Security Archives - Tristan Louis (TNL.net)

You’re a suspect

June 8, 2013PoliticsApple, AT&T, Bank, Boston, Bush administration, cellular telephone, cent, Code, Congress, Crime prevention, digital certificate, email, entrepreneur, Ethics, Europe, Facebook, FBI facility, Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal government, financials networks, FOIA, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, France, Freedom of Information Act, Google, Internet privacy, law, Mass surveillance, Microsoft, mobile operator, mydata, National security, National Security Agency, NSA, NSA warrantless surveillance controversy, online hacking, online service, Patriot Act, Pentagon, Prime Minister, Privacy, Privacy Act, Privacy of telecommunications, representative, Security, Sprint, spy, Such Agency, Surveillance, Twin Towers, U.S. Congress, UN Court, United Kingdom, United States, US government, Verizon, White House

A free society can exist in a terror-laden world. Here’s what you can do.

Protecting our electronic infrastructures

February 16, 2013PoliticsAmerica, American Civil Liberties Union, anonymous, China, Computer law, Computer security, Congress, Coordinator, Cyberwarfare, Department of Homeland Security, electronic infrastructure, Electronic warfare, Ethics, executive, government, hacking, House of Representatives, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Internet browsing information, Internet privacy, Janet Napolitano, Java, LOLSEC, Military technology, Obama, online infrastructures, personal communications, Richard Clarke, Russia, secretary, Secretary of Defense, Security, senate, State of the Union, technology world, the New York Times, Tim Berners-Lee, Twitter, U.S. Congress, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, US department of defense, US federal reserve, US government, World War III

The US government gets serious about electronic threats.

Internet balancing act

August 11, 2012PoliticsAccess, Advertising, bandwidth services, CEO, Computer law, copper infrastructure, copper telephone line network, Copyright, Dalton Caldwell, Democratic Party, Electricity, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Free Speed, Google, Internet Access, Internet balancing act It, Internet censorship, internet communities, Internet privacy, Internet Property Attache Act, Internet usage, Internet users, internet whole, law enforcement, Lowell McAdam, lower speed internet access networks, Microsoft, non-advertising, Obama administration, Paul Ryan, PicPlz, Privacy, Security, social media, SOPA, Speed, Stop Online Piracy Act, streaming video, Surveillance, text-based advertising, Twitter, U.S. Congress, United States, Verizon, Web 2.0, wireless service, wonderful technologies

Striking a balance to keep the internet alive.

2011 Predictions: The scorecard

December 18, 2011Business, Media, Politics, TechnologyAndroid, AT&T, christmas, Copenhagen, Denmark, e-book, e-books, Egypt, Espionage, Facebook, Federal Communications Commission, gamification, Google Inc., Groupon, Intel, Internet Backlash, internet legislation, internet political story, Internet regulation, iPhone, kindle, LinkedIn, media product, Microsoft, National Football League, National security, Near Field Communication, New Year's Day, New York, NFC chips, NFL, Nokia, Prediction, predictions, promising technology, Region Hovedstaden, regulated internet, Security, smart phones, T-mobile, technology side, The Guardian, the New York Times, Tunisia, United States diplomatic cables leak, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks, World Wide Web, Zynga

A review of my 2011 predictions.

Geeks: Get Involved

February 27, 2011PoliticsBroadband, broadband Internet, Clinton administration, digital media, Egypt, Espionage, Finland, Information published by WikiLeaks, Internet Access, Internet censorship, Internet crowd, internet governance, Internet industry, internet kill switch, internet policy-making, law, legal, Libya, mobile devices, National security, online community, Pentagon, policy, politics, pro-internet candidates, Reception of WikiLeaks, Security, then nascent Internet industry, Tunisia, U.S. Congress, unfettered internet access, United States, US congressman, US State Department, Washington DC, Web 2.0, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks, wireless access

Why geeks need to get involved in policy making.

Governance in the age of Wikileaks — Part 3

December 12, 2010Politicsamazon, censorship, Civil rights and liberties, Espionage, first amendment, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, Freedom of speech in the United States, fundamental law, internet age, Internet censorship, internet service, Internet users, law, mastercard, National security, Paypal, Pentagon, Reception of WikiLeaks, Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, representative, rights, search engines, Security, Supreme Court, the New York Times, the Times, United States, United States Constitution, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks

3 rights to online publishing could increase freedom of expression on the internet.

Governance in the age of Wikileaks — Part 2

December 12, 2010Politicsanonymous, civil disobedience, DDOS, Denial-of-service attacks, Espionage, Internet censorship, Internet culture, law, National security, Project Chanology, Security, United States, V for Vendetta, web server, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks

The actions of Anonymous, the pro-wikileak hacktivists are wrong. Here’s why.

Governance in the age of Wikileaks — Part 1

December 12, 2010Politicsamazon, BP, civil society, Credit cards, Der Spiegel, El Pais, Eleanor Roosevelt, Espionage, Franklin Roosevelt, Freedom of information, Germany, Hillary Clinton, International relations, internet freedom, internet-connected world, John Adams, law, Le Monde, mastercard, National security, New York, news magazine, Newsweek, Reactions to the United States diplomatic cables leak, Reception of WikiLeaks, representative, Secretary of State, Security, Spain, Tennessee, The Guardian, the New York, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time Magazine, United Kingdom, United States, visa, Visa Inc., Whistleblowing, Wikileaks, World Wide Web

If wikileaks broke the law, charges should be filed. If not, Visa, Mastercard, and others may have to explain their actions.

Wikileaks tests internet freedom

December 4, 2010Media, Politicsamazon, Amazon.com, Central Intelligence Agency, Cloud computing, Congress, David Ulevitch, diplomat, diplomatic communications, donation services, DynDNS, encryption, EveryDNS, founder, Guantanamo Bay, internet freedom, Internet industry, Interpol, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War documents leak, Julian Assange, Louis Brandeis, National security, Neal Stephenson, netflix, online reaction, OpenDNS, Paypal, Pentagon, Plame affair, policeman, providing donation services, Reactions to the United States diplomatic cables leak, Reception of WikiLeaks, Sarah Palin, Security, Switzerland, the New York Times, UN Court, United States, United States Supreme Court, US government, Valerie Plame, web addressing services, Whistleblowing, White House, Wikileaks, World Wide Web

If Wikileaks doesn’t make you uncomfortable, you probably don’t understand what’s at stake.

Fighting Hacking 2.0

August 7, 2010Business, Technologyamazon, C, CIFOO camp, computer chips, Digital DawgPound, Frank Abagnale, Fred Wilson, Fred's, Hacker, hacking, human nature, internet service, ISP, Java, operating systems, PHP, problems using computing software, programmer, Roger Ehrenberg, Security, social media system, social software, software authoring, software class, software core, software stack, StankDawg, term web, Unix, unix systems, web servers, web service, White hat

People, not algorithms, are the best way to fight hacking. Here’s Why.

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