Posts Tagged ‘privacy’
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March 24, 2015Quantum internet could keep us safe from spying eyes – tech – 18 September 2014 – New Scientist
March 15, 2015#Quantum internet could keep us safe from spying eyes http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329873.000-quantum-internet-could-keep-us-safe-from-spying-eyes.html#.VQOzLBDF87M Uses photon states for intercept-proof key distribution (#QKD)
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That something is called quantum key distribution (QKD). The technique
transmits photons in particular quantum states to generate a secure
cryptographic key, with which you can encrypt data sent over an
ordinary, non-quantum connection. QKD is far more secure than standard
cryptography, which relies on hard mathematical problems that can
theoretically be cracked, given enough computing power. Any attempt to
intercept a quantum key, however, will disturb the photon’s quantum
states, alerting users not to use the key (see "Unbeatable security")."}}
The Secret Life of Passwords – NYTimes.com
March 8, 2015Secret life of passwords http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/magazine/the-secret-life-of-passwords.html Our habit to use one secret to encode another & how this was helpful in the aftermath of 911
Private Link by bitly
March 4, 2015Privacy in Pharmacogenetics: An End-to-End Case Study of Personalized Warfarin Dosing | USENIX
February 20, 2015Privacy in Pharmacogenetics…Personalized Warfarin Dosing
https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity14/technical-sessions/presentation/fredrikson_matthew Model-inversion attack; differential privacy doesn’t help
Authors:
Matthew Fredrikson, Eric Lantz, and Somesh Jha, University of Wisconsin—Madison; Simon Lin, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation; David Page and Thomas Ristenpart, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Awarded Best Paper!
My Childhood Memories Are Locked in a Yahoo Account
February 1, 2015My Childhood Memories Are Locked in a Yahoo Account http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/i-asked-the-internet-to-guess-the-answers-to-my-security-questions/373223 Nice example illustrating difficult tradeoffs in #datasecurity
The Slippery Slope of Silicon Valley – NYTimes.com
December 11, 2014The Slippery Slope of Silicon Valley
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/style/uber-facebook-and-others-bedeviled-by-moral-issues.html #Tech world Yin-&-yang – eg for $GOOG, amazing free services v #privacy concerns
Five Eyes – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
December 8, 2014Duffel Blog : NSA Intercepted Children’s Letters To Santa
November 30, 2014#NSA Intercepted Children’s Letters To Santa http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/12/nsa-letters-to-santa N Pole address is non-US & OK for snooping HT @peterwsinger @DuffelBlog
Harvard secretly photographed students to study class attendance, raising privacy concerns – The Boston Globe
November 27, 2014Harvard secretly photographed [2000] students to study… attendance [in 10 classes], raising #privacy concerns
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/05/harvard-secretly-photographed-students-study-class-attendance-raising-privacy-concerns/hC8TBdGdZmQehg0lAhnnJN/story.html
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Harvard University has revealed that it secretly photographed some 2,000 students in 10 lecture halls last spring as part of a study of classroom attendance, an admission that prompted criticism from faculty and students who said the research was an invasion of privacy. The clandestine experiment, disclosed publicly for the first time at a faculty meeting Tuesday night, came to light about a year-and-a-half after revelations that administrators had secretly searched thousands of Harvard e-mail accounts. That led the university to implement new privacy policies on electronic communication this spring, but another round of controversy followed the latest disclosure.
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