Apr 25, 2020 | Android, anonymity, Apple, Applications, apps, Big Tech, Biological Viruses, Business, contact tracing, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19, Epidemiology, Google, Government, Internet, Mobile, Mobile Phones, Monitoring, Monitoring, Pandemic, Privacy, privacy, Public Health, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Surveillance, Technology, Technology, Tracking
Contract Tracing = Limited Privacy Inital projected models for the spread of this novel virus were designed specifically to ramp up fear. Big Tech and Governments are working on ways to try to control the spread of a pandemic that frankly is really not much worse than...
Apr 18, 2020 | bank account information, Business, fraudster, Government, Internet, IRS, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Stimulus, stolen identity, Technology
Stimulus Payments Easy to Intercept If you are expecting a check from the US government you may be in for a surprise if you are one of the millions that are not required to file a tax return. For these people, the IRS has set up a site where they can give...
Apr 18, 2020 | Apple, Big Tech, Business, contact tracing, Covid-19, Epidemiology, Google, Internet, Mobile Phones, Pandemic, Phone, Public Health, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Technology
Big Tech Contact Tracing – Antithetical to American Society The way that public health follows infection of a population is by tracing the contact of infected persons, and testing them is known as contact tracing. It is how epidemiologists aim to reduced...
Apr 4, 2020 | Agencies, Business, Business Email Compromise, Censorship, China, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, DOJ, Economic Disruption, FBI, Fines and Penalties, FTC, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacks, Internet, Internet Service Providers, IoT, Iran, Journalists, Law Enforcement, Malware, Malware, Monitoring, Nationstates, North Korea, Patching, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulation, Security, Security Alerts, Smishing, Social Engineering, Surveillance, Technology, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Threat Analysis, trojans, Updates, Vishing, Web Tools, Zero-Day
Google sent users 40,000 warnings of nation-state hack attacks in 2019 Google’s threat analysis group, which counters targeted and government-backed hacking against the company and its users, sent account holders almost 40,000 warnings in 2019, with government...
Apr 4, 2020 | Agencies, Big Tech, Biological Viruses, Business, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19, FDA, Fines and Penalties, Government, Hacking, Mobile Phones, Monitoring, Monitoring, Pandemic, Patching, Privacy, Quarantine, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Remote-Work, Security, Security Alerts, social distancing, Technology, Technology, Tracking, Updates
Technology Empowers Pandemic Response, But Privacy Worries Remain In late January and early February, a study of influenza had the ability to reveal whether subjects in the Seattle area were infected by the novel coronavirus. But medical privacy rules scuttled...
Mar 28, 2020 | Applications, Big Tech, Biological Viruses, Business, Computers, Coronavirus, Covid-19, data sharing, FDA, Google, Google, Government, Internet, Internet Infrastructure, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Scalability, Security, Software As A Service, Technology
Inability to Scale Plagues Google’s Pandemic Information and Diagnostic Site The entire Covid-19 pandemic has caused every business to question its capabilities whether from a business continuity standpoint or a complete re-imagining of its business practices. Some...
