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Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:20:36 -0500
From: Jim Haynes <jhaynes@cavern.uark.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Meanwhile, back from the grave
Message-ID: <slrnjnm8qk.1sp.jhaynes@Frances.localdomain>
I just got the first in several years telemarketing call trying to sell me
an extended car warranty. Those pretty much dried up after they called a
congressman, as I recall.
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 23:04:47 -0400
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: MasterCard, VISA Warn of Processor Breach
Message-ID: <bw7u5d5qai39$.abs3erdd9xn6$.dlg@40tude.net>
On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:48:16 -0400, Monty Solomon wrote:
> MasterCard, VISA Warn of Processor Breach
>
>
> http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/mastercard-visa-warn-of-processor-breach/
>
>
> http://blogs.gartner.com/avivah-litan/2012/03/30/new-credit-card-data-breach-revealed/
>
Further details try to suggest it 'ain't as bad as it might have been':
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/global-payments-data-breach-is-contained/72895
But calling the breach "contained"? 'Zat "damage control"? or "whitewash"?
Cheers, -- tlvp
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Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 23:32:55 -0400
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: MasterCard, VISA Warn of Processor Breach
Message-ID: <rpx626l7c2tq.1afj897qsrisw$.dlg@40tude.net>
On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:48:16 -0400, Monty Solomon wrote:
> MasterCard, VISA Warn of Processor Breach
Here's Sophos Security's take on this Global Payments breach:
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/03/30/mastercard-and-visa-payment-processor-compromised-up-to-10-million-cards-stolen/
Not much different from earlier reports (indeed, not much later, either).
Cheers, -- tlvp
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Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:53:00 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Apple holds the master decryption key when it comes to iCloud security, privacy
Message-ID: <p06240880cba13abc94a1@[10.0.1.4]>
Apple holds the master decryption key when it comes to iCloud security, privacy
By Chris Foresman
Ars Technica
Ars recently attempted to delve into the inner workings of the
security built into Apple's iCloud service. Though we came away
reasonably certain that iCloud uses industry best practices that
Apple claims it uses to protect data and privacy, we warned that your
information isn't entirely protected from prying eyes. At the heart
of the issue is the fact that Apple can, at any time, review the data
synced with iCloud, and under certain circumstances might share that
information with legal authorities.
We consulted several sources to understand the implications of
iCloud's security and encryption model, and to understand what types
of best practices could maximize the security and privacy of user
data stored in increasingly popular cloud services like iCloud. In
short, Apple is taking measures to prevent access to user data from
unauthorized third parties or hackers. However, iCloud isn't
recommended for the more stringent security requirements of
enterprise users, or those paranoid about their data being accessed
by authorities.
...
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/04/apple-holds-the-master-key-when-it-comes-to-icloud-security-privacy.ars
Date: 3 Apr 2012 11:27:17 -0400
From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Q.: Credo mobile: who are they?
Message-ID: <jlf4sl$gcd$1@panix2.panix.com>
tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
>Postal flier reached me yesterday, from "Credo mobile", seemingly a MVNO
>reselling Sprint wireless service, and portraying itself as anti-tea-party
>in keeping with its activist-oriented sales hook.
>
>Who -- or what -- are they, really? In league with Working Assets? Other?
They are Working Assets, which changed their name some time ago.
Also, the long distance service recently moved from MCI-provided service to
Sprint-provided service. Don't know about the mobile services.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:38:48 +1000
From: "news" <news@newsfe23.iad.highwinds-media.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: 'Texting lane' just for laughs, but issue serious
Message-ID: <pan.2012.04.03.05.38.44.609054@yahoo.com.au>
'Texting lane' just for laughs, but issue serious April 3, 2012 - 10:00AM
PHILADELPHIA: The sidewalk lanes for the digitally distracted may be a
joke but officials in Philadelphia want the public to know the issue is no
laughing matter.
Lines on some sidewalks near City Hall now designate part of the pavement
as "e-lanes" suitable for chronic texters and digital music aficionados
-- although only through the end of the week.
..........
Read more:
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/texting-lane-just-for-laughs-but-issue-serious-20120403-1w9ne.html#ixzz1qx8uxYW0
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:27:38 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Wireless Taxes and Fees: A Tragedy of the Anticommons
Message-ID: <jlg82d$vvd$1@dont-email.me>
Two researchers at George Washington University's Mercatus Center have
analyzed the tax burden telephone users bear, and found that it's out
of proportion to other levies.
by Matthew Mitchell, Thomas Stratmann Jan 23, 2012
Combined federal, state, and local taxes on wireless services are
about twice as high as the average retail sales tax. While the
normative justification for above-average taxation of wireless
service is weak, there is a compelling public-choice explanation:
The mobile service tax base appears to suffer from a tragedy of the
anticommons. That is, multiple parties have the power to block or
partially block access to a resource, resulting in
under-utilization of the resource.
Numerous overlapping tax authorities seek to obtain revenues
through wireless-service taxation, and this may lead to
overexploitation of the tax base. The anticommons problem has two
dimensions. First, the mobile-service tax base funds numerous
distinct projects at each level of government. Second, the base is
taxed by numerous overlapping levels of government.
Rest at
http://mercatus.org/publication/wireless-taxes-and-fees-tragedy-anticommons
-or-
http://goo.gl/FO0UM
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Bill Horne
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Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:41:54 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: The New World of Massive Data Mining
Message-ID: <p0624088ccba148f0e89e@[10.0.1.4]>
The New World of Massive Data Mining
The Diane Rehm Show
GUEST HOST: TOM GJELTEN
April 2, 2012
Every time you go on the Internet, make a phone call, send an email,
pass a traffic camera or pay a bill, you create data, electronic
information. In all, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created each
day. This massive pile of information from all sources is called "Big
Data." It gets stored somewhere, and everyday the pile gets bigger.
Government and industry are finding new ways to analyze it. Last week
the administration announced an initiative to aid the development of
Big Data computing. A panel of experts join guest host Tom Gjelten to
discuss the opportunities - for business, science, medicine,
education, and security - but also the privacy concerns.
Guests
John Villasenor, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and
professor of electrical engineering at UCLA.
Michael Leiter, senior counselor, Palantir Technologies, former
director, National Counterterrorism Center.
Dr. Suzanne Iacono, co-chair, Big Data Senior Steering Group and
senior science adviser, Directorate for Computer and Information
Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation.
Daphne Koller, professor, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
...
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-04-02/new-world-massive-data-mining
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