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I got some groceries, some peanut butter
From the maddingly brilliant book of the Naples System, Gomorrah, a description of security during the Secondigliano War between the Spanish and DiLauro clans: I would ride my Vespa through this pall of tension. In Secondigliano I’d be frisked at … Continue reading
White Knuckles
This looks interesting, in the context of cultural cognition of risk. Entertaining legal wonking on the issue at Concurring Opinions and Volokh. Amazing the lack of agreement as to when “Yee haw!” becomes “Holy Crap!” while behind the wheel. Photo … Continue reading
Die Doing Something You Love
“To die doing something you love.”I encountered variations of this phrase three times Saturday. 1. In Chris Jonnum’s biography of the Haydens, the on track death of flat-tracker Will Davis. Davis was a hero of Nick Hayden’s. Mourning his death, … Continue reading
Confusion In My Eyes That Says It All
I figured I’d wait until after my paternity leave was over before I started thinking seriously about words like “control” and “compliance,” but I felt the need to say something after reading Bejtlich’s post “Controls are Not the Solution to … Continue reading
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Tonight, We Dine in Utica!
So, despite a workload that would stun an ox, I still manage to read my Internet privacy stories. Like this one from Ars Technica about the University of Utica and their Secret Service data wrangling on identity theft. I click … Continue reading
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Island of Lost Laptops
Why are people still all wound up about losing laptops? For crying out loud, there’s a reason why the press doesn’t report about it anymore. Because it is Bo-Ring. I mean, I’m putting myself to sleep just typing this. What … Continue reading
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Howls of Derisive Laughter, Bruce!
By now, we all know that the concentric perimeter devised by the kangaroo jockeys assigned to protect the best and brightest of Asia and the Pacific were ineffective against comedian pranksters. (Perilocity has the lowdown.) But what if they had … Continue reading
Compliance for Road and Track
My Alfa, a 72 GTV coupe, like all GTVs of its approximate vintage, has a recessed panel in the headliner over the back seats. It has proven to be a mystery to passengers in the car, looking like the cruelest … Continue reading
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Tagged alfa, compliance, internal auditing, motorisk, risk assessment
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Market Fresh
A curious discussion of terror risk, and a terror prediction futures market by some GMU economist types and at the Chronicle’s Footnoted blog. I don’t know enough to about econ to assess the value of such a market, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged breach notification, disclosure laws, risk assessment, risk management, threat, vulnerability
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I Feel That It’s Almost Crime
Imagine Monster put a click-through license on the malware, adjusted the privacy policy a tad (include an opt-out for additional “services”), and voila! It’s not a privacy breach, it’s an additional revenue stream! The 1.6M bits of Monster job hunter … Continue reading
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Tagged breach notification, consumer, disclosure laws, identity theft, privacy, singalong
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The One In Five 