The Fifty Million of Cambridge Analytica →
via Graham Cluley, writing at Graham Cluley.com comes an outstanding piece targeting the naughty boys and girls at Cambridge Analytica and (owned by both parent company Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL - a private company officed at London, UK and the Family of Robert Mercer, an American hedge fund manager with offices domiciled in Washington DC, London, UK and New York, NY) detailing the move to ban the organizations utilization of Facebook, Inc. (NYSE: FB) data.
All this because of a measely 50 Million Facebook User records still held by Cambridge Analytica. As the data is really yours, perhaps you should know, eh? Of course, as stewards of your user data, Facebook, Inc. is truly responsible for any misuse thereof, right?
'Hot on the heels of banning the Britain First group from its network, Facebook has announced it has suspended political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, and its parent company Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL).' - via Graham Cluley, writing at Graham Cluley.com
And then there's this...
What, Me Worry? Car Data, Where Does It Go... →
Where does all of that data gathered by car manfacturers while we drive? Perhaps Jonathan M. Gitlin, reporting for everyone's beloved Ars Technica can fulfill that data request in a speedy manner! Shouldn't the driver/owner of the vehicle make that decision? Enjoy.
Predicting Micropolitics, Information Security Implications →
Certainly not particularly prescient in the determination of specific attributes of targeted population with the use of real-world data points, yet, still oddly compelling.