The Face Behind #Bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto, hiding in plain sight w. >$100M. Interesting to read his strenuous denial
http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html
Posts Tagged ‘privacy’
The Face Behind Bitcoin – Newsweek
April 5, 2014Predicting Social Security numbers from public data
March 27, 2014QT:{{”
Such findings highlight the hidden privacy costs of widespread information dissemination and the complex interactions among multiple data sources in modern information economies (11), underscoring the role of public records as breeder documents (12) of more sensitive data.
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What Surveillance Valley knows about you | PandoDaily
March 17, 2014What #Surveillance Valley knows about you: A LOT – eg info sold to insurers on recent weight gains & illegal drug use
http://pando.com/2013/12/22/a-peek-into-surveillance-valley
Uniquely Me! » American Scientist
February 24, 2014What’s a unique ID for a person & how companies are hacking into your browser history to construct one. Uniquely Me!
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/uniquely-me
Interesting mention of PGP
Russia Plans to Extend Snowden Asylum, Lawmaker Says – NYTimes.com
January 25, 2014Russia Plans to Extend #Snowden Asylum. It says ironically “US has created a Big Brother system” nyti.ms/1eNfw9C HT @startpointmedia
Spies Infiltrate a Fantasy Realm of Online Games – NYTimes.com
December 14, 2013MT @davidlazer So many #NSA elves that deconfliction needed to avoid collisions. Spies Infiltrate… Online Games
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/world/spies-dragnet-reaches-a-playing-field-of-elves-and-trolls.html
QT: {{”
But for all their enthusiasm — so many C.I.A., F.B.I. and Pentagon spies were hunting around in Second Life, the document noted, that a “deconfliction” group was needed to avoid collisions — the
intelligence agencies may have inflated the threat.
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N.S.A. May Have Penetrated Internet Cable Links – NYTimes.com
November 29, 2013#NSA May Have Penetrated Internet Cable Links: The key to #Prism seems to be tapping phone company communications
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/technology/a-peephole-for-the-nsa.html
The end of anonymity: A way to stop online abuse? – tech – 24 October 2013 – New Scientist
November 13, 2013The end of #anonymity: suggests ubiquitous #biometrics (eg in 5s) may improve online behavior
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029400.700-the-end-of-anonymity-a-way-to-stop-online-abuse.html via @pro2rat #privacy
The Secret Web: Where Drugs, Porn and Murder Live Online – TIME
November 13, 2013The Secret Web: Rather scary account of the Silk Road explaining its use of #bitcoin & #tor
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2156271,00.html via @smthwrld #privacy
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2156271,00.html
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