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May 16, 2022

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Business and Finance, Computer Security

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Crypto wars, Cybersecurity (insurance issues), Encryption (and control of data), Facebook (tracking and market value), Human data collectors (HDCs), Insurance (cybersecurity issues), Wall Street and human data collection (HDC)}

How Software Makers Will Push Back Against Reforms

_{Software makers will grumble but insurers may force their hand. That, however, is NOT the Big Battle…} _{News

May 16, 2022

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Business and Finance, Computer Security}

Veteran software developer David A. Kruger offered some thoughts on computer security recently at Expensivity and we appreciate the opportunity to republish them here as a series. On Friday, we looked at the claim that human data collectors should own your data because it is too complex for you to manage. In this final installment, we look at how tech companies will try to avoid actually having to change anything. Preview of Coming Attractions If policymakers start to move towards implementing the policies suggested above, there will be a pushback from software makers that are not HDCs. They will be unhappy about additional software development costs, and they will play the “It’s the cyberattackers, not us!” card, saying it’s unfair to hold Read More ›

Smart technologies in your smartphone, collection and analysis of big data

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News
Date
May 13, 2022

Categorized
Business and Finance, Computer Security, Data Privacy

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Human data collection (proposed reforms), Human data collectors (HDCs), Privacy controls (shortcomings), Self-managed data}

Is Your Data About Yourself Too Complex for You to Manage?

_{That’s the argument human data collectors (HDCs) make for why they should be allowed to collect and own your data} _{News

May 13, 2022

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Business and Finance, Computer Security, Data Privacy}

Veteran software developer David A. Kruger offered some thoughts on computer security recently at Expensivity and we appreciate the opportunity to republish them here as a series. On Tuesday, we looked at how the current system punishes small businesses for data breaches that they could not have prevented. Today, we look at the claim that human data collectors should own your data because it is too complex for you to manage. The Easy Button The most common objection to data ownership is that self-management of owned data is overly complex. That view is based on the complexity of so-called “privacy controls” offered by big tech HDCs, controls which have every appearance of being deliberately obtuse. As a software developer and Read More ›

Close up businesswoman collecting data information converting into statistics, planning strategy gathering resources creating visual graphical graphs using computer laptop and smart mobile device

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Date
May 9, 2022

Categorized
Computer Security

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David Kruger, Human data collectors (HDCs)}

How Online Human Data Collectors Get Free From Responsibility

_{Cybersecurity expert David A. Kruger talks about the Brave Old World in which you have much less power than Big Tech does} _{News

May 9, 2022

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Computer Security}

Veteran software developer David A. Kruger offered some thoughts on computer security recently at Expensivity and we appreciate the opportunity to republish them here as a series. Last week, we looked at how search engine results can be distorted. This week, we look at how HDCs (human data collectors) free themselves from any responsibility for outcomes. Brave Old World HDCs’ licensing strategy is designed to free them from any vestige of fiduciary duty. Fiduciary law traces its roots back to the Code of Hammurabi in 1790 BC, through the Roman Empire, early British law, and up to the present day. The purpose of fiduciary law is to compensate for two sad facts of human nature. In unequally powered business relationships, 1) businesses with more Read More ›