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Sunday Paper - Facial Recognition, Python, Happiness, Apple Software Quality, iCloud
Posted on 27th October 2019
The New York times and leaders within the democratic party agree that facial recognition technology is dangerous to civil liberties and must be banned. The essential and unavoidable risks of deploying these tools are becoming apparent. A majority of Americans have functionally been put in a perpetual police lineup simply for getting a driver’s license: Their D.M.V. images are turned into faceprints for government tracking with few limits. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using facial recognition technology to scan…
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Sunday Paper - Cloud Misconfiguration, The Standard Two Kitchen House
Posted on 1st September 2019
It seems that most cloud security lapses are due to misconfigurations. The biggest problem is that when deploying cloud environments, many pieces need to be configured, including the routing and firewall rules that grant access to the servers being deployed, the servers themselves, and the application-level firewalls and access rules within those servers. With so many components, and with effectively non-existent security in most default configurations, it is easy to see why one or more components may be deployed in…
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Sunday Paper - Cybersecurity, Writing, Molecular Coffee, NJ Transit, Fish Tube, Stop Being Positive
Posted on 25th August 2019
Jim Grey on how he can write a new blog post almost every day. I write about whatever I want — it’s a personal blog after all. Anything is subject fodder. I write about photography and cameras a lot because it’s a lifelong interest and I’ve found my largest, most engaged audience there. Yes, I pander shamelessly to you film photographers!Jim Grey Some people just want all the profit for themselves. Lab engineered coffee means nothing good for the environment…
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Sunday Paper - Restorative Justice, Social Distance, USA Border Patrol
Posted on 7th July 2019
( ) I’m curious. I have questions that I have been unable to answer via Google search. For example, how does the process address acts where the victim has been permanently harmed? Examples that come to mind: The victim has suffered financial loss too significant for the person committing the act to provide restoration The victim has been disabled and is unable to work There are multiple victims and some of the victims prefer traditional justice What are your filters,…
