Friday Squid Blogging: Humboldt Squid Communication
Humboldt Squid communicate by changing their skin patterns and glowing.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
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myliit • May 29, 2020 4:24 PM
https://www.wsj.com/articles/techs-first-big-plan-to-tackle-covid-19-stumbles-an-app-is-not-going-to-fix-this-11590757102
“Tech’s First Big Plan to Tackle Covid-19 Stumbles: ‘An App Is Not Going to Fix This’
Effort to join Silicon Valley tech giants including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon with the White House to fight the coronavirus is faltering
‘Public health authorities, developers and tech companies are working on apps to help us keep track of who we came in contact with and where we’ve been to aid in Covid-19 contact-tracing efforts. WSJ’s Joanna Stern explains the technologies using an 8-bit video game.’
SAN FRANCISCO—A heralded effort to bring together Silicon Valley tech giants, investors and the White House on tools to fight the new coronavirus is fizzling.
In March, a cohort of influential technology leaders formed a task force to devise tech solutions for the pandemic, a signal that the nation’s innovation engine was kicking into gear. Employees of Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. were involved, along with the White House and famed venture investors.
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Food for thought about Minneapolis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO