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Bruce Schneier—Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
One of the most striking paradoxes of our time resides in our smartphones. Our everyday use of these iconic and progressively factotum apparatuses records at various levels every activity we do in space and time, with the unbelievable outcome that, on a mass scale, we’re happy about that and willfully give up our intimate privacy to be allowed to continue using them. It’s nothing new, but we’re still turning our head to what is behind. There are battles going on to conquer the most strategic parts of the big data we produce, in the huge business called “DaaS” (data as a service). Data and Goliath is a book about these battles, written by an acknowledged security expert, who has not given up on opposing the total surveillance paradigm. He thoughtfully couples a lucid analysis deducted from plenty of facts and sources with suggestions. Schneier’s privacy advocacy clarifies the overwhelming confusion in the current post-Snowden revelation period, sorting out the wrong approach to national securities and the inflated scale of control. His passionate approach doesn’t prevent him from imagining alternative scenarios, where new types of business models replace the current privacy in exchange for free services model. On the other side, an important part of the book is dedicated to advice, from breaking up the NSA into more specialized agencies, to teaching users why they need to stop sharing so much personal and intimate details and how. Being encouraged by a major expert in the field is the best argument for privacy one can ask for…
« Quelqu’un Apprend à Détruire Internet », Selon Bruce Schneier
Pour l’écrivain et expert en cybersécurité et en cryptographie Bruce Schneier, « quelqu’un est en train d’apprendre à détruire Internet », comme il le titre dans son dernier article de blog. L’actuel directeur de la technologie de Resilient, une société d’IBM, affirme que des attaques particulières visent des acteurs majeurs du web depuis déjà deux ans.
Bruce Schneier est une sommité en ce qui concerne la sécurité informatique. L’auteur du mythique livre « Applied Cryptograhy » tient depuis 2004 un blog très fréquenté dans lequel, ce mardi 13 septembre, il a publié …
Espionage Insiders: Welcome to the Post-Forgetting World
"I can’t think of any other issue that moved people so quickly." By security expert Bruce Schneier’s estimation, more than 700 million people worldwide changed their behavior on the Internet as a direct result of what Edward Snowden’s NSA leak revealed about government surveillance. Even more amazing: they all did it within one year.
What motivated so many private citizens to take action? "They did that because of secrets. The biggest enemy to society, the thing that is most corrosive, is secrecy," says Schneier. "Edward Snowden started the dialogue."…
Book Review: Data and Goliath
This is one of Bruce Schneier’s latest books, but my first read from him. The title caught my attention, and I’m glad it did.
Ask Me Anything
Bruce Schneier did an AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) on Reddit. Topics covered included Tor, voting systems, open source hardware, the Solitaire cipher, risk insurance, industrial control systems, and the game Dungeons and Dragons.
Schneier: Next President May Face IoT Cyberattack That Causes People to Die
Some people may think the upcoming US presidential election is a Kobayashi Maru, a lose-lose scenario no matter who wins, but which candidate would best deal with a cyberattack that caused people to die?
In an article about how hacking the Internet of Things will result in real world disasters, security guru Bruce Schneier—who is not known for spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt)—was not talking about hacks against banks or the smart grid that would cause general chaos; oh no, he was describing hacks against devices connected to the internet which would actually result in people dying…
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World (Review)
Executive Summary
Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World is Bruce Schneier’s manifesto on what should be done about the amount, and controls around data being collected on us. If, like me, you have been focused on Information Security this book is a great exposure to the privacy issues our profession is facing. The book is more focused on policy than practical application, but worth the read for the background and ideas presented.
Data and Goliath is a call to action around two topics: first, the cultural acceptance of not owning our personal data or understanding how it is being used; and second, the difference between nation-state espionage and mass surveillance. Trying to reduce the themes of the book to just a couple of points is a gross oversimplification. This book belongs in the Canon due to the foundational and timeless issues it addresses for our industry. Finally, don’t let the 400-page length intimidate you, as the text of the book is only 238 pages with the rest being reference notes…
Bruce Schneier at Infosecurity Europe 2016
This year’s Infosecurity Europe conference had so many great places to be and things to do that it was often hard to choose how best to spend one’s limited time and harder still for many to identify a single highlight. For myself personally, however, it had to be the opportunity to hear one of my favourite writers for many years speaking on the keynote stage.
Whilst terms like “security guru” or even “thought leader” are often bandied around and diluted to the point of being meaningless, few of us mere security mortals can reasonably dispute the influence, credibility and respect that Bruce Scheiner holds as a writer, technologist, cryptographer and entrepreneur. You know that when he speaks at an event like this, it is not an opportunity you’re going to get every day…
IoT Security: Lack of Expertise Will Hurt, Says Bruce Schneier
The lack of relevant technical expertise by governments is going to hurt when it comes to securing the internet of things (IoT), according to security technologist Bruce Schneier.
Governments have a crucial role to play in tackling what he sees as the next big security challenge, he told Infosecurity Europe 2016 in London.
One of the biggest challenges, according to Schneier, is that there is no good regulatory structure for IoT which connects finance, health, energy and transport information.
“We don’t know how to do this, so we are going to need government solutions that are holistic that will deal with IoT devices no matter what they are doing,” he said…
Government Regulation Will Clip Coders' Wings, Says Bruce Schneier
Systems "too critical to allow programmers to do as they want"
Government regulation of the Internet of Things will become inevitable as connected kit in arenas as varied as healthcare and power distribution becomes more commonplace, according to security guru Bruce Schneier.
“Governments are going to get involved regardless because the risks are too great. When people start dying and property starts getting destroyed, governments are going to have to do something,” Schneier said during a keynote speech at the Infosecurity Europe trade show in London.
The choice is between smart (well-informed) or stupid government regulations with the possibility of non-interference getting taken off the table…
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.