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Black Hat Asia 2014,
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"I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" takes on a sinister new meaning as jurisdictions around the world stumble over each other to 'set the people's data free'. New York City now has an Open Data Law and boasts in subway ads that 'our apps are whiz kid certified' (i.e. third party), which of course translates to 'we didn't pay for them, and don't blame us if somebody got it wrong and the bus don't come.' This session reports on my (and other people's) research aimed at prying out data that you're probably not supposed to have from Open Government Systems around the world. Recent findings from the Asia Pacific region are included.
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Tom Keenan
- University of Calgary
Tom Keenan (@drfuture) wrote his first machine and assembler language programs in 1965 and by 1972 was working as a systems programmer on the KRONOS and MULTICS operating systems. This led to a long career as a computer science professor, media commentator and writer about the human side of technology. He helped design one of the first automated DNA sequencing machines as well as a system for personal identification based on typing rhythm. He has a Master's in Engineering and a Doctorate from Columbia University and has held a number of credentials including CISSP but does not feel the need for that now. An award-winning journalist, he co-authored the 1984 CBC Radio IDEAS series "Crimes of the Future" and is the author of the recently published book, "Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy"
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