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The Zhan

Keeping Your Network Secure : CCTV Security Cameras - 2 views

www.thecctvblog.com/keeping-your-network-secure

1.2_security; 1.3_privacy_anonymity; 1.7_surveillance; 3.3_networks; 3.4_internet

shared by The Zhan on 29 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • The Zhan on 29 Apr 12
     
    A solution to the problem associated to IP security cameras. as seen in: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16919664
Mr Brooke

BBC News - Coding the future: HTML5 takes the internet by storm - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-17931814

3.4_internet

shared by Mr Brooke on 08 May 12 - No Cached
  • Mr Brooke on 08 May 12
     
    "quality assets with DRM "
Mr Brooke

BBC News - Homeless hotspots plan causes controversy for BBH ad agency - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-17345926

1.12_digital_citizenship OMG

shared by Mr Brooke on 13 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Mr Brooke on 13 Mar 12
     
    An "experiment" which involved using homeless people as mobile wi-fi hotspots has attracted criticism, forcing the advertising agency behind it to defend itself.
Mr Brooke

BBC News - Can turning off analogue TV make broadband better? - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...9658117.stm

3.4_internet

shared by Mr Brooke on 12 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Mr Brooke on 12 Dec 11
     
    "n turning off analogue"
Morten Nielsen

Lines Are Drawn on Legislation Against Internet Piracy - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...n-against-internet-piracy.html

1.5_authenticity 1.9_policies 1.12_digital_citizenship 3.4_internet

shared by Morten Nielsen on 15 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • “It’s really robbery — it’s theft —
  • Those goods include not just movies shot surreptitiously in a theater with a jiggly hand-held video camera, the companies argue, but dangerously flawed pharmaceuticals, faulty brake pads and defective smoke alarms, to name a few categories of illegally copied goods.
  • “Unfortunately,” Mr. Erickson said, “the amendment also creates new problems in other places and fails to correct some of the original concerns we have raised since the start of the debate.
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  • “That’s because they’ve made large profits by promoting rogue sites to U.S. consumers,” Mr. Smith said in a statement.
  • Now, however, two bills, broadly supported on both sides of the political aisle, aim to cut off the oxygen for foreign pirate sites by taking aim at American search engines like Google and Yahoo, payment processors like PayPal and ad servers that allow the pirates to function.
  • at least 15 lobbying firms to fight the bills
  • Naturally the howls of protest have been loud and lavishly financed, not only from Silicon Valley companies but also from public-interest groups, free-speech advocates and even venture capital investors
  • while setting a bad example of American censorship.
benjon hamal

BBC News - Hollywood goes to war on pirates - 2 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-14325881

1.4_intellectual_property 1.2_security

shared by benjon hamal on 23 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Mr Brooke on 24 Jan 12
     
    add those tags Benjon!
benjon hamal

BBC News - Chemicals and defence firms targeted by hacking attack - 2 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-15529930

3.4_internet 1.3_privacy_anonymity

shared by benjon hamal on 06 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • benjon hamal on 06 Jan 12
     
    This article presents intellectual property theft of various companies that work for governments. the article raises many ethical issues.
Ines Simon

Who's to blame when an autonomous vehicle crashes? - 3 views

www.smartplanet.com/...18146

1.1_reliability_integrity 1.11_people_machines 2.1_transportation

shared by Ines Simon on 12 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Ines Simon on 12 Jan 12
     
    Also, here's a link to another article explaining about how google's self-driving car works.
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  • Mr Brooke on 17 Jan 12
     
    anyone want to try and describe step by step how this system works?
  • Jorge F1 on 18 Jan 12
     
    Basically the car works with a Velodyne 64-beam laser mounted on the roof on the car, the laser produces a detailed 3D map of the environment and takes measurements of the area. The car uses the data from the 3D map and the measurements to avoid obstacles and respect traffic laws. Furthermore, the car uses various sensors, two of which are placed on the front and rear bumpers to track obstacles. There is also a camera, that detects traffic lights, GPS, inertial measurement unit, and wheel encoder, that determine the vehicle's location and keep track of its movements. In my opinion, the idea of a self driving car is incredible if it is built correctly, however I believe that the wheel encoder may invade the privacy of some.
  • Morten Nielsen on 18 Jan 12
     
    I'm a bit curious Jorge, how would this invade the privacy of some? This is an amazing technological improvement, it will be interesting to see what happens in the future with this. This is a quite good article on how it works http://news.discovery.com/autos/how-google-self-driving-car-works-111018.html
  • Jorge F1 on 18 Jan 12
     
    Because the car records it's position using the GPS, if a black hacker is able to get hold of this information the owner of the car could be put at risk.
Ines Simon

Apple's Siri curses out 12-year-old - 2 views

news.cnet.com/...es-siri-curses-out-12-year-old

1.11_people_machines 3.2_software

shared by Ines Simon on 04 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Ines Simon on 04 Jan 12
     
    Someone reportedly tampers with a demo iPhone 4S so that when a 12-year-old boy picks it up and asks Siri a question, she is not amused or amusing. She tells him to 'Shut the f*** up.' Read this blog post by Chris Matyszczyk on Technically Incorrect.
  • The Zhan on 05 Jan 12
     
    The main social and ethical issues are integrity of the system, security, and people and machines. Although I do not own an iPhone 4S, I would imagine it the product had been hacked and its set-up instructions had been reprogrammed by a user who is extremely knowledgeable on issues such as encryption and programming know-how. Perhaps because the iPhone referred to in the news story was a "demonstration" version, I suppose its encryption levels are not as powerful as the real product (Apple would have to invest less money in manufacturing). However, there is a much simpler explanation, according to "MacTrast" (http://www.mactrast.com/2011/12/siri-tells-twelve-year-old-to-shut-the-fck-up-after-pranksters-tamper-with-display-iphone/): Simply changing the name in the contact card by verbalising it (asking Siri "Call me (insert ridiculous statement here)") allows the user to tamper with the phrase voiced by Siri, without having to deal with complicated encryption or validation processes. This means the system itself is integral and works correctly, but the given primary contact's nickname is has been inappropriately altered. To solve this problem, the company should enforce the security of its demo versions of the Siri for iPhone 4S by impossibilitating a deliberate change of contact names and redistribute them across retailers.
benjon hamal

BBC News - Facebook works with Websense to add phishing safety net - 5 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-15154014

1.3_privacy_anonymity

shared by benjon hamal on 14 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Mr Brooke on 14 Jan 12
     
    Don't forget the other tags. You are missing one from section 2 and one from section 3
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  • El Mexicano Pastiche on 15 Jan 12
     
    Privacy is the main issue being presented as facebook users are exposed to phising. Phising involves 'stealing' a users username and passwords usually through emails or links leading to fake websites which seem to be trustworthy. Phishing attempts give the user a sense of urgency in order to convince them to give their information. (e.g. You need to provide us with your username and password as soon as possible. Not doing so will result in permanent deletion of your account) The relationship between the users and the IT system is that users often use facebook on a day to day basis to perform various activities. This makes facebook a 'profitable' target due to the large number of people that can be tricked at once. The risk is that the stakeholders may be susceptible to is the loss of their username and password, giving the hacker/phisher full acess to ones account which may then lead to other information to be divulged about the user. Facebook is attempting to solve this issue by warning users about suspicious links they may be accessing, although there are already some security options in facebook settings such as the use of HTTPS which provides "encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure
  • Mr Brooke on 17 Jan 12
     
    Seems to be a good solution but what are the limits of this solution?
  • Tranny Franny on 18 Jan 12
     
    In theory this would be a good solution, due to the fact that as soon as the user read the warning message in detail, they would feel encouraged not to follow the link. However, due to the facebook's nature, in practice, this solution isn't as effective as one would expect. Throughout Facebook's history, when a user clicks a link that leads to an application, a message appears stating that if the user accepts then information from their profile will be accessed. Because of this, when users see this message they will simply think it is one of the usual messages and skip to the link due to habit. Another obvious limitation is the fact that all it does is simply suggest that it MIGHT be malicious, and therefore most users that are unaware of the dangers of phishing might ignore it and choose to follow the link.
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