Comments on: MBTA exposed more than the talk would have http://www.mckeay.net/2008/08/14/mbta-exposed-more-than-the-talk-would-have/ The views of one man on security, privacy and anything else that catches his attention Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:00:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Security4all http://www.mckeay.net/2008/08/14/mbta-exposed-more-than-the-talk-would-have/comment-page-1/#comment-3155 Security4all Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:14:44 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2008/08/14/mbta-exposed-more-than-the-talk-would-have/#comment-3155 Yep, based on Barbara. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect The Streisand effect is a phenomenon on the Internet where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be widely publicized. Examples are attempts to censor a photograph, a file, or even a whole website, especially by means of cease-and-desist letters. Instead of being suppressed, the information sometimes quickly receives extensive publicity, often being widely mirrored across the Internet, or distributed on file-sharing networks. A lot of people (or corporations) don't know about this. They should because this backfires every time. The slides from the replacement talk are online too (from Brenno De Winter) on the OV card in the Netherlands http://dewinter.com/2008/08/16/defcon-16-talk-ticket-to-trouble/ Yep, based on Barbara.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

The Streisand effect is a phenomenon on the Internet where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be widely publicized. Examples are attempts to censor a photograph, a file, or even a whole website, especially by means of cease-and-desist letters. Instead of being suppressed, the information sometimes quickly receives extensive publicity, often being widely mirrored across the Internet, or distributed on file-sharing networks.

A lot of people (or corporations) don’t know about this. They should because this backfires every time.

The slides from the replacement talk are online too (from Brenno De Winter) on the OV card in the Netherlands
http://dewinter.com/2008/08/16/defcon-16-talk-ticket-to-trouble/

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