Tag Archives: Identity
Wrap-up of this year’s WEIS
This year’s Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS2010) enlightened us about Identity, privacy, and the insecurity of the financial payment system, just to name a few presentaitons. Continue reading
How Important Is Your EMail Address To You?
Really it’s not clear to me if this is a generational thing or what, people tell me that email addresses are no longer that important to them, what with MySpace, FaceBook, and the like. Others just use SMS, where their … Continue reading
New Research: Social Security Numbers (SSN) are Entirely Predictable
New research published in yesterday’s Proceedings of the National Acadamy of Sciences has dramatic implications for Americans and identity theft. Alessandro Acquisti is an Associate Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon. He has … Continue reading
No Evidence That Data Breach Privacy Laws Work
Have you ever received a notice that your data privacy has been breached? What the heck does that mean anyway? Most of the time what it means is that some piece of information that you wouldn’t normally disclose to others, … Continue reading
