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Legal Programming By Aaron Titus I’m an awesome programmer. The only thing keeping me from Python, PHP, or Ruby coding awesomeness is knowledge… and skill… and training… and, um practice. OK, I may not be a Ruby all-star, but I could be if I wanted to. Likewise, you can do anything for yourself that an [...]
By Craig Nelson – special guest to The Security Catalyst Cloud Computing. Is it right for you? Sure. Is it right for your business? <crickets> By now, many have adopted a “cloud”-based service for personal use (sometimes without even realizing it). The definition of “cloud” can be a bit fuzzy at times, but to keep [...]
Your meeting was supposed to last just 45 minutes, but the first 35 have been devoted to the first agenda item. Most eyes have glazed over and you are the only one speaking. Just as tired as everyone else you say, “OK, so we all agree that we’re going to do that?” Hearing no objection, [...]
Writing a privacy policy is a careful balance: Being realistic about what you can perform, protecting and instilling confidence in your customers, facilitating business growth and adaptation, complying with law, and above all, being honest. Your privacy policy and security practices are the subject of federal, state and international laws, as well as FTC regulation. [...]
As the snow starts to cover the ground in Upstate New York, my thoughts are already turning to the year ahead. I’m not at all disenchanted with the Holidays; I’m just excited about the journey ahead with the Catalyst onTour RV adventure. Equally exciting to me is the programming that will be presented by the [...]
by Carl Anctil Background: A few months ago, Microsoft released (and silently installed through Windows Update) a .NET Framework Assistant add-on for the Firefox web browser. Microsoft installed this add-on to Firefox without warning the user that the add-on would be installed as part of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. Security professionals, bloggers, [...]
by Aaron Titus “Unconferences” (hat tip to identitywoman) are great opportunities to network, gather and share information. They attract bleeding-edge leaders on emerging problems and technologies. My most recent unconference was Congress Camp 2009, organized by the Open Forum Foundation. The gathering focused (broadly) on social networking tools and Web 2.0 for government. It was [...]
Privacy Bar Camp DC by Aaron Titus In late June, 2009 I attended the Privacy Bar Camp DC (Twitter: @PrivacyCampDC) organized by Shaun Dakin with support from the Center for Democracy and Technology, and conducted at the Center for American Progress. I confess that I attended primarily to aid my job search (psst… that was [...]
by Carl Anctil I have been using Privoxy for many, many years. It was actually called the Internet Junkbuster when I was first introduced to it. In early 2000 when I started getting into security and privacy, it was one of the first tools I began using to disguise my user-agent string. Modifying a user-agent [...]
by Aaron Titus If you have nothing to hide, why do you need privacy? This question, famously attributed to the McCarthy era, has gained currency again in this era of terrorism and national security. The question implies that privacy is a form of dishonesty, that the things people want to hide are the very things [...]
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