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Can Machines Keep You Safer at Airports Than Humans? - 0 views

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machines airports humans ITGS peopleandmachines security authenticity

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dr tech on 14 Jan 14

"An automated process is better-suited for a variety of other machine-readable forms of identification, said Vahid Motevalli, a professor at Tennessee Tech University and a flight security expert. For example, a person can't read bar codes, but even if they could, they wouldn't be as efficient as an automated process. A machine can almost always check in more people per hour than a security official, meaning security lines would move much faster."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"An automated process is better-suited for a variety of other machine-readable forms of identification, said Vahid Motevalli, a professor at Tennessee Tech University and a flight security expert. For example, a person can't read bar codes, but even if they could, they wouldn't be as efficient as an automated process. A machine can almost always check in more people per hour than a security official, meaning security lines would move much faster."</div>

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Snowden Docs: British Spies Used DDoS Attacks Against Anonymous - 0 views

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ITGS ddos security policiesandstandards politics and government

shared by dr tech on 06 Feb 14 - No Cached

dr tech on 06 Feb 14

"The new documents reveal that a GCHQ unit dubbed the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, or JTRIG, launched an operation called Rolling Thunder against the hacker collective in 2011. That operation included using DDoS attacks as well as malware to slow down the hackers and later identify them, as first reported by as reported by NBC News on Wednesday."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The new documents reveal that a GCHQ unit dubbed the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, or JTRIG, launched an operation called Rolling Thunder against the hacker collective in 2011. That operation included using DDoS attacks as well as malware to slow down the hackers and later identify them, as first reported by as reported by NBC News on Wednesday."</div>

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Your Body Odor Could Be Your New ID Card - 0 views

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body odor ITGS biometrics security

shared by dr tech on 10 Feb 14 - No Cached

dr tech on 10 Feb 14

"Facial recognition, fingerprints and iris scans could soon take a back seat to the newest biometric identification method on the block: body odor. Researchers at Spain's Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, in collaboration with tech firm IIia Sistemas SL, are developing a system that can verify people by their scent signatures."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Facial recognition, fingerprints and iris scans could soon take a back seat to the newest biometric identification method on the block: body odor. Researchers at Spain's Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, in collaboration with tech firm IIia Sistemas SL, are developing a system that can verify people by their scent signatures."</div>

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Mt. Gox Implodes, Putting Bitcoin's Future in Jeopardy - 0 views

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ITGS bitcoin security policiesandstandards peopleandmachines

shared by dr tech on 25 Feb 14 - No Cached

dr tech on 25 Feb 14

"That Crisis Strategy Draft included the line: "At the risk of appearing hyperbolic, this could be the end of Bitcoin, at least for most of the public.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"That Crisis Strategy Draft included the line: "At the risk of appearing hyperbolic, this could be the end of Bitcoin, at least for most of the public.""</div>

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How Cloud Technology Could Have Tracked the Malaysia Airlines Plane - 0 views

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dr tech on 18 Mar 14

"But if MH370 had been fitted with technology that made use of the cloud it may never have been lost in the first place. Instead of relying on the combination of GPS, primary and secondary radar, and aircraft communications addressing and reporting systems (ACARS) to keep track of planes, we should be making sure they send regular flight information to the data centers in the cloud."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"But if MH370 had been fitted with technology that made use of the cloud it may never have been lost in the first place. Instead of relying on the combination of GPS, primary and secondary radar, and aircraft communications addressing and reporting systems (ACARS) to keep track of planes, we should be making sure they send regular flight information to the data centers in the cloud."</div>

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Google's 'Pay Per Gaze' and the Future of Connected Advertising - 0 views

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google pay advertising ITGS privacy businessandemployment

shared by dr tech on 25 Aug 13 - No Cached

dr tech on 25 Aug 13

"While Google has played down the notion of rolling out anything soon (it will take years until Glass builds up enough users to make it worthwhile), marketers can't stop buzzing about the possibility of paying for ads in the physical world based on user engagement and reactions. The patent even details how a device like Google Glass could infer a user's emotional response to an ad - whether they were happy, sad or indifferent - and adjust pricing accordingly."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"While Google has played down the notion of rolling out anything soon (it will take years until Glass builds up enough users to make it worthwhile), marketers can't stop buzzing about the possibility of paying for ads in the physical world based on user engagement and reactions. The patent even details how a device like Google Glass could infer a user's emotional response to an ad - whether they were happy, sad or indifferent - and adjust pricing accordingly."</div>

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Tech Terms Censored Online in China - 0 views

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ITGS control peopleandmachines policiesandstandards authenticity china censorship

shared by dr tech on 30 Jul 13 - No Cached

dr tech on 30 Jul 13

"A new study released this month in First Monday uncovers more than 4,000 unique keywords censored over the last year and a half on Chinese instant messaging platforms. Focusing on Skype and the microblogging service Sina Weibo, the researchers cultivated their keyword list using reverse-engineering techniques such as packet sniffing, which captures and analyzes packets of data as they pass through a network."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A new study released this month in First Monday uncovers more than 4,000 unique keywords censored over the last year and a half on Chinese instant messaging platforms. Focusing on Skype and the microblogging service Sina Weibo, the researchers cultivated their keyword list using reverse-engineering techniques such as packet sniffing, which captures and analyzes packets of data as they pass through a network."</div>

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You Should Be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence - 0 views

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ITGS control peopleandmachines ai

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dr tech on 04 Aug 13

"Writing about Artificial Intelligence is a challenge. By and large, there are two directions to take when discussing the subject: focus on the truly remarkable achievements of the technology or dwell on the dangers of what could happen if machines reach a level of Sentient AI, in which self-aware machines reach human level intelligence). "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Writing about Artificial Intelligence is a challenge. By and large, there are two directions to take when discussing the subject: focus on the truly remarkable achievements of the technology or dwell on the dangers of what could happen if machines reach a level of Sentient AI, in which self-aware machines reach human level intelligence). "</div>

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UK Farmers Track Cows' Behavior by Connecting Them to the Internet - 0 views

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internet farmers behavior ITGS environment

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$10 Cellphones Bring Health Care to Developing World - 0 views

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cellphones health health care ITGS equalityofaccess

shared by dr tech on 12 Nov 13 - No Cached

dr tech on 12 Nov 13

"Each of these community health workers typically works with 100 families, and they used to hand-deliver patient updates to doctors by foot. But by equipping these individuals with $10 cellphones, Medic Mobile helped to create a hub-and-spoke model of health care that's revolutionized the way millions of people get well."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Each of these community health workers typically works with 100 families, and they used to hand-deliver patient updates to doctors by foot. But by equipping these individuals with $10 cellphones, Medic Mobile helped to create a hub-and-spoke model of health care that's revolutionized the way millions of people get well."</div>

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India Will Ask the U.S. Government for Help Spying on Its Citizens - 0 views

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While governments in many countries, including India, have reacted with anger to this year’s revelations from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that the United States spied on foreign officials, several have also been increasing Internet surveillance at home
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dr tech on 05 Dec 13

"India has started using a system that allows security agencies and income tax officials to directly intercept phone calls and emails without any court or legislative oversight, Reuters reported this summer."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"India has started using a system that allows security agencies and income tax officials to directly intercept phone calls and emails without any court or legislative oversight, Reuters reported this summer."</div>

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Data Shows Google Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than People - 0 views

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data shows google robot cars peopleandmachines reliability ITGS

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What 50 Years of Hurricane Data Still Hasn't Told Us - 0 views

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hurricane data model simulations

shared by dr tech on 13 Oct 13 - No Cached

dr tech on 13 Oct 13

"Because trends in data only become discernible with time, Masters believes it will be five or 10 years before we have a firm handle on what's going on."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Because trends in data only become discernible with time, Masters believes it will be five or 10 years before we have a firm handle on what's going on."</div>

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Top 10 Countries With the Most Digital Natives - 0 views

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countries digital natives ITGS peopleandmachines equalityofaccess

shared by dr tech on 20 Oct 13 - No Cached

dr tech on 20 Oct 13

"China is home to the world's largest population of digital natives, totaling more than 75 million people - that's almost twice as many as the U.S., which has more than 41 million."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"China is home to the world's largest population of digital natives, totaling more than 75 million people - that's almost twice as many as the U.S., which has more than 41 million."</div>

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MIT's 'Kinect of the Future' Device Tracks People Through Walls [VIDEO] - 0 views

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kinect device people walls ITGS wearable system

shared by dr tech on 20 Oct 13 - No Cached

dr tech on 20 Oct 13

"The device tracks a single person with an accuracy of plus or minus 10 centimeters - about the size of an adult hand. Apart from the ability to "see" through a wall, its main advantage is that the person being tracked isn't required to wear a transmitter. While other location systems depend on Wi-Fi, this device can track a person's movements within the radius of its radio waves."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The device tracks a single person with an accuracy of plus or minus 10 centimeters - about the size of an adult hand. Apart from the ability to "see" through a wall, its main advantage is that the person being tracked isn't required to wear a transmitter. While other location systems depend on Wi-Fi, this device can track a person's movements within the radius of its radio waves."</div>

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Heartbleed Exposes a Problem With Open Source, But It's Not What You Think - 0 views

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problem open source SSL ITGS heartbleed security

shared by dr tech on 15 Apr 14 - No Cached

dr tech on 15 Apr 14

"In Eric S. Raymond's seminal essay on open source, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, he defines Linus's Law (named for the father of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds), which states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." In other words. If enough users are looking at the code, bugs and problems will be found."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"In Eric S. Raymond's seminal essay on open source, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, he defines Linus's Law (named for the father of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds), which states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." In other words. If enough users are looking at the code, bugs and problems will be found."</div>

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Big Data: Career Opportunities Abound in Tech's Hottest Field - 0 views

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ITGS big data mining businessandemployment

shared by dr tech on 05 Oct 14 - No Cached

dr tech on 05 Oct 14

"Big data is the advance in data management technology, which allows for an increase in the scale and manipulation of a company's data. It allows companies to know more about their customers, products and their own infrastructure. More recently, people have become increasingly focused on the monetization of that data."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Big data is the advance in data management technology, which allows for an increase in the scale and manipulation of a company's data. It allows companies to know more about their customers, products and their own infrastructure. More recently, people have become increasingly focused on the monetization of that data."</div>

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The 'Fingerprinting' Tracking Tool That's Virtually Impossible to Block - 0 views

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ITGS surveillance privacy tracking tool impossible block fingerprinting anonymity authenticity

shared by dr tech on 21 Jul 14 - No Cached

dr tech on 21 Jul 14

"The type of tracking, called canvas fingerprinting, works by instructing the visitor's web browser to draw a hidden image, and was first documented in a upcoming paper by researchers at Princeton University and KU Leuven University in Belgium. Because each computer draws the image slightly differently, the images can be used to assign each user's device a number that uniquely identifies it."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The type of tracking, called canvas fingerprinting, works by instructing the visitor's web browser to draw a hidden image, and was first documented in a upcoming paper by researchers at Princeton University and KU Leuven University in Belgium. Because each computer draws the image slightly differently, the images can be used to assign each user's device a number that uniquely identifies it."</div>

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Artificial Intelligence Is Doomed if We Don't Control Our Data - 0 views

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intelligence ITGS ai anonymity privacy control

shared by dr tech on 17 Sep 14 - No Cached

dr tech on 17 Sep 14

"Machine learning is what's taking place with our personal data while we're passive players in the process. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Machine learning is what's taking place with our personal data while we're passive players in the process. "</div>

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Egypt's New Internet Surveillance System Remains Shrouded in Mystery - 0 views

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ITGS internet surveillance egypt security control privacy anonymity peopleandmachines

shared by dr tech on 20 Sep 14 - No Cached

dr tech on 20 Sep 14

"Three months passed. Then, on Wednesday, anonymous government officials reportedly confirmed that a local company called Systems Engineering of Egypt (SEE or See Egypt) had won the bid to develop the system, which would allegedly allow the Egyptian government to sniff and analyze Internet and social media activity, as well as intercept Skype, WhatsApp and Viber conversations. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Three months passed. Then, on Wednesday, anonymous government officials reportedly confirmed that a local company called Systems Engineering of Egypt (SEE or See Egypt) had won the bid to develop the system, which would allegedly allow the Egyptian government to sniff and analyze Internet and social media activity, as well as intercept Skype, WhatsApp and Viber conversations. "</div>

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Can Machines Keep You Safer at Airports Than Humans? - 0 views

Snowden Docs: British Spies Used DDoS Attacks Against Anonymous - 0 views

Your Body Odor Could Be Your New ID Card - 0 views

Mt. Gox Implodes, Putting Bitcoin's Future in Jeopardy - 0 views

How Cloud Technology Could Have Tracked the Malaysia Airlines Plane - 0 views

Google's 'Pay Per Gaze' and the Future of Connected Advertising - 0 views

Tech Terms Censored Online in China - 0 views

You Should Be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence - 0 views

UK Farmers Track Cows' Behavior by Connecting Them to the Internet - 0 views

$10 Cellphones Bring Health Care to Developing World - 0 views

India Will Ask the U.S. Government for Help Spying on Its Citizens - 0 views

Data Shows Google Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than People - 0 views

What 50 Years of Hurricane Data Still Hasn't Told Us - 0 views

Top 10 Countries With the Most Digital Natives - 0 views

MIT's 'Kinect of the Future' Device Tracks People Through Walls [VIDEO] - 0 views

Heartbleed Exposes a Problem With Open Source, But It's Not What You Think - 0 views

Big Data: Career Opportunities Abound in Tech's Hottest Field - 0 views

The 'Fingerprinting' Tracking Tool That's Virtually Impossible to Block - 0 views

Artificial Intelligence Is Doomed if We Don't Control Our Data - 0 views

Egypt's New Internet Surveillance System Remains Shrouded in Mystery - 0 views

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