5 reasons we're losing the fight for online privacy

Computerworld Security: January 23, 2014
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5 reasons we're losing the fight for online privacy

The evidence is all around us that the battle will eventually be lost.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Antone Gonsalves: Blackphone will learn security alone doesn't sell
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2. Darlene Storm: Massive blimps over Maryland to conduct 24/7 domestic aerial surveillance
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3. U.S. issues 320,000 requests for Verizon customer data
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8841805/823929835/652983/21/

4. China blames Internet outage on hacking attack
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8841805/823929835/652984/28/

5. Tor exit nodes attempt to spy on encrypted traffic, researchers find
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Antone Gonsalves: Blackphone will learn security alone doesn't sell


Can a smartphone manufacturer turn a profit by making security and privacy the
linchpins of its product? I doubt it, but Blackphone believes it's possible.


http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8841805/823929835/652981/31/

Darlene Storm: Massive blimps over Maryland to conduct 24/7 domestic aerial surveillance


Around October 1, people in Maryland will wonder what are those two huge
objects in the sky? It's a bird; it's a plane; it's a . . .
pair of high-dollar blimps capable of conducting surveillance 24/7 without
blinking or sleeping, staying aloft for 30 days in a row, because the military
and Raytheon say, "The threat is real."
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IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager: Online Product Demo

Intelligent Investigation Manager optimizes fraud investigation and analysis and
it dynamically coordinates and reports on cases, provides analysis and
visualization, and enables more efficient and effective investigations.

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U.S. issues 320,000 requests for Verizon customer data

Verizon Communications received more than 320,000 requests for customer
information from U.S. federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in 2013,
more than 100 times the number of requests from any other country, the telecom
carrier said in its first surveillance transparency report.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8841805/823929835/652983/34/

China blames Internet outage on hacking attack

Tuesday's Internet outage in China is dividing experts over what caused the
networking error, with authorities calling it a hacking attack, and others
blaming it on the country's censorship systems.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8841805/823929835/652984/35/

Tor exit nodes attempt to spy on encrypted traffic, researchers find

Computer scientists found almost 20 exit relays in the Tor anonymity network
that attempted to spy on users' encrypted traffic using man-in-the-middle
techniques.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8841805/823929835/652985/36/



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