When I read Larry Seltzer’s piece on H.R. S 773 IS, I fell into a constant nod about the issues he raised. In addition, I have two more: SEC. 11 (a): Lofty goals, but these seem rather obvious, since they…
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The excellent article “Security and Data Sharing” by Mark Richard and Leslie Lebl points to a few very important ramifications that the less than ideal current data sharing situation with the E.U. brings and what the ratification of the horrible…
Totally off-topic, but I really feel like communicating this: After 9 years in Massachusetts, I can now proudly claim to be a U.S. citizen! Along with 2717 other condidate, I took my Oath in the Hynes Convention Center in Boston…
Jeff thinks that my term describing the privacy situation in Europe is a little harsh. I cannot blame him, since the Europeans, and especially Germany has been working hard on presenting themselves as the global guardians of privacy. And, true…
Most often people will believe bad news much easier than good news, displaying a general sense of pessimism that is part of the human soul. But sometimes it is really hard to believe what kind of madness politicians come up…
The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the Privacy Office of DHS has sent a letter to the new Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, making some recommendations for the adjustment of the way the department deals with…
Oh well, I finally sat down and took the time to convert my aging main web site into something more dynamic. Since my – overall – quite reliable hoster gives me free PHP5 and MySQL databases, I took a closer…
Times are changing, and people have to change with it. Doh – another pearl of obvious wisdom, but there is an interesting application to the work life: while regular employment might change rather abruptly, business and community relationships usually do…
Wow – what a week this was… I have been through quite some ups and downs, and that is not even mentioning the fact that the U.S. got a new administration. Bad news first: not only did I have a…
There has already been quite some discussion on how to get Windows 7 to run under VirtualBox (bottom line: it works – just install it). Here is a litte add-on to this discussion: Running Windows 7 Beta 1 under VirtualBox…