are times when a reasonable person might have doubts about their views on a particular topic, especially when so few others appear to advocate the same drastic measures as oneself. So imagine my surprise and sense of validation when I attended a presentation by Roel Schouwenberg, who is a…
Bill Gates, Facebook and Privacy Controls
July 27, 2009 – 5:00 am
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While in India this week, Bill Gates made the following comment:
He admitted that he once had a Facebook page, but every day “ten thousand people tried to be my friend.” He said he spent too much time trying to decide “Do I know them? Don’t I know them?” Ultimately, he said, “I had to…
Are System Monocultures More or Less Secure? Yes!
March 30, 2009 – 6:00 am
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About five years ago, in the fall of 2003, there appeared on-line a controversial report with the (what proved to be) incendiary title “CyberInsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly.” It is still available at http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf
The authors were, and still are,…
Passwords – Déjà Vu All Over Again
November 24, 2008 – 6:00 am
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With due credit to Yogi Berra, I found myself groaning “not again” when reading Randall Stross’s article “Goodbye, Passwords. You Aren’t a Good Defense, ” which appeared in the Week in Review section of the August 10, 2008 edition of the Sunday New York Times…