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    Five Steps To Better Privacy On Facebook

    by  • October 15, 2013 • Uncategorized

    Facebook is easily the most popular social media platform with consumers, which also (next to a Web site) makes it the most popular platform with companies and brands. If you choose to have a personal or corporate presence on Facebook (and there are a number of valid arguments on why you should and shouldn’t...

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    The Unrealistic Desire To Build A More Open Internet

    by  • October 9, 2013 • Uncategorized

    Today’s New York Times Op-Ed piece by Eli Dourado at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University poses a great question – Can we ever trust the internet again?  The simple answer is no, but I will get back to that in a bit. The article does a great job discussing the nascent “open-hardware”...

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    The Privacy Question Behind Painless Travel

    by  • October 7, 2013 • Uncategorized

    The revelations of Edward Snowden have revealed what many expected – Big Brother is watching you. Some in certain agencies and other government circles would change this to say “watching out for you” but that is all semantics. The issue isn’t necessarily all about government collecting the data, it is more about what the...

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    Judging Social Media Risk

    by  • October 2, 2013 • Uncategorized

    “Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.” You have seen the corporate speech. Had the training from HR. Maybe even read (or at least skimmed) the corporate policy stuffed with legalese, or God forbid, actually take a look at the current (but changing next week) Facebook privacy policy. You understand...

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    Welcome to Asymmetric Insights

    by  • September 25, 2013 • Uncategorized

    Welcome to the new digital home of Asymmetric Insights (AI). Asymmetric Insights is a next generation technology research, analysis, and strategy firm located near Washington, DC  where focus on helping companies and government agencies navigate the rapidly evolving intersection of risk, digital security, and public sector use of technology. Why Asymmetric Insights? I have...

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