Today the US moved closer to a federal consumer data breach notification requirement (healthcare has had a federal requirement since 2009 — see Eisenhower v Riverside for why healthcare is different from consumer). PC World says a presentation to the Federal Trade Commission sets the stage for a Personal Data Notification & Protection Act (PDNPA). … Continue reading US President Calls for Federal 30-day Breach Notice
Executive summary: The popular desert called “banana split” is a by-product or modern representation of America’s imperialist expansion and corporate-led brutal subjugation of freedoms in foreign nations during the early 1900s. Long form: If there is a quintessential American dessert it is the banana split. But why? Although we can go way back to credit … Continue reading The (Secret) History of the Banana Split
The US Air Force (USAF) at the end of 1967 started to air-drop around 20,000 micro sensors into a country bordering Vietnam to be monitored by an IBM mainframe, in order to help direct US airstrikes. The project was an expensive disaster that became a foundation for US domestic military surveillance of non-whites. It had … Continue reading USAF Operation Igloo White
For several years I have tried to speak openly about why I find it disappointing that analysts rely heavily (sometimes exclusively) on language to determine who is a foreigner. Back in 2011 I criticized McAfee for their rather awful analysis of language. They are making some funny and highly improbable assumptions: … The attackers used … Continue reading How the NSA Can Tell if You Are a Foreigner