Until recently, criminals were the main concern of customers using the internet to make electronic payments. The public believed that malware and hacking were the domain of people on the wrong side of the law. The revelation that many governments and their secret services – the ‘good guys’ – were also gaining access to millions of computers and other electronic devices was a huge shock.
November 3, 2014
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Until recently, criminals were the main concern of customers using the internet to make electronic payments. The public believed that malware and hacking were the domain of people on the wrong side of the law. The revelation that many governments and their secret services – the ‘good guys’ – were also gaining access to millions of computers and other electronic devices was a huge shock. So, perhaps it was not surprising that the website %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000oLinkExternalwww.dictionary.comVisit www.dictionary.comfalsehttp://www.dictionary.com/falsefalse%> declared that ‘privacy’ was the word of 2013. Companies have been aware for years that personal data is like gold. It can be mined, sorted and sold as a product. It is so valuable that companies are prepared to provide services for no charge, in return for information about the people using them. Some customers are completely happy to hand over this information, seeing this as part of the modern world. Others are more reluctant. In ‘My life, my data, my private life’, Anne-Marie Hartmann of Oberthur Technologies looks at this new business model, where the customer is the product. Described as a marketing innovation evangelist, she will give the audience insights into this increasingly critical area of business.
‘Privacy in the digital society (Secure identity, fraud, ID management)’, 9:30 - 17:00, Room 3
ITS Canada, the national organisation representing Canada’s ITS industry, was awarded the host country for the 2017 ITS World Congress, in partnership with ITS America. This 24th ITS World Congress will be held in Montreal, Quebec, one of Canada’s most beautiful cities and a strong advocate for integrated mobility in transportation.
Software- or hardware-only mobile security solutions will increasingly be displaced by TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), according to new research. TEE is essentially a secure area that resides in a mobile device baseband processor and provides security against software attacks.
A tradition of innovation demonstrated by Honda over the years is continuing with the company’s high level and unique involvement in C2X communication between vehicles and infrastructure. As a leading global vehicle manufacturer and partner in the Car2Car Consortium, Honda is playing a key role in harmonising developments in the three main regions of Europe, America and Asia-Pacific. Honda is also the only company to have contributed a system for including motorbike safety in the European Drive C2X developm
