Craig Blaha

Weblog: www.newtechobserver.com
Articles: 86
First Published: Nov 08, 2011 / Last Published: Apr 02, 2012
Profile image for cblaha

Craig is a privacy, secrecy, and social media researcher pursuing his PhD in Information Studies at UT Austin. Craig teaches undergraduate classes on Social Media and Privacy and the Internet and Public Policy. Craig has numerous professional and academic publications and presentations including his latest co-authored book chapter titled “Privacy in Times of War”. In 2010 he authored a chapter titled “Getting Management Buy-In” in a book titled IT Security Metrics published by McGraw Hill. Craig started a policy, technology, and social media analysis blog called the New Tech Observer (newtechobserver.com) as a way to keep up with the rapid changes in technology and privacy policy, and a place to make some of his policy analysis public for others to use. Craig has fifteen years experience working in information technology in leadership positions ranging from web development to information security and policy to user services, and he holds both security and ITIL certifications.

Craig Blaha's topics

Craig Blaha's claimed blogs

  1. 16575.

    moved down -795 places     		Site thumbnail

    New Tech Observer

    http://www.newtechobserver.com
    New Tech Observer tracks and analyzes the latest developments in privacy, surveillance, social networking, and information policy. With daily and weekly …
    Authority Technorati
    Auth: 115

Craig Blaha's articles

  1. April 2, 2012

    Local Police Use GPS Without Probable Cause
    According to records requests made by the ACLU, local law enforcement makes frequent use of GPS surveillance techniques
  2. March 20, 2012

    Controlling People Using Mobile Apps
    Northwestern University researchers experiment with using incentives and mobile devices to control travel patterns
  3. March 15, 2012

    Austin Homeless Hotspots
    Helping or exploiting the homeless? If it really makes you mad, donate.
  4. March 7, 2012

    Wall Street Journal Hosts a Free Hackathon
    The Wall Street Journal will host a free weekend seminar to develop free web tools to improve data transparency and privacy
  5. Over 30 Million Accounts on Facebook Belong to Dead People
    Researchers and social media community managers struggle with how to handle death on social media sites.
  6. March 6, 2012

    Anonymous Supporters Tricked Into Downloading Trojan
    Symantec has a blog post on how participants in the hacker group Anonymous may have been tricked into downloading code that steals their credit card information
  7. Police Surveillance Drone Crashes Into SWAT Truck
    A Police surveillance drone near Houston crashed during a test earlier this week, raising safety concerns.
  8. March 5, 2012

    Senator Asks the FTC to Investigate Apple, Android
    Senator Charles Schumer (D NY) has asked the FTC to investigate allegations that both Apple and Android applications can steal photos without user permission
  9. Why Internet Based Voting is "Unfixably Broken"
    Two panelists at the RSA Security 2012 Conference explain why Internet voting
  10. March 1, 2012

    Google's Eric Schmidt Warns New UN Treaty Will be a Disaster
    A new UN treaty could change how the Internet is regulated, Eric Schmidt warns, emphatically, that we'll regret the changes if they happen.