Archive for the ‘Internet Tracking’ Category
November 9, 2015
If you do any banking online, you’ve probably gotten that message at one time or another.
Maybe it was when you got a new computer … or, when you used a friend’s computer to pay a bill.
You probably didn’t think much of it.
You just answered the security questions and paid your bill.
Bet you didn’t stop to wonder: How did Bank of Boise know that this wasn’t my usual computer?
Better yet, ask: How does the bank know when I am on my regular computer?
Well, now that I’ve aroused you curiosity, the answer is ….
Your computer has its own distinctive “device fingerprints” that make it identifiable on the Net as your computer.
I worry about stuff like this. So, I’d thought about this one.
And, my thinking was wrong.
Here’s what’s going on …
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March 26, 2015
If you do any banking online, you’ve probably gotten that message at one time or another.
Maybe it was when you got a new computer … or, when you used a friend’s computer to pay a bill.
You probably didn’t think much of it.
You just answered the security questions and paid your bill.
Bet you didn’t stop to wonder: How did Bank of Boise know that this wasn’t my usual computer?
Better yet, ask: How does the bank know when I am on my regular computer?
Well, now that I’ve aroused you curiosity, the answer is ….
Your computer has its own distinctive “device fingerprints” that make it identifiable on the Net as your computer.
I worry about stuff like this. So, I’d thought about this one.
And, my thinking was wrong.
Here’s what’s going on …
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November 25, 2014
If you do any banking online, you’ve probably gotten that message at one time or another.
Maybe it was when you got a new computer … or, when you used a friend’s computer to pay a bill.
You probably didn’t think much of it.
You just answered the security questions and paid your bill.
Bet you didn’t stop to wonder: How did Bank of Boise know that this wasn’t my usual computer?
Better yet, ask: How does the bank know when I am on my regular computer?
Well, now that I’ve aroused you curiosity, the answer is ….
Your computer has its own distinctive “device fingerprints” that make it identifiable on the Net as your computer.
I worry about stuff like this. So, I’d thought about this one.
And, my thinking was wrong.
Here’s what’s going on …
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November 1, 2013
Even Jon Stewart was flabbergasted when HHS Sebelius said she didn’t know how many people had enrolled on the ObamaCare exchanges.
Zillions of site hits, but no idea how many orders were placed.
Sounded fishy to just about everybody, right?
Any online marketing program – and, no doubt about it, this is a marketing program — tracks orders by the minute, hour, day, week, month, campaign duration.
Now, CBS reports that HHS has been getting real-time reporting … and a daily dashboard that includes, well, enrollments.
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So, why would Sebelius and the CMS head lie about not knowing the numbers?
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July 31, 2013
Though I’ve on the case re: internet tracking, I’ve gotta admit that I’d been pretty cavalier re: identity theft on a personal level.
Not any more.
I’ve been hacked and “thieved”.
And, take it from me, it isn’t pretty.
Here’s what happened and what I’ve learned that might help you …
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June 19, 2013
If you do any banking online, you’ve probably gotten that message at one time or another.
Maybe it was when you got a new computer … or, when you used a friend’s computer to pay a bill.
You probably didn’t think much of it.
You just answered the security questions and paid your bill.
Bet you didn’t stop to wonder: How did Bank of Boise know that this wasn’t my usual computer.
Well, now that I’ve aroused you curiosity, the answer is ….
You’re computer has its own distinctive “device fingerprints” that make it identifiable on the Net as your computer.
I worry about stuff like this. So, I’d thought about this one.
And, my thinking was wrong.
Here’s what’s going on …
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June 14, 2013
Yesterday we posted about a company developing algorithms that comb through key factors including content of posts, and location, among others
….. to provide a very to develop a identify and “unify social profiles” for users who may be using different names or handles on each of their social networks.
The post elicited strong interest and 2 replies that I want to highlight.
The first is from Niv Singer, Chief Technology Officer at Tracx … the man, and the company referenced.
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June 13, 2013
Consumers are signing up to share personal data at an alarming rate via sleep monitors, pedometers and activity trackers, dietary logs, brainwave monitors, grocery and restaurant loyalty cards, credit cards, Foursquare and Facebook check-ins, photo geotagging, and other digital means.
As insurers, lenders, and others attempt to manage risk, they will inevitably turn alternative data sources to round out the picture of each consumer applicant –
Here are some ways that companies can (and are) using the data they collect on you.
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June 13, 2013
And, it’s not for books … it’s for cloud computing services.
Say, what?
The WSJ reports that Amazon is vying against IBM for a $600 million contract to set up a cloud-computing system for the CIA.
Here are some highlights …
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June 12, 2013
Been reading a book called Big Data, Big Analytics …
Given the flap over the Feds grabbing phone and Internet info, this caught my eye.
Book quotes a guy named Niv Singer, Chief Technology Officer at Tracx, a social media intelligence software provider.
Niv says:
“It can sometimes be a real challenge to unify social profiles for a single user who may be using different names or handles on each of their social networks …
… so we’ve built an algorithm that combs through key factors including content of posts, and location, among others, to provide a very robust identity unification.”
Singer explained that they are combining social check-in data from Facebook, Foursquare, and similar social sites and applications over maps to show information … down to the street level where conversations are happening
Source
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English translation: You can run, but you can’t hide …they’ll find you.
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June 11, 2013
According to Javelin Strategy & Research … 1 in 8 onliners post their pet’s name to social media sites, even though its a fairly common challenge question used to confirm identities.
More generally, Javelin warns that consumers’ social media and mobile behaviors may be putting them at greater risk.
in 2011, identity fraud increased by 13 percent … more than 11.6 million adults became a victim of identity fraud in the United States,
Javelin reports that “consumers are still sharing a significant amount of personal information frequently used to authenticate a consumer’s identity.”
Specifically,
- 68 percent of people with public social media profiles shared their birthday information (with 45 percent sharing month, date and year);
- 63 percent shared their high school name;
- 18 percent shared their phone number;
- 12 percent shared their pet’s name
All are prime examples of personal information a company would use to verify you
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June 10, 2013
Team Obama would still like us all to believe that it was just two rogue agents in Cincinnati were responsible for the IRS targeting of conservative groups.
Well, that defense seems to be working against them in the phone flap and internet snooping bruhaha.
Specifically, the President argues that his and the other branches of government provide adequate safeguards to preclude any abuse.
Well, what if tow rogue agents decide to go IRS on the security data?
Hmmm.
Peggy Noonan states the case more elegantly in her blog … here’s an excerpt …
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June 9, 2013
One of President Obama’s pushbacks on the phone monitoring flap is that folks shouldn’t worry because the government is just collecting “metadata”.
My first reaction was; “How many folks know what metadata is?”
My 2nd reaction was: “Does he have any idea what metadata is?”
For the record, Wiki says that the term metadata refers to “data about data”.
The term is ambiguous, as it is used for two fundamentally different concepts (types).
Structural metadata is about the design and specification of data structures and is more properly called “data about the containers of data”.
Descriptive metadata, on the other hand, is about individual instances of application data, the data content.
In this case, a useful description would be “data about data content” … “metacontent”.
That definition got me thinking: “Man, there’s a lot of info in phone metadata – calling number, called number, time, call duration, location”
Note: The President left out “location” in his remarks … hmmm.
Why might this “metadata” be troubling to folks?
Let’s work through a hypothetical …
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