Identity Resolution Daily Links 2007-10-29
[Post from Infoglide Software] What Happens in Vegas . . .
“Identity resolution guru Jeff Jonas, distinguished engineer and chief scientist, Entity Analytic Solutions, IBM, is back in the news again. The Washington Post recently featured him in an article on how technology developed for casinos is being applied to solve other problems like terrorist threats and money laundering. Who knew that Las Vegas was not only a great place to see the Rock Paper Scissors national championship or to (allegedly) commit a hotel room sports memorabilia theft but is also a hub of technology R&D?”
CQ.com: Growth of Terrorist Watch Lists Questioned
“The center was created in December 2003 to consolidate all the different terrorist watch lists maintained by various federal agencies into one master list, which would be used across the government. The center succeeded — almost. It weaved the numerous agency watch lists into two master lists. However, the center needs to do more fine tuning to make the lists more useful, eliminate duplicative names, redress misidentified individuals and pare down a growing inventory, according to witnesses at the hearing on Wednesday.”
PogoWasRight.org: Visa fines bank after losses in TJX breach
“Visa USA issued $880,000 in penalties against a bank that processed transactions for TJX Cos., after an investigation of a computer hacking incident at the retailer.”
The New York Times: Real ID That Spitzer Now Embraces Has Been Widely Criticized
“Mr. Spitzer’s new position, announced on Saturday in Washington, places New York among a handful of states agreeing to implement a federal identification system that has faced intense opposition from civil libertarians, immigration advocates and many lawmakers. Concerns focus on privacy protection and the costs to states that implement the Real ID program. One criticism that has been raised is that the personal information will be entered in databases that will be shared by every state, raising questions about how the data will be secured and how safe its storage will be.”
Jeff Jonas: Feature/Function Innovation: Inventing Left-Hand Columns
“Innovation does not mean listening to what a user is asking for and building it. Heck, the way I see it, by the time a user starts asking for something, they are most likely asking everyone for the same thing.”
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