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Firefox: 'no UK plans' to make encrypted browser tool its default | Technology | The Gu... - 0 views

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ITGS security browser HTTPS DoH DNS politics and government

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dr tech on 24 Sep 19

"Mozilla has announced it will make the tool, called DNS-over-HTTPS, or DoH, the default for all users in the US."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Mozilla has announced it will make the tool, called DNS-over-HTTPS, or DoH, the default for all users in the US."</div>

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'We are hurtling towards a surveillance state': the rise of facial recognition technolo... - 0 views

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ITGS facial recognition security privacy and anonymity surveillance state technology

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dr tech on 06 Oct 19

"This led to claims that the software is woefully inaccurate; in fact, police had set the threshold for a match at 60%, meaning that faces do not have to be rated as that similar to be flagged up. This minimises the chance of a person of interest slipping through the net, but also makes a lot of false positives inevitable."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"This led to claims that the software is woefully inaccurate; in fact, police had set the threshold for a match at 60%, meaning that faces do not have to be rated as that similar to be flagged up. This minimises the chance of a person of interest slipping through the net, but also makes a lot of false positives inevitable."</div>

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ITGS blockchain hash security ledger encryption

shared by dr tech on 01 Oct 19 - No Cached

dr tech on 01 Oct 19

"Once it's verified, the transaction's information, plus both your digital signature and your friend's digital signature, are stored in a block alongside many other transactions like it. Once the block is full, it gets a hash, which is a unique code that sort of acts like its nametag. It also stores its position on the chain and the hash of the previous block on the chain. (Here's an example block to illustrate what kind of information is stored there.) "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Once it's verified, the transaction's information, plus both your digital signature and your friend's digital signature, are stored in a block alongside many other transactions like it. Once the block is full, it gets a hash, which is a unique code that sort of acts like its nametag. It also stores its position on the chain and the hash of the previous block on the chain. (Here's an example block to illustrate what kind of information is stored there.) "</div>

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ITGS facial recognition security privacy and anonymity china

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dr tech on 06 Oct 19

"Chinese scientists have developed a 500 megapixel facial recognition camera four times more detailed than the human eye that can identify individuals from crowds of tens of thousands in streets or at sports stadiums. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Chinese scientists have developed a 500 megapixel facial recognition camera four times more detailed than the human eye that can identify individuals from crowds of tens of thousands in streets or at sports stadiums. "</div>

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Trolls exploit Zoom privacy settings as app gains popularity | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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ITGS zoombombing security VideoConferencing app privacy and anonymity

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dr tech on 29 Mar 20

"But the default settings of the service are configured in the expectation of trust between participants, meaning trolls can wreak havoc. Some zoombombers have used the screensharing feature to broadcast pornography and violent imagery. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"But the default settings of the service are configured in the expectation of trust between participants, meaning trolls can wreak havoc. Some zoombombers have used the screensharing feature to broadcast pornography and violent imagery. "</div>

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The Surgeon Who Wants to Connect You to the Internet with a Brain Implant - 0 views

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ITGS ai implant people and machines control security

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dr tech on 07 Mar 20

"Eric Leuthardt believes that in the near future we will allow doctors to insert electrodes into our brains so we can communicate directly with computers and each other."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Eric Leuthardt believes that in the near future we will allow doctors to insert electrodes into our brains so we can communicate directly with computers and each other."</div>

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ITGS COVID-19 hacker drive by virus malware

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dr tech on 12 Mar 20

"As coronavirus threatens to become a global pandemic, everyone's keeping a close eye on how it's spreading across the world. Several organizations have made dashboards to keep track of COVID-19. But now, hackers have found a way to use these dashboards to inject malware into computers."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"As coronavirus threatens to become a global pandemic, everyone's keeping a close eye on how it's spreading across the world. Several organizations have made dashboards to keep track of COVID-19. But now, hackers have found a way to use these dashboards to inject malware into computers."</div>

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Hospitals brace for increase in cyberattacks | TheHill - 0 views

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ITGS health ransomware cyberattack security

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dr tech on 28 Apr 20

"As hospitals face a surge in patients and critical equipment shortages stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, they are increasingly becoming the target of hackers who see health care facilities as easy prey. Ransomware attacks, in which hackers lock up a network and demand payment to return access to these systems, have presented a growing threat to hospitals since January. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"As hospitals face a surge in patients and critical equipment shortages stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, they are increasingly becoming the target of hackers who see health care facilities as easy prey. Ransomware attacks, in which hackers lock up a network and demand payment to return access to these systems, have presented a growing threat to hospitals since January. "</div>

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Hostile states trying to steal coronavirus research, says UK agency | Espionage | The G... - 0 views

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ITGS politics and government security covid-19 system

shared by dr tech on 04 May 20 - No Cached

dr tech on 04 May 20

"Hostile states are attempting to hack British universities and scientific facilities to steal research related to Covid-19, including vaccine development, cybersecurity experts have warned."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Hostile states are attempting to hack British universities and scientific facilities to steal research related to Covid-19, including vaccine development, cybersecurity experts have warned."</div>

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ITGS education facial recognition security surveillance e-learning

shared by dr tech on 08 May 20 - No Cached

dr tech on 08 May 20

"Raza wasn't the only one in her class who felt concerned about new levels of surveillance. Another student in the class, who did not want to be named, said that in addition to privacy worries, they were concerned that they didn't even have enough RAM to run the Proctorio software. Worse, the tool's facial detection algorithm seemed to struggle to recognize them, so they needed to sit in the full light of the window to better expose the contours of their face, in their view an indication that the system might be biased. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Raza wasn't the only one in her class who felt concerned about new levels of surveillance. Another student in the class, who did not want to be named, said that in addition to privacy worries, they were concerned that they didn't even have enough RAM to run the Proctorio software. Worse, the tool's facial detection algorithm seemed to struggle to recognize them, so they needed to sit in the full light of the window to better expose the contours of their face, in their view an indication that the system might be biased. "</div>

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When Bad Code Caused Disaster: 10 Worst Programming Mistakes in History - 0 views

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ITGS code mistakes security reliability viruses

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"Plus, programming can teach valuable life lessons. However, in its storied past, coding wrought destruction as well. Instances of a little bit of bad code caused disaster on a major level. The following are 10 of the worst programming mistakes in history."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Plus, programming can teach valuable life lessons. However, in its storied past, coding wrought destruction as well. Instances of a little bit of bad code caused disaster on a major level. The following are 10 of the worst programming mistakes in history."</div>

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WikiLeaks publishes 'biggest ever leak of secret CIA documents' | Media | The Guardian - 0 views

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ITGS privacy security control wikleaks

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"The thousands of leaked documents focus mainly on techniques for hacking and reveal how the CIA cooperated with British intelligence to engineer a way to compromise smart televisions and turn them into improvised surveillance devices."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The thousands of leaked documents focus mainly on techniques for hacking and reveal how the CIA cooperated with British intelligence to engineer a way to compromise smart televisions and turn them into improvised surveillance devices."</div>

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How the internet found a better way than illegible squiggles to prove you're not a robo... - 0 views

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ITGS internet robot ai captcha turing security

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dr tech on 13 Mar 17

"The company has revealed the latest evolution of the Captcha (short, sort of, for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), which aims to do away with any interruption at all: the new, "invisible reCaptcha" aims to tell whether a given visitor is a robot or not purely by analysing their browsing behaviour. Barring a short wait while the system does its job, a typical human visitor shouldn't have to do anything else to prove they're not a robot."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The company has revealed the latest evolution of the Captcha (short, sort of, for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), which aims to do away with any interruption at all: the new, "invisible reCaptcha" aims to tell whether a given visitor is a robot or not purely by analysing their browsing behaviour. Barring a short wait while the system does its job, a typical human visitor shouldn't have to do anything else to prove they're not a robot."</div>

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A massive Google Docs hack is spreading like wildfire - Recode - 0 views

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ITGS google hack security phishing

shared by dr tech on 06 May 17 - No Cached

dr tech on 06 May 17

"Gmail users are under attack in a gigantic phishing operation that's spreading like wildfire across the internet right now. People took to Twitter to report receiving an email that looks like an invitation to join a Google Doc from someone they know. But when you click on the link to open the file, you are directed to grant access to an app that looks like Google Docs but is actually a program that sends spam emails to everyone you've emailed, according to a detailed outline of the attack on Reddit. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Gmail users are under attack in a gigantic phishing operation that's spreading like wildfire across the internet right now. People took to Twitter to report receiving an email that looks like an invitation to join a Google Doc from someone they know. But when you click on the link to open the file, you are directed to grant access to an app that looks like Google Docs but is actually a program that sends spam emails to everyone you've emailed, according to a detailed outline of the attack on Reddit. "</div>

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ITGS killswitch ransomware conditional loops security

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ITGS india leaks data privacy security anonymity

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dr tech on 03 May 17

"Now, in a new report published yesterday by researchers from the Bangalore-based think-tank the Centre for Internet and Society, Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali comprehensively document the many ways in which Aadhaar is leaking, tracking the #aadhaarleaks hashtag, which has revealed potentially compromising information on more than 130,000,000 people, largely material that is intentionally available through official portals."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Now, in a new report published yesterday by researchers from the Bangalore-based think-tank the Centre for Internet and Society, Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali comprehensively document the many ways in which Aadhaar is leaking, tracking the #aadhaarleaks hashtag, which has revealed potentially compromising information on more than 130,000,000 people, largely material that is intentionally available through official portals."</div>

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Hacker Steals Millions of User Account Details from Education Platform Edmodo - Motherb... - 0 views

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ITGS hacker millions edmodo education security privacy anonymity

shared by dr tech on 13 May 17 - No Cached

dr tech on 13 May 17

"A hacker has stolen millions of user account details from popular education platform Edmodo, and the data is apparently for sale on the so-called dark web. Teachers, students and parents use Edmodo to work on lesson plans, assign homework, and more. The organization claims to have over 78 million members."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A hacker has stolen millions of user account details from popular education platform Edmodo, and the data is apparently for sale on the so-called dark web. Teachers, students and parents use Edmodo to work on lesson plans, assign homework, and more. The organization claims to have over 78 million members."</div>

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ITGS privacy security passwords database

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privacy ITGS businessandemployment recognition facial airports peopleandmachines policiesandstandards security reliability

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"However, there is some concern about how accurate these new procedures will be. Apparently the facial recognition technology doesn't recognize all people will the same accuracy. White women and black people aren't as easily recognized as white men, meaning there could be some mismatching of identities. Some are also concerned that this is crossing the line in terms of passenger privacy."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"However, there is some concern about how accurate these new procedures will be. Apparently the facial recognition technology doesn't recognize all people will the same accuracy. White women and black people aren't as easily recognized as white men, meaning there could be some mismatching of identities. Some are also concerned that this is crossing the line in terms of passenger privacy."</div>

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Rise of the machines: who is the 'internet of things' good for? | Technology | The Guar... - 0 views

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ITGS policiesandstandards peopleandmachines internet things privacy security

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"So, yes: the internet of things presents many new possibilities, and it would be foolish to dismiss those possibilities out of hand. But we would also be wise to approach the entire domain with scepticism, and in particular to resist the attempts of companies to gather ever more data about our lives - no matter how much ease, convenience and self-mastery we are told they are offering us."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"So, yes: the internet of things presents many new possibilities, and it would be foolish to dismiss those possibilities out of hand. But we would also be wise to approach the entire domain with scepticism, and in particular to resist the attempts of companies to gather ever more data about our lives - no matter how much ease, convenience and self-mastery we are told they are offering us."</div>

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Firefox: 'no UK plans' to make encrypted browser tool its default | Technology | The Gu... - 0 views

'We are hurtling towards a surveillance state': the rise of facial recognition technolo... - 0 views

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