E Pringle's List: IPT

"Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. Slavin also warns that we are writing code we can't understand with implications we can't control."

"Sony has revealed more than 1.5 million Australian user accounts including potentially 280,000 credit card numbers are in the hands of hackers as it struggles to contain the reputational damage caused by one of the world's biggest privacy breaches."

"This webinar is part two of a four part series on the education of Cloud Computing. This webinar covers the high-level explanation of the security and privacy model of Cloud Computing and the various levels and types of security that Cloud Service providers utilize in their Cloud platform to ensure customer data is secure and private."

"An investigation of the controversy surrounding the legality of the national DNA database and plans to change the current laws regarding how long personal details can be retained. Critics raise questions about the storing of the DNA profiles of thousands of children and adults on a national DNA database - even though they have not been convicted of a crime. According to the Court of Human Rights this is illegal, resulting in major changes to the law which must protect the privacy of innocent people but also allow for criminal investigation."

"A schoolboy from Staffordshire has been fighting to get his DNA removed from a national database following a dispute over a bus fare."

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"The Australian police have been ordered to investigate Google for possible breach of privacy while taking pictures for its Street View service."

"Facebook yesterday officially announced that over the "next few weeks" it will roll out Timeline to all users. This means Timeline, the reverse-chronological display of a user's history on Facebook and other life events, which replaces and combines a user's Facebook Wall and Profile, will become non-optional. No specific date was given, and the language used ("roll out") suggests that the change won't occur on one single date for all users, but that batches of users will be transitioned on different dates."

"Google's announcement that is now tracking users' web movements has upset privacy advocates. But consider what you get in return for the information. With the news that Google is to merge data collected from its many platforms - including YouTube, Gmail and Blogger - privacy advocates say the company will have more information than it should. Even before this change, web users had too little control over their online information, they say."