by gtdonovan on December 28, 2011 at 5:04 pm · Filed under banks, commerce, credit score, edges, identity, link, nodes, privacy, PrivacyPod, semantic web, sns, social graph, surveillance
From the article: “A new wave of startups is working on algorithms gathering data for banks from the web of associations on the internet known as “the social graph,” in which people are “nodes” connected to each other by “edges.” Banks are already using social media to befriend their customers, and increasingly, their customers’ friends. The specifics are still shaking out, but the gist is that eventually, social media will account for at least the tippy-top of the mountain of data banks keep on their customers.”
by gtdonovan on December 8, 2011 at 5:08 pm · Filed under commerce, cracking, Gamma International, governance, hacking, iTunes, link, privacy, PrivacyPod, property, security, surveillance, updates, WSJ
From the article: “The Wall Street Journal unveiled on Saturday the “Surveillance Catalog” – an online database containing highlights from surveillance industry marketing documents. The documents show dozens of companies making and selling everything from “massive intercept” gear that can gather all Internet communications in a country to “hacking” tools that allow governments to break into people’s computers.”