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by jnorthrop 12y ago
That sounds like what Max Butler was busted for back in the late 1990's when he wrote a script to patch BIND[1]. It's a great story BTW. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Butler#FBI_investigation.2C...
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
Your username in combination with the content of your post is ironic. At what point in my post does it say I'm trying to assemble a panel to fix privacy? I'm looking for people, like Moxie Marlinspike, to speak to a crowd of infor
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Ask HN: Doing something innovative with privacy?
7 points by jnorthrop 12y ago|3 comments
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
You should ask the poster for clarity, not downvote his post. He stated his opinion and his reason for it. That post deserves to been read, not buried.
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
> It's just the new normal. Yes it is. If we want platforms that allow truly free speech, this is part of the cost of that privilege. Much in the same way, here in the US, we allow the KKK to rally in public. We don't have to l
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
In addition they offer no privacy policy. That means they have complete freedom to aggregate all of the information you send to them, via your app, and sell it.
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
I think the answer is more simple than that. We had the news 3-4 weeks ago of a Russian group propagating a file with over 1 billion user accounts[1]. I bet someone went through that list, found the celebrities and used that information to
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
It's a neat idea, but I hope you've done some sort of privacy assessment on the concept. If I understand the app right, you share with everyone, but only if they are within a 1 mile radius of you. Maybe I'm being oversensitiv
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Startups, Data Privacy and Disruption(privacyassociation.org)
2 points by jnorthrop 12y ago|0 comments
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
It's good to see a social network come out of Canada. Privacy-conscious folks should be comforted that Trestup needs to comply with CASL[1] and PIPEDA[2] which sets a higher bar than US regulations with regards to gaining consent from
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
It is tough times for services trying to make a buck off of personal data. Even when the coffee shop owner and Euclid did everything right they still couldn't make it work. While users generally accept the exchange of some direct benef
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic. The site is free, and free from ads. They owe you nothing and they are free to maintain this resource as they see fit. You have no business calling it a "disgrace."
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
I'm working with Timber[0] and Twig[1] for our theme. It is pretty slick. [0] http://upstatement.com/timber/ [1] http://twig.sensiolabs.org/
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
> A user’s health information is stored in a centralized and secure location and the user decides which data should be shared with your app. I'm glad the information is stored securely and the user has control over what is shared wi
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
Boston/Portland, ME, Remote, Full Time Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jnorthrop Contact: jeff@jnorthrop.me I'm an expert on privacy. If you read Meeker's 2014 Internet Trends, you read the slides th
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Consumer Expectations(jnorthrop.me)
2 points by jnorthrop 12y ago|0 comments
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
It is always important to keep in mind that Facebook (et al) does not sell your personal information, the sell access to a generalized profile. Now, that may still make some people uncomfortable, but it is not in Facebook's best intere
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
This author needs to build his case before jumping to the conclusion, "And now, I hesitate to recommend it to anyone for any use." This was one article, on one day. It was clearly a scam, but it was one article. And if the Google
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
If you enjoyed that, here[0] is a recording of Will speaking live at a conference. It is on the same topic, only funnier and expanded to roughly 20 minutes. [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI9esN3BqbI&list=PLYVXx3zCnkX
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by jnorthrop 12y ago
It is amazing to see privacy issues all over these predictions. You have predictions of consumers owning their own data and services with anonymization as a value proposition but also the intrinsic value of product data, and the proliferati
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by jnorthrop 13y ago
He never said it was an unpaid position.
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Tesla Phones Home(jnorthrop.me)
1 points by jnorthrop 13y ago|1 comments
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by jnorthrop 13y ago
While the concept of this app is noble, why would anyone give up there phone number, full name and location to a site that says absolutely nothing about what they will do with that data. There is a privacy policy and terms of use on the sit
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by jnorthrop 13y ago
This is available on Amazon[1] and can be downloaded from the NSA[2]. I'm not sure why you needed to make a FOIA request. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Untangling-Web-Guide-Internet-Research... [2] http://www.nsa.
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by jnorthrop 13y ago
Nice looking application, but you are collecting a ton of personal data without any indication of your intent. You really need a terms of use somewhere, especially if you plan is to collect all of this data and sell it (which could be very
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by jnorthrop 13y ago
The developer, sysadmin, or analytics guru who understands privacy laws and regulations. There has been a sea change in regulations over the past 5 years and the pace of change is accelerating (thank you Snowden), but few individuals respon
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by jnorthrop 13y ago
The way you matured with your favorite artists, which is the way I did too, is not the only way. My children, now 13 and 16, first experienced Pink Floyd by finding Dark Side of the Moon in my collection. They liked it and proceeded to list
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by jnorthrop 13y ago
If an organization really wants to embrace creativity it also has to embrace failure. A large percentage of creative solutions--stuff that is "out-of-the-box," unique and innovative--are likely not to work. If the organization is
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by jnorthrop 13y ago
> This is very troubling. Please see a doctor. Please consider seeing a therapist. Thoughts of suicide are worrying signs of depression, which can be a fatal illness. Modern treatments are getting better, especially if you have the money
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by jnorthrop 13y ago
I really like the concept and I'm a great use case for it. I'm the CTO of a membership-driven, professional association. Without happy members we don't exist, so measuring how we are handling interactions with members is of c

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