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PRISM

Posted on June 10, 2013 by trustcontroller

No comments. It was so expected. Scott McNealy was a true visionary when he uttered those words back in 1999: “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.” Subconsciously am waiting for another visionary brave enough to say “You have … Continue reading →

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One big damning multiplier

Posted on May 13, 2013 by trustcontroller

I do not think I could have written it better, so I decided to quote Bloomberg Businessweek (May 6, 2013) verbatim. I hope I will be forgiven. “Peter Drucker, the celebrated management theorist, certainly thought that the CEO-to-rank-and-file multiplier mattered. … Continue reading →

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Trustworthy Software Initiative

Posted on April 4, 2013 by trustcontroller

I came across this initiative some time ago, and re-visited them recently. They are a kind of information exchange hub for all activities that try to make software more trustworthy – or simply better. We all agree that the average … Continue reading →

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Trustworthy computing, revisited

Posted on April 1, 2013 by trustcontroller

It has been more than ten years since Microsoft published its position paper on trustworthy computing in 2002. They celebrated it with the release of a TwC Next, the revised paper on trustworthy computing. On the surface, not much has … Continue reading →

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The lesser evil of trust

Posted on March 28, 2013 by trustcontroller

What if you have two bad choices and you have to choose one? You go for a lesser evil – the one that relatively looks better because it hurts less. What if you have no-one to trust and you have … Continue reading →

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