This is the 1000th news feed post here at Smart Thinking, so I was told by Marketing I needed to do something special. I would have simply gone on reporting the stories of the day and giving out advice, making sure you are all provided with a range of cyber …
Facebook believes in privacy but will not let you strip tracking from its URLS
Bruce Schneier has an interesting short article on his news feed about URL tracking and Facebook. Web browsers such as Firefox and Brave have the functionality to strip URL tracking data from the URLs you are using to navigate the web – stopping the company that was tracking you, tracking …
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This is a technology exercise in when everything goes wrong!
I was put onto this blog post via Bruce Schneier’s blog. I’ve locked myself out of my digital life – Terence Eden’s Blog (shkspr.mobi) This is why role play and thinking about your operation, is a vital part of creating a cyber security plan that is resilient and provides for …
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Public Interest Technologist
I just have to quote Bruce Schneier here: Back in November 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, I gave a virtual talk at the International Symposium on Technology and Society: “The Story of the Internet and How it Broke Bad: A Call for Public-Interest Technologists.” It was something …
Let’s giveaway military secrets to win an argument with strangers whilst playing an online game! For real.
I am not going to say much about this – just, insider threat, and you cannot write a policy for idiots! Be careful who you trust. Leaking Military Secrets on Gaming Discussion Boards – Schneier on Security