The Desegregation of Privacy Issues: Closing the Privacy Gap?

By Terry Calhoun

Was North Korea’s underground explosion even nuclear? If so, many experts are saying that it was either a partial success or a partial failure, in technical terms. Years ago, maybe even a few years ago, we’d have had North Korea’s claims as the sole data to analyze. Now, any size of underground shaking is identified and measured. Nowadays, however:

“It’s pretty remarkable that such a small explosion was promptly apparent on seismometers all over the world,” said Paul Richards, a seismologist at Columbia University‘s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, NY. “The detection of this was really good. You can’t hide these kinds of things, even very small tests.”

There are lots of things that “you can’t hide” anymore. Consumers have experienced this as many institutions, including colleges and universities, have leaked “personal data” in hundreds of reported instances. At Ohio University, such leaks have been a significant part of a crisis of reputation that has resulted in loss of institutional prestige and a number of firings. (Although two IT staffers have recently won grievances asserting they were unfairly fired and had nothing to do with the security issues...

Read Complete Article | Back to top

Google Searches, Finds YouTube

In case you hadn’t heard, Google is buying YouTube for $1.65 billion...

Read More | Back to top

Turn Off, Tune In: Students Rediscover Traditional Links

Some faculty hope that Millennials are rediscovering the real world...

Read More | Back to top

Committee Contests IT Firings at Ohio University

Grievances were settled on behalf of two former Ohio University employees...

Read More | Back to top

Change Your Password at Baylor, Or Else!

Baylor is changing to new, intense minimum-safety password requirements...

Read More | Back to top

Arizona State University and Canon Team Up for Digital and Sustainable

Canon U.S.A., Inc. and Arizona State University announced a long-term partnership...

Read More | Back to top

'Convergence' Is the Buzzword at CU-Boulder

The Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS) complex for the media building (66k sq ft and $34M) is the center of…

Read More | Back to top

New Campus Computing Project Data and Analysis Released

“More than one-third of U.S. college campuses have Wi-Fi, giving their students blanket wireless broadband access at school.”...

Click here for details

Vinton Cerf Identifies True Prognosticators

Picture frames that channel Internet images to your living room wall?...

Click here for details

CaseLife Improves Communication at CWRU

Case Western Reserve University senior Robert Klayman wrote a piece of software...

Click here for details

SIUE Professor Offers Podcast Series That's Out of This World

“Astronomy-Cast” at the University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville...

Click here for details