Category: Security Privacy

Bankers realize food speculation is causing global food insecurity

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

Banks consider quitting food speculation due to role in global hunger By Brandon Keim, wired.co.uk Business Finan­cial giant Bar­clays is con­sid­er­ing an end to food spec­u­la­tion, a con­tro­ver­sial prac­tice linked to sud­den, dan­ger­ous spikes in glob­al food prices. Rich Ricci, head of Bar­clays’ cor­po­rate and invest­ment bank­ing… http://flip.it/eCcTF Related articles Millions face starvation as world … Continue reading Bankers realize food speculation is causing global food insecurity

NRA hides under the social media covers

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

National Rifle Association disappears from Facebook and stops tweeting in wake of school shooting By T.C. Sottek, theverge.com The Nation­al Rifle Asso­ci­a­tion (NRA) — the largest gun rights advo­ca­cy group and one of the pre­vail­ing lob­by­ing orga­ni­za­tions in the Unit­ed States — has pulled back from its social media pres­ence fol­low­ing the New­town, Con­necti­… RT … Continue reading NRA hides under the social media covers

Benchmarking cloud sync and storage

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

Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off By Ellis Hamburger, theverge.com Does Drive stand a chance against sync and backup veterans? Google’s very own “Loch Ness monster,” also known as Google Drive, has final­ly launched. It’s the new face of Google Doc­u­ments, and it’s also Google’s oft-rumored Dropbox-killer. It… … Continue reading Benchmarking cloud sync and storage

Ambient electricity sounds and forensic digital anthropology

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

Electricity’s ‘hum’ helps forensic experts detect manipulated audio recordings By Chris Welch, theverge.com An aver­age per­son on the street may find it hard to tell the dif­fer­ence between an unal­tered record­ing and one that’s been edit­ed or tam­pered with in some way, but foren­sic experts are often tasked with just that respon­si­bil­i­ty.… RT @verge: Electricity’s … Continue reading Ambient electricity sounds and forensic digital anthropology

Copyright law on the digital frontier

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

Google search now gets 2.5 million copyright removal requests a week, up from 250,000 in May By Adi Robertson, theverge.com Use of Google’s take­down tool for search results has grown ten­fold in the past six months, the com­pa­ny reports. When it start­ed pub­licly post­ing take­down notices in late May, around 250,000 requests a week went … Continue reading Copyright law on the digital frontier

Visualizing aging via web app stimulates financial literacy

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

Digital Tool Ages Your Face To Scare You Into Saving Money By Colin Lecher, popsci.com People save more for retirement when they see older versions of themselves, so Merrill Edge is more than happy to make you look old and wrinkly. Did you know that if you see an age-enhanced ver­sion of your­self, you’re more … Continue reading Visualizing aging via web app stimulates financial literacy

Shootings stimulate mass online petitions for gun control

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

25,000 People (And Counting) Flood White House With Online Petition To ‘Immediately Address’ Gun Control Gregory Ferenstein, techcrunch.com Update: The peti­tion has reached 25,000 sig­na­tures Almost imme­di­ate­ly fol­low­ing the trag­ic school shoot­ing in Con­necti­cut, over 16,000 peo­ple have signed an offi­cial White House WeTheP­eo­ple peti­tion to “Imme­di­ate­ly… RT @TechCrunch: Scores Flood White House With Online … Continue reading Shootings stimulate mass online petitions for gun control

Congress Promotes Dangerous Anti-vaccine Quackery

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Security Privacy

Phil Plait, slate.com [Note from the author: This is not my first vaccine rodeo, and I expect some interesting remarks in the comments section. As always, I have copiously linked key phrases in this article to more information backing up my claims. Please read them… Congress Promotes Dangerous Anti-vaccine Quackery Related articles The "no compassion" … Continue reading Congress Promotes Dangerous Anti-vaccine Quackery

Marijuana Vending Machine Maker’s Stock Skyrockets

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

    Mike Epstein, mashable.com Based on this month’s elec­tion, the idea legal­iz­ing mar­i­jua­na seems more pop­u­lar than ever. Two states, Wash­ing­ton and Col­orado, have legal­ized pot at the state level. With the legal mar­i­jua­na mar­ket look­ing stronger than ever, th… http://flip.it/cTo9v Marijuana Vending Machine Maker’s Stock Skyrockets Related articles Ready For Marijuana Vending Machines? … Continue reading Marijuana Vending Machine Maker’s Stock Skyrockets

How to use Creative Commons visuals

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

How to Use Creative Commons Visuals on Your Site Nina Frazier, mashable.com Tracking down quality visuals to accompany stories and blog posts can be difficult. Luckily, there are more than 200 million free photos on the web that are available for almost anyone to use — as long as they follow the tenets of Creative … Continue reading How to use Creative Commons visuals

John Hodgman’s Apocalypse Survival 101

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

beeeeeenr, youtube.com YouTube http://flip.it/W9TP2 http://flip.it/hVJfB John Hodgman's Apocalypse Survival 101 Related articles Design, explained: John Hodgman at TED2012 (ted.com) Chaos, squeaky toys, and deranged millionaires: 5 TEDx Talks to get you laughing (tedx.com)

Why you do not need to be irradiated by airport security

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Security Privacy

For those about to opt-out: a TSA scanning machine cheat-sheet Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net As Cory notes in this pre-Thanksgiving trav­el day post, some trav­el­ers in Amer­i­ca will be opt­ing out of scan­ning machines in TSA lines for pri­va­cy con­cerns, or for health and safe­ty rea­sons. I want­ed to post a reminder, how­ev­er, tha… RT @xeni: … Continue reading Why you do not need to be irradiated by airport security

LinkedIn and identity theft

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

Identity fraud more common among LinkedIn users - Salon.com By Natasha Lennard, salon.com The personal information openly shared on social media sites is a goldmine for fraudsters The pro­lif­er­a­tion of per­son­al infor­ma­tion shared via social media cor­re­lates with a sig­nif­i­cant spike in instances of iden­ti­ty fraud. In 201… RT @Salon: “A goldmine for fraudsters”: Identity … Continue reading LinkedIn and identity theft

Doomsday preppers: Americans stockpiling beans and bullets

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

“Doomsday Preppers”: Living like you’re gonna die tomorrow - Salon.com By Roger Catlin, salon.com Forget “The Walking Dead” and “Revolution.” These National Geographic characters are truly ready for doomsday The envy was fair­ly pal­pa­ble among the gath­ered “Dooms­day Prep­pers” as the 25-ton, 10-foot-tall, 18-inch-thick doors swung open,… RT @NYTjamescobb: Doomsday preppers “imagine they’ll have the … Continue reading Doomsday preppers: Americans stockpiling beans and bullets

Paul Krugman analyzes GOP fiscal cliff proposal on health

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

Paul Krugman: GOP Plan Only ‘Sounds Serious Because It Hurts Vulnerable People’ Bonnie Kavoussi, huffingtonpost.com In an inter­view with PBS’ Gwen Ifill on Tues­day, Nobel Prize-winning econ­o­mist Paul Krug­man tore into the GOP’s fis­cal cliff pro­pos­al and launched a spir­it­ed defense of Pres­i­dent Barack Obama. Krug­man explained that Oba­macare has d… http://flip.it/ZuD2u Related articles Paul … Continue reading Paul Krugman analyzes GOP fiscal cliff proposal on health

Obamacare sparks new jobs for tech workers

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Network Science, Security Privacy

Tech Workers See Opportunity as Health-Care Law Kicks In By Jeff Green & Shannon Pettypiece -, bloomberg.com John Tri­c­as said he heard oppor­tu­ni­ty knock­ing and learned net­work­ing soft­ware two decades ago, when it was the “next big thing.” Now he sens­es a sim­i­lar open­ing as the health-care over­haul law takes effect. In Sep­tem­ber, the… http://flpbd.it/1fR6x … Continue reading Obamacare sparks new jobs for tech workers

Romney’s orca system caused campaign meltdown

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

Which consultants built Romney’s “Project Orca?” None of them Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com In the wake of Mitt Rom­ney’s Elec­tion Day defeat, frus­tra­tion with the Rom­ney cam­paign’s get-out-the-vote effort led to reports of an IT melt­down. Project Orca, the sys­tem the Rom­ney cam­paign used to con­nect to an army of vol­un­teer… RT @arstechnica: Which consultants built … Continue reading Romney’s orca system caused campaign meltdown

Wallet tracker tracks your most precious stuff

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

Hands-On With The WalletTrackR, The Gadget That Keeps Tabs On Your Most Valuable Stuff For You Colleen Taylor, techcrunch.com When you’ve got a lot of things going on, it’s easy to lose track of where you left your mobile phone, key­chain, wal­let, or hand­bag — and the time you spend try­ing to find them just … Continue reading Wallet tracker tracks your most precious stuff

Dropcam adds split screen

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

Dropcam Updates Their iPad App So You Can Watch Your World In Split-Screen John Biggs, techcrunch.com I’ve used a few wire­less, always-on web­cams in my day and I’ve found Drop­cam to be the best. Sud­den­ly, how­ev­er, Drop­cam just got bet­ter. Drop­cam cam­eras con­nect wire­less­ly to the Inter­net, allow­ing you to con­nect to them remote­… http://flpbd.it/hgblr … Continue reading Dropcam adds split screen

Cyber Corps program trains spies for the digital age

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

Cyber Corps program trains spies for the digital age By Ken Dilanian, Washington Bureau, latimes.com NATION At the University of Tulsa school, students learn to write computer viruses, hack digital networks and mine data from broken cellphones. Many graduates head to the CIA or NSA. TULSA, Okla. — Jim Thav­isay is secret­ly stalk­ing one of … Continue reading Cyber Corps program trains spies for the digital age

CrashPlan offers Carbonite users a free year of cloud backup

by timbatchelder, posted in Linguistic Search, Security Privacy

CrashPlan offers Carbonite users a free year of cloud backup | Marketplace Blog - CNET Reviews. Related articles Fastest backup solution for your digital life (technorati.com) How to set up CrashPlan Cloud Backup headless on a Synology NAS - Backup Strategies (hanselman.com) Carbonite Ranked 51st Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte's 2012 Technology … Continue reading CrashPlan offers Carbonite users a free year of cloud backup

The end of the ridiculous war on drugs

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

As US states legalise marijuana, is this the end of the drugs war? Eugene Jarecki, guardian.co.uk The director of a landmark documentary which chronicles how the current penal approach has resulted in social disaster says the greatest legacy of the US elections may be shifting attitudes towards illegal narcotics Last week was a momentous wee… … Continue reading The end of the ridiculous war on drugs

Nokero Sunray solar charger saved my life

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

How The Nokero SunRay Pro Power Solar Charger Saved My Skin & My Sanity During Hurricane Sandy Jill Fehrenbacher, inhabitat.com When Hur­ri­cane Sandy hit last week, and the power in my lower Man­hat­tan apart­ment went out, my first thought, as I dug around for can­dles and LED lamps was “Well this will be a fun … Continue reading Nokero Sunray solar charger saved my life