Siri, one of the latest popular features on Apple’s iPhone, seems like a real state-of-the-art way to use a smart phone. You give an iPhone voice commands to carry out various functions. IBM, a company known to embrace technological advances, is not too keen on the function. As a matter of fact, IBM has prohibited [...]
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iPhone’s Siri banned from IBM’s employees over confidentiality
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on May 27, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/iphones-siri-banned-from-ibms-employees-over-confidentiality/
New Cybersecurity Act causes privacy concerns
In 2010 a bill was constructed called the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, but it failed because it would have given the President an internet kill switch. Now another act will come before the Senate this week called the Cyber Security Act of 2012 that is raising red flags again. The new act [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on May 14, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/new-cybersecurity-act-causes-privacy-concerns/
Aerial drones are here & in use in the U.S.
The U.S. government has active aerial unmanned vehicles (drones) in use in 20 states and 63 launch sites across the U.S. This was brought to light thanks to the Electronic Frontier Foundation which fights for the Constitutional rights of American citizens as it pertains to the access & use of technology. They filed a Freedom [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on April 24, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/aerial-drones-are-here-in-use-in-the-u-s/
SOPA backers secretly orchestrating a comeback
When Congress announced in January that it was shelving the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) & its sister Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), many Americans breathed a sigh of relief. However, “shelving” an act only means they can bring it back whenever they choose to. And now it looks as if the Motion Picture Association [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on April 6, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/sopa-backers-secretly-orchestrating-a-comeback/
Biometric identity management pushed by EU official
Last week the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted an identity management conference in Washington, DC. Among the distinguished guests was Frank Paul, who manages IT systems and biometrics within the EU. He criticized U.S. passports for having only digitized information instead of biometric information. Paul is of the opinion that identity management systems [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 6, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/biometric-identity-management-pushed-by-eu-official/
Could new draft proposal squash the Stop Online Piracy Act?
Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) submitted a draft today of legislation that could be used instead of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Their draft is entitled the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN). SOPA created a lot of controversy and outcry from Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on December 8, 2011
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/could-new-draft-proposal-squash-the-stop-online-piracy-act/
American cities may have aerial drones by 2013
As reported today by Shepard Smith on FoxNews, the FAA is now working on rules to allow law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. to use aerial drones by 2013. One sheriff, when told of the news, said that drones would be the best thing since the taser for his force. Law enforcement sources claim the [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on January 24, 2011
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/american-cities-may-have-aerial-drones-by-2013/
UN using Wikileaks fiasco to call for Internet control
Brazil’s representatives to the UN are leading a call for the corrupt, New World Order body to establish an inter-governmental group to create regulations for the Internet. This past Wednesday, the Brazilian contingent of the UN hosted a meeting calling for standards to control what is shared over the internet in light of the recent [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on December 19, 2010
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/un-using-wikileaks-fiasco-to-call-for-internet-control/
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