The Rise Of Sovereign Computing With Personal Servers
Personal servers, like Umbrel and Start9’s Embassy, are ways for people to have more control over data and become more sovereign in the process.Pascal Hügli is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration in Zurich where he teaches students about Bitcoin.In human affairs, action is a fundamental force. It was the great Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises, who stated that action is axiomatic to human conduct. Humans undeniably act, as non-action or the denial thereof is an action in and of itself.Consequently, human beings cannot escape acting. Being social....
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The Iowa State University has suffered a massive security breach which compromised the security of student data and attempted to mine bitcoin. The University says the compromised servers contained social security numbers of 29,780 students enrolled between 1995 and 2012. However, there is no indication that any of the files were accessed. No financial information was stored in the student records and further investigation led the university to conclude that personal information was not the target. "The servers were hacked by an unknown person or persons seeking to generate enough computing....
Developing self-sovereign identity should be a leading priority for every company, legislator and investor engaged in the security industry. To navigate well in a digital world, we must be able to easily and securely establish our digital identity. Traditionally, a username, password and some trivial arcana like our first pet’s name have been key pieces of information held by institutions to establish our digital identity. Unfortunately, this system has come at a high cost.Trusting third parties to securely hold our personal data is a risky — and often losing — proposition. The number of....
IT specialists at the Iowa State University have reportedly discovered a data breach that has affected five departmental servers located on-campus, we're learning. Specifically, the University's statement on the matter indicates that the servers were attacked by an unknown entity/group to be used for mining bitcoins by harnessing their computing power. According to the University, the servers held 29,780 Social Security numbers belonging to students who attended the University from 1995 through 2012 and took classes in Computer Science (1995-2005), World Languages and Cultures (2004, 2007,....
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