Posts Tagged ‘privacy’

Your Microbe Aura Could Be as Distinctive as Your Fingerprint – The Atlantic

August 19, 2016

Your Microbe Aura Could Be as Distinctive as Your Fingerprint http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/inside-the-germ-cloud/406591 Pot. #privacy risk, but will we see microbiome perfume

Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users without warning – The Washington Post

July 28, 2016

Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users w/o warning
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/18/research-shows-how-macbook-webcams-can-spy-on-their-users-without-warning/ non-obvious hacks that $AAPL doesn’t make easy

Microsoft Wins Appeals Ruling on Data Searches – WSJ

July 24, 2016

$MSFT Wins Appeals Ruling on Data Searches
http://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-wins-appeals-ruling-on-data-searches-1468511551 Does this mean US citizens storing data offshore escape gov. oversight?

AstraZeneca launches project to sequence 2 million genomes

April 29, 2016

AstraZeneca…proj. to seq. 2M
http://www.nature.com/news/astrazeneca-launches-project-to-sequence-2-million-genomes-1.19797 Ironic @JCVenter Qt: Think carefully before you just dump your genome on the Internet

For complete irony, compare this qt w/ commentary on @JCVenter’s original personal
sequencehttp://www.WashingtonPost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602362.htmlhttps://twitter.com/markgerstein/status/726064243695583232

QT:{{”
“Human Longevity’s databases are kept locked behind layers of security. “If I were advising a younger Craig Venter, I’d say, ‘Think carefully before you just dump your genome on the Internet’,” Venter says. “The levels of prediction are getting much more interesting.” “}}

How Not to End Cancer in Our Lifetimes – WSJ

April 8, 2016

How Not to End Cancer in Our Lifetimes
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-not-to-end-cancer-in-our-lifetimes-1459811684“It’s extraordinarily hard to re-identify tissue” anonymously biobanked. True?

Cypherpunks Write Code » American Scientist

April 1, 2016

Cypherpunks Write Code
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/cypherpunks-write-code Describes a mailing list at the origin of #PGP & @wikileaks

President Weighs In on Data From Genes

February 28, 2016

.@Potus Weighs In on…Genes
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/us/politics/president-obama-weighs-in-on-data-from-genes.html from the top an opinion that you own your own DNA & researchers shouldn’t hoard data

Eugenics Record Office – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory – Library & Archives

November 1, 2015

http://library.cshl.edu/special-collections/eugenics

Your Microbe Aura Could Be as Distinctive as Your Fingerprint – The Atlantic

October 16, 2015

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/inside-the-germ-cloud/406591/

Google Online Security Blog: An Update to End-To-End

September 28, 2015

An Update to End-To-End [gmail encryption]
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/12/an-update-to-end-to-end.html Looks interesting & potentially useful but a little raw. Anyone used this?