Craig Blaha

Weblog: www.newtechobserver.com
Articles: 109
First Published: Nov 08, 2011 / Last Published: Oct 02, 2012
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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.

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Craig Blaha's articles

  1. December 8, 2011

    Shopper Surveillance Using Microsoft XBox Kinect
    3d technology tracks shopper movements in real time.
  2. Facebook Won't Censor Posts for India
    The Indian Government wants American companies Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and Twitter to censor content
  3. Video Privacy Protection Law Changes Passed by House
    Netflix hopes to stream videos through Facebook, but 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act makes it illegal to share video history.
  4. December 7, 2011

    Zuckerberg's Facebook Account Hacked
    A bug in Facebook software has allowed subscribers to see photos marked as private since November 27.
  5. Can Super Computing Predict Insider Threats?
    Georgia Tech and the Defense Advanced Research Project are developing software to predict threats before they happen.
  6. December 6, 2011

    Mit Romney Spends $98,000 Hiding Records
    Some actions to hide and destroy records were "unprecedented"
  7. December 5, 2011

    Using What We Know About Spam to Fight AIDS
    Algorithms and tools developed by Microsoft to fight spam are helping researchers learn how the AIDS virus adapts.
  8. New Legislation: Spy Agencies Allowed to Share Secrets
    House committee approves legislation that would allow spy agencies to share information with contractors and ISPs
  9. Gowalla Confirms Facebook Acquisition
    Facebook did not acquire user data
  10. December 2, 2011

    A New Answer to SOPA: New Piracy Legislation Starts With Discussion Draft
    Lawmakers offer an alternative to SOPA and PIPA, leaving out search and ISP blacklisting.