---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190726032929.GA8973@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 03:29:29 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Your Data Were 'Anonymized'? These Scientists Can Still Identify You Computer scientists have developed an algorithm that can pick out almost any American in databases supposedly stripped of personal information. By Gina Kolata Your medical records might be used for scientific research. But don't worry, you're told - personally identifying data were removed. Information about you gathered by the Census Bureau might be made public. But don't worry - it, too, has been "anonymized." https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/health/data-privacy-protection.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190726031125.GA8719@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 03:11:25 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: New Trump Labor Secretary Pick Will Weaken Worker Protections If confirmed by the Senate, President Trump's new pick for Labor Secretary, Eugene Scalia, will follow the Trump administration's blueprint of weakening employment and health and safety protections for workers in order to further enrich already wealthy CEOs and large shareholders. https://cwa-union.org/news/new-trump-labor-secretary-pick-will-weaken-worker-protections -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <f751fa4527c205f2ca608d154f2096be.squirrel@mai.hallikainen.org> Date: 26 Jul 2019 09:16:27 -0700 From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold@mai.hallikainen.org> Subject: [Telecom] EXAMINATION OF THE LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND RELATED POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF AT&T CALIFORNIA AND FRONTIER CALIFORNIA An extensive report created for the California Public Utilities Commission on wireline quality in California: https://www.tellusventure.com/downloads/cpuc/quality/cpuc_network_examination_2010_2017_executive_summary_redacted_22jul2019.pdf Harold -- FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com Not sent from an iPhone. ***** Moderator's Note ***** On page 7 of the .pdf file, the "Key Conclusions and Recommendations resulting from this study" mentions "Deteriorating service quality," and "Persistent disinvestment," plus "Failure to adapt network infrastructure to withstand varying weather and environmental conditions." There are other items in the list. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0978C766-C6E0-442A-9859-6177F343DED8@roscom.com> Date: 26 Jul 2019 11:57:19 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: [Paywall] Sprint, T-Mobile receive merger approval from Department of Justice Sprint, T-Mobile receive merger approval from Department of Justice The $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint secured final approval on Friday from the Department of Justice, where regulators blessed the combination of the country's third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers after they agreed to sell off a critical portion of their business to Dish Network. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/26/sprint-t-mobile-receive-merger-approval-department-justice/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 27 Jul 2019 The Teleocm Digest FAQ is at http://telecom-digest.org/faq.html