CISS 100 – Computing & Information Sciences
Prof James G. Looby – Site/Servers 100% Wind Powered
A federal judge has ruled it is plausible that four national credit-card companies improperly conspired “in lockstep” to set a deadline of Oct. 1, 2015 for requiring retailers to upgrade their technology to accept embedded chip cards for credit and debit card purchases.
Source: Chip card lawsuit to move forward against Visa, Mastercard, others | Computerworld
A move in the Senate to provide enhanced surveillance powers to the FBI met a hurdle Monday after Senator Ron Wyden placed a hold on the 2017 Intelligence Authorization bill over the controversial provisions.
Source: Senate expansion of FBI surveillance meets obstacle | Computerworld
The legal battle between Apple and the US government made significant headway this week. These are the four key takeaways from this past week.
Source: Apple Vs. FBI: 4 Key Developments This Week – InformationWeek
Learn more about how digital assistants including Amazon Alexa, Facebook M, Google Now, and Apple’s Siri are rewriting the rules around data privacy and sharing.
Source: Siri, Cortana Are Listening: How 5 Digital Assistants Use Your Data – InformationWeek
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Users who are hungry for privacy need to choose their solutions carefully.
Source: Privacy & Cybercrime Use The Same Tools – InformationWeek
Today, in the name of public safety, federal and local government agencies are piling up advanced technologies to monitor people, with little regard for the basic principles of privacy. Here’s what businesses and individuals need to know.
Source: Electronic Warrantless Surveillance: What IT Should Know – InformationWeek
Apple CEO Tim Cook told a crowd that consumer data should be theirs to keep and not used to make businesses money. He targeted Google and Facebook without mentioning them.
Source: Tim Cook: Customers, Not Companies, Should Control Their Data – InformationWeek