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Another example of how your data is not safe.  Medical records anyone? Think of the power of a list of cialis users. I would be surprised if its not out there.

https://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2018/07/09/breach-impacts-340-million-americans/

and earlier:

https://www.wired.com/story/exactis-database-leak-340-million-records/

Have you ever heard of Exactis?  According to their website, the company states, “Exactis is a leading compiler and aggregator of premium business and consumer data”.  They go on to tout “With over 3.5 billion records (updated monthly), our universal data warehouse is one of the largest and most respected in the digital and direct marketing industry”.  That is a ton of data.  One would assume they have some serious security in place to keep that information safe.  But, we all know how bad it is to assume…

According to a researcher, Vinny Troia, that was certainly not the case.  While researching the lack of security of ElasticSearch, another database, he found Exactis was actually leaving personal data available to online users, without any form of firewall.   The data found included names, email addresses, physical addresses, personal likes and dislikes, names of any children, as well as their ages, and more.  Although, it is important to note, social security numbers were not listed.  Even without having socials posted, if this information was obtained by hackers, they could certainly create false profiles or targeted social engineering attacks.

After being notified of the breach, Exactis worked to resolve the security gap.  As of today, the information is no longer available for public viewing.  Although, that does not mean damage hasn’t already been done.  It remains unclear if the information was found by a malicious third-party.  However, Troia states it would not have been difficult to find.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese-government-social-credit-score-privacy-invasion

Imagine a world where many of your daily activities were constantly monitored and evaluated: what you buy at the shops and online; where you are at any given time; who your friends are and how you interact with them; how many hours you spend watching content or playing video games; and what bills and taxes you pay (or not).

For now, technically, participating in China's Citizen Scores is voluntary. But by 2020 it will be mandatory. The behaviour of every single citizen and legal person (which includes every company or other entity)in China will be rated and ranked, whether they like it or not.

so many nuggets, but SEO for social score:

Sesame Credit already offers tips to help individuals improve their ranking, including warning about the downsides of friending someone who has a low score.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/17/uk-retail-industry--gloom-high-street-shift-consumers?CMP=share_btn_fb

This I found interesting:

In food, increasing numbers of people now prefer to buy local and often. Fewer big weekly shops mean out-of-town superstores are under pressure and the big supermarkets are trying to lure in other retailers to take space they no longer need.

http://www.hoverbrothers.com/

Introduction to PhOENIX Theory

PhOENIX: The Physics Of Entanglements Networks and Information eXchanges is based on topology and combinatorics whereby all the known “particles” in physics can be represented as information which has been spatially entangled onto networks of vertices.

According to E=mc2, mass is nothing more than entangled energy. With PhOENIX, we have decoded how that energy becomes entangled, how it forms particles, and how those particles interact according to simple rules, using Graph Theory. A graph with n vertices is represented by an nxn matrix, called a coordinate matrix.

WOW!  not a believer yet though. But a fun idea.

Seems lightening fast for me.

Just come from a trip to scotland, and was running my new Garmin along side my phone with waze. When I came to the new Queensferry Crossing, replacing the Forth Bridge near Edinburugh,  Waze was aware of the new road.  Garmin was not.

It opened in Aug.  google is aware of it too. 

WTF?  I have live traffic and regularly updated speed cameras, but a huge project road like that is still not on the map 3 months after it has been opened.  They had plenty of notice. Its even on my new AA paper map.


Is that normal in the rest of the world?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/predicting-unforeseen-follies-autonomous-vehicles-don-norman

Full script:

Fully autonomous vehicles? Programmed to be safe, not to crash into me? Hey! I can ignore it. Drive or walk the street in front of it, regardless of traffic lights. Deliberately stand in front at an intersection, preventing it from moving forward. Hold a mirror in front of its video or laser sensors - that ought to confuse it. What a wonderful source for entertainment, tricks, and trouble making. Yup, autonomous vehicles.

sounds like shooting delivery drones to me.

https://www.firebox.com/iKettle-3rd-Gen/p8185