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US : The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it is seeking public comments on the privacy and security implications raised by the use of facial recognition technology , specifically seeking public comments on the following: What are the current and future commercial uses of these technologies? Comment : let’s immediately limit this to what we can understand or gather what the fear could be. This is the right question to get the wrong answer.  A better question would be, “which problem will facial recognition solve on its own? How can consumers benefit from the use of these technologies? Comment : Consumers only benefit if the eco-system or society benefit. Consumers don’t often seen benefit until after the policy.  Why let the animals run the zoo! What are the privacy and security concerns surrounding the adoption of these technologies, and how do they vary depending on how the technologies are implemented? Comment : fear, uncertainty and doubt. What conc

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZNsBz0aGw] Forrester's CEO, George Colony outlined three social "thunderstorms" at LeWeb (2011) approaching the tech & business world. Watch the video before reading the comments :) Thunderstorm 1:  The Death of the Web The application economy has the potential to tap both processing power and the cloud to change the Web. This will be a move away from a client/server model to something more cleaver… Things to think about from me as I am not sure it is this simple… I agree with the move away from Client/Server for some apps services, however there are a number of balances 1.  user experience vs security – this is always a balance and depends on more than where the processing power is 2.  scale vs fragmentation – control does offer a few things, think…Apple iOS vs Google Andriod 3.  access speed vs cost – not everyone can afford everything 4.  data vs rights – stop pushing data and just send links and seek the rights 5

You heard constantly about the millennial generation--that they're tech-savvy, and different from everyone that came before. It's not just hype, or vanity on the part of the youngsters: People who are 18-29 right now have markedly different attitudes, beliefs, and mores than any generation preceding them. More on their lifestyle, education and work are here

AMP v Person’s Unknown [2011] EWHC 3454 (TCC) Essentially AMP either lost or had her mobile phone stolen (it was reported as stolen with the police) and with it sexually explicit images of the claimant - although the judgement is not clear we can assume she was " sexting " her boyfriend. It is clear that (a) AMP owned the copyright in these images and (b) they were private images obtained illegally via the theft. Soon thereafter the images appeared on a Dutch file hosting site for a short period but were removed from there at the request of the claimant but not before the images had been downloaded by others. As the judgement makes clear a number of blackmail demands followed, possibly from the same person.  http://theitlawyer.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-approach-to-privacy-amp-v-persons.html http://www.scribd.com/doc/76130846/AMP-v-Persons-Unknown ……Whilst you cannot ask Torrent Trackers or the providers of Torrent Clients to block as they essentially cannot do so due to

Global News – After a very busy month, Mr S. Claus was caught sleeping and was easily captured earlier this week according to Mr Jobs Worth who today announced a payments of fines levied against him for infringement and violations of the personal privacy, entering without permission, setting off alarms, storing data and keeping lists of the naughty and good.  “Mr. S. Claus has been collecting children’s preferences for toys and tracking their behaviour so as to judge and maintain a data base of naughtiness and niceness, without the necessary licences.  Further holding this personally identifiable information, including all children’s names, addresses, and ages is against the law. He has solicited this information on and off line, in some cases passing data to third parties so they may fulfil children’s wishes.” Mr Sad Person who led the global collaborative investigation by the US and EU government, also confirmed that “Mr Clause has been entering houses using this information and

Been playing with ResumUP – a site to try and make your CV look a little more interesting that a side of A4 ….