Category: Security Privacy

Knowledge Management Archives – Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy, Security Privacy

Knowledge Management Archives - Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.

Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your credit card | Reuters

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Security Privacy

Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your credit card | Reuters.    

Network science predicts those with open networks are more successful

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy, Security Privacy

The No. 1 Predictor Of Career Success According To Network Science.

Massachusetts Has the Worst Drivers. Duh.

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

Massachusetts Has the Worst Drivers. Duh. - Popular Mechanics.

How to interview your next employer

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

Think Your Interview Process is Fair? Read This Letter. BY Suzanne Lucas, inc.com Most companies demand plenty of information from job applicants. There’s no good reason for this to be a one-way street. What would hap­pen if job can­di­dates treat­ed you the way you treat them? You might be receiv­ing let­ters such as this… http://flip.it/OKFsL … Continue reading How to interview your next employer

DropcamPro: the best cloud based home security camera

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

Dropcam trades silver for black with its new, smarter Dropcam Pro Ricardo Bilton, venturebeat.com Tick­ets On Sale Now Drop­cam has come a long way from sell­ing some­one else’s hard­ware. The home sur­veil­lance hard­ware com­pa­ny, which start­ed out by sell­ing cam­eras made by Axis, is updat­ing its prod­uct line again with the $200… http://flip.it/jfUNF Related articles … Continue reading DropcamPro: the best cloud based home security camera

FBI seizes Silk Road website

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

FBI seizes black market website Silk Road, arrests its founder Jon Fingas, engadget.com Light just reached one of the dark­er cor­ners of the web: the FBI has seized Silk Road, a site infa­mous for host­ing anonymized, Bit­coin-based drug and gun sales. The move fol­lows a sting oper­a­tion that also led to the arrest of site … Continue reading FBI seizes Silk Road website

Tellspec app identifies weird stuff in your food

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Security Privacy

TellSpec identifies food ingredients and calories using science, magic Zach Honig, engadget.com Some of us can’t eat gluten, while oth­ers need to stay away from cer­tain fats. Meal­time can be incred­i­bly stress­ful for peo­ple with dietary restric­tions — espe­cial­ly when din­ing out — since man­u­fac­tur­ers aren’t always required to… http://flip.it/j7t0R

23andme: how to use genetic testing while ensuring privacy

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

How to use 23andMe without giving up your genetic privacy Sarah A. Downey, venturebeat.com Sarah A. Downey is an attor­ney, pri­va­cy ana­lyst, and writer at Abine, an online pri­va­cy start­up in Boston. Find her on Twit­ter @SarahADowney. If you’re like me, the idea of know­ing what’s in your genet­ic pro­file is both… http://flip.it/GpsmW Related articles … Continue reading 23andme: how to use genetic testing while ensuring privacy

Mass bans non compete contracts to entice entrepreneurs

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

In bid to keep entrepreneurs, Massachusetts moves to ban non-compete contracts Jeff John Roberts, gigaom.com Fed up with watch­ing young tech savants like Mark Zucker­berg leave for the west coast, the Mass­a­chu­setts gov­ern­ment sug­gest­ed it is ready to take a major step to level the play­ing field: ban­ning so-called non-compete agree­ments that… http://flip.it/9JBEc

iDoorCam wifi door bell and camera on Indiegogo

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

Why The iDoorCam Is An Indiegogo Sensation BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER, fastcompany.com Investors are going gaga for a smartphone-integrated doorbell that lets anyone screen visitors on a video app integrated into their iPhones or Androids. iDoor­Cam is that rarest of things: A bona fide Indiegogo phe­nom­e­non. The Wi-Fi- enabled… http://flip.it/vkYub Related articles The Top 10 Business … Continue reading iDoorCam wifi door bell and camera on Indiegogo

Canary: This Might Be Your Home Security System of The Future

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

Canary: This Might Be Your Home Security System of The Future. Related articles Canary App-Driven Home Security System Lets You Have Full Control (devicemag.com) Canary: A Smart Home Security Device for Everyone (design-milk.com) Canary: A Simple, Elegant Home Security System That Works With Your iPhone (cultofmac.com) Canary, an all-in-one smart home security system controlled with … Continue reading Canary: This Might Be Your Home Security System of The Future

Gmail now allows you to designate trustee after you die

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Security Privacy

Act Now Or, When You Die, Your Secret Love Letters Will Belong To Google BY STAN ALCORN, fastcoexist.com Gmail’s recent policy changes that let you designate someone to control your account after you’re gone is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the confusing issues around who can access your online life once … Continue reading Gmail now allows you to designate trustee after you die

How you get hacked at Starbucks

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

How You Get Hacked at Starbucks Samantha Murphy, mashable.com For those who frequently use the free public Wi-Fi in coffee shops such as Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts, you’re likely already aware of how easy it is for hackers to steal your personal and financial information over the shared networkBut what you… http://flip.it/d1AjC Related articles Dunkin' … Continue reading How you get hacked at Starbucks

American replaces outdated flight bags with iPads

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy, Security Privacy

Step inside the modern iPad-enhanced cockpit of American Airlines Élyse Betters, 9to5mac.com Gadling, an AOL-owned trav­el blog, went aboard an Amer­i­can Air­line recent­ly to get a sneak peek at the iPad Elec­tron­ic Flight Bag that the Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion orig­i­nal­ly approved in 2011. The iPad flight bag… Step inside the modern iPad-enhanced cockpit of American … Continue reading American replaces outdated flight bags with iPads

Samsung’s WiFi Home Security SmartCam — Easy Setup, Works Great | GeekDad | Wired.com

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

On sale a BJ’s Samsung's WiFi Home Security SmartCam -- Easy Setup, Works Great | GeekDad | Wired.com Related articles Gigabit Wi-Fi: 802.11ac is here: Five things you need to know (stellartechnews.wordpress.com) GeekDad prescribes a weekend free from mobile data (wired.co.uk) Global WiFi Hotspot Market 2012-2016 : Latest Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends And Forecast … Continue reading Samsung’s WiFi Home Security SmartCam — Easy Setup, Works Great | GeekDad | Wired.com

Docracy: sequencing the genome of legal documents

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

Sequencing The Genome Of Legal Documents To Make Them Readable BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com Unless you’re a lawyer, you probably don’t understand a lot of the agreements and contracts you sign. But Docracy hopes to even the playing field by letting you easily see which parts of a document are standard and where you might … Continue reading Docracy: sequencing the genome of legal documents

What to do if you are hacked

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

What to Do After You’ve Been Hacked Mat Honan, wired.com Whether you were hacked, phished, had malware installed or just don’t know what the heck happened but there’s somebody all up in your e-mail, here are a few good first steps to take following an incident. This is by no … Mat Honan What to … Continue reading What to do if you are hacked

Cultural causes of school shootings

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital Health, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

(via In school shootings, patterns and warning signs - CNN.com) Related articles Warning signs in school shootings (eleonoreblog.wordpress.com) School Shootings (sufiasha.wordpress.com)

The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate Apple, Google, Adobe and More Jamie Condliffe, gizmodo.com A court filing has just been made public which sheds light on the “no-hire” gentleman’s agreements that have pervaded the tech industry—and reveals how Steve Jobs threatened litigation to prevent companies from stealing his staff.Notably, former P… The No-Hire Emails That … Continue reading The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate

Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks, Keeps Your Data Off of Creepy People Search Engines Alan Henry, lifehacker.com Safe Shepherd is a privacy protection service that already scrubs your personal data from creepy people search engines, but the service also now keeps tabs on your social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram to make … Continue reading Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks

Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital Health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry in 2013 Zoe Fox, mashable.com The technology industry has been ranked most-trusted for the second consecutive year, ahead of the automotive, and food and beverage industries, according to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer.”As an industry, I think tech companies pre-anticipate a… http://flip.it/NoiKA Related articles Technology Ranks World's Most-Trusted Industry in … Continue reading Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry

The world has ended, or just about

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

The world has ended, or just about. Now, what wine do you drink with broiled rats and steamed slug? By Sarah Miller, grist.org Final­ly, some­one has writ­ten an impor­tant arti­cle about some­thing that actu­al­ly means some­thing to me: what kind of wine we are going to drink with the dis­gust­ing ver­min we have to eat … Continue reading The world has ended, or just about