Category Archives: Biometrics

The Prince of Data Mining

Facial recognition is digital alchemy. It’s the prince of data mining. Facial recognition takes previously...

Crowd sourcing private sector surveillance

Oc 18. 2014 A repeated refrain of cynics and “infomopolists” alike is that privacy is...

Schrodinger’s Privacy: A Master Class

Master Class: How to Protect Your Customer’s Digital Identity and Personal Data A Social Media...

Safeguarding the pedigree of personal attributes

The problem of identity takeover The root cause of much identity theft and fraud today...

Postcard from Monterey #CISmcc

First Day Reflections from CIS Monterey. Follow along on Twitter at #CISmcc (for the Monterey...

Webinar: Big Privacy

I’m presenting a Constellation Research webinar next week on my latest research into “Big Privacy”...

Three billion was a Snap

June 2, 2014 The latest Snowden revelations include the NSA’s special programs for extracting photos...

The strengths and weaknesses of Data Privacy in the Age of Big Data

This is the abstract of a current privacy conference proposal. Synopsis Many Big Data and...

FIDO Alliance goes from strength to strength

With a bunch of exciting new members joining up on the eve of the RSA...

Facebook’s challenge to the Collection Limitation Principle

Dec 25, 2013 Facebook’s challenge to the Collection Limitation Principle An extract from our chapter...