Barking up the Encryption Tree. You’re doing it wrong.
There always comes a time when an obscure, yet important concept, leaves the technical world and enters the main stream. Recovering deleted files was one of those where we pretty much knew all along not only that it can be done, but that we have…
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The four corners of the Apple v FBI encryption debacle
If only the FBI had picked a case where the issue was clear cut…that would make this encryption issue so much easier. The FBI doesn’t want Apple to simply “unlock” the phone. Apple (and just about every other high tech company) has been unlocking devices…
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Let’s not go all Patriot Act on this Apple – FBI encryption thing.
I’ve been involved in about a half dozen conversations, three different email threads, and twice as many emails with friends and clients about this Apple – FBI encryption issue. It seems to be a divided opinion with no compromise, at least as far…
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Apple. Oranges. And Encryption.
One of the hottest topics currently is the FBI vs Apple battle over encryption, in that the FBI wants Apple to rewrite their operating system in order for law enforcement to bypass Apple’s encryption. The arguments on both sides are strong. Law…
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Bio-hacked humans and digital forensic issues…
If you thought The Grudge was the scariest thing you’ve seen on screen, you must have not yet watched Showtime’s ‘The Dark Net’. In short, the series show how humans are procreating less and merging digitally into technology with bio-hacks.…
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What is this thing “privacy” you speak of?
I luckily missed being born into the Internet generation. Facebook creeped me out with the amount of information demanded to create an account. It took me all of 1 minute to create an account, 5 minutes to decide to…
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Massive Government Surveillance – Not a new thing
I’m close to wrapping up my latest book, Hiding Behind the Keyboard. One of the more interesting things I found while researching the electronic surveillance chapter is a historical note of massive electronic surveillance…way back…
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