What took them so long to get this organised?
The privacy risks of Big Data
Kind of a follow up to the It’s not a question of if, but only of when post from a few weeks ago. A fascinating but also scary read how it is possible to identify individuals from theoretically anonymised data:
Riding with the Stars: Passenger Privacy in the NYC Taxicab Dataset
Similar to this there is a lot of information in an itemised bill. Or a record of all websites visited…
Breaking News
This just in:
Everything is fine
In case you were worried about anything, everything is back to normal and fine now:
Very worrying: Antibiotic resistance
While there’s a lot of talk about the threat of terrorism and the fear of becoming the victim of a terrorist attack I think there are many other things we should be much more worried about. Like this one: World on cusp of “post-antibiotic era” (BBC News)
A simple bug could mean death, something that could be treated fairly easily so far might soon be deadly. As far as I understand it not a question of if, but of when. Scary.