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Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 19/12/2008 | 2569 views

Yahoo To Shorten Data Retention To 3 months

Yahoo has announced that it will anonymise search records after 90 days and remove any personally identifiable connection to searches. Far short of what could be achieved, the Yahoo announcement is in an effort to stave off legislation in the US and Eu which would probably have even stricter provisions. Yahoo certainly increases pressure on Google... Group: Whatever...

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 11/12/2008 | 1657 views

What Do You Want In Identity?

I thought I'd start again with a theoretical discussion to try and stimulate a little thought on what we want from 'identity'. What is identity? Answers gives us: The collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known (by others). The set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which a... Group: Whatever...

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 08/12/2008 | 2201 views | 4 comments

Democratic Identity Is The ID and Vote They Can't Steal

I've been busy lately pursuing Democratic Identity. DI. Forget your regular ID, that's been stolen. It's been stolen by criminals and mismanaged by governments. The criminals are busy robbing computer users of an estimated $100 billion a year, and governments have failed to deliver any reliable identity to citizens. It isn't the money that is the... Group: Whatever...

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 02/12/2008 | 2219 views | 1 comment

Superannuation Funds Have Lost All Trustworthiness

I have been looking at the Super (401K/Retirement) Funds over the last few months and I don't see that they have much of a future. In Australia investors who haven't quite lost all their money have either had their instructions completely ignored by the funds, or had their deposits frozen. I'd be thinking that once those customers get their money ... Group: Whatever...

Dean Procter - Transinteract - Sydney | 01/12/2008 | 1829 views

What Lessons Can We Learn From Mumbai?

It appears that there was a lack of co-ordination between and within police, army and anti-terrorist forces, with none of the NSG located in Mumbai. The fact that they needed to be flown in suggests a total lack of preparedness. There needs to be better co-ordination and placement of forces, along with integration of police and army. In this moder... Group: Whatever...