Operator Speaking by Zachary Constantine
 

Posts Tagged ‘consumer data mining’

RFID Snooping and Tracking Countermeasures

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

People often ask me* how they can avoid becoming the victim of electronic pickpocketing and broadcasting a composite RFID signature which allows Big Brother to track their movements. I tell people* – and this is really, really simple – you should just shred your passport and your credit cards, toss your birth certificate, Social Security [...]

Welcome to my tar pit…

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Actually, if you are reading this, you are not presently a resident fossil in the brand-new Operator Speaking Tar Pit. … but watch yourself – you never know … Tar Pit Operation Record incoming user agent, IP address Compare user agent, IP address to Black List On match, apply ban level (deny, poison) protocol Tar [...]

Project Gaydar: Data-Mining Social Networks

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Using data from the social network Facebook, they made a striking discovery: just by looking at a person’s online friends, they could predict whether the person was gay. They did this with a software program that looked at the gender and sexuality of a person’s friends and, using statistical analysis, made a prediction. The two [...]

Like your identity? Hold on to your card.

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

While I understand that you need to check identification, I do not consent to having my personal information stored in your computer systems for any length of time. I value my privacy and I do not want my location or purchasing habits tracked. Moreover, my personal information is valuable and you have provided me with [...]