There are so many intertwining threads in this story about this “re-educational” Chinese app, we could make some very high-quality bedsheets. The ineffectiveness of “consent”. Tech as a force-multiplier for the state. The opacity of the black boxes we increasingly rely on to run our lives. Big Brother, […]
Back in August, I wondered in this space whether the growing power of the surveillance state would return shame to our society and bring about “The New Puritanism.” China is betting heavily that it will. Some of you may have caught the recent “60 Minutes” segment with its […]
The sex police are out there on the streets Make sure the pass laws are not broken Undercover (of the Night), The Rolling Stones So, now we know that browsing porn in “incognito” mode doesn’t prevent those sites from leaking your dirty data courtesy of the friendly folks […]
How many times a month do you read about one more hack, or receive a letter from a company that has exposed your information to a threatening force? We understand that our offices, banks, stores and other data holders are constantly under attack from forces across the globe. […]
In a statement that is sure to affect any acquisition involving data assets subject to GDPR, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), the UK’s independent body set up to uphold information rights, appears to have greatly increased an acquirer’s risk of suffering successor liability. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham just […]
Three seemingly unrelated topics coalesced in my head on this Independence Day Eve Day. First, I am reading proofs of my colleague and fellow HDD blogger Ted Claypoole’s excellent forthcoming new book “The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines”, which discusses the ways AI will (and won’t […]
These are the days of miracle and wonder This is the long distance call The way the camera follows us in slo-mo The way we look to us all The way we look to a distant constellation That’s dying in a corner of the sky These are the […]
Remember when your high school guidance counselor threatened that your bad grades, crap attitude or sophomoric hi-jinx would become a part of your “permanent record” and follow you for the rest of your life. While that might once have been a scare tactic, it’s becoming a harsh reality […]
