Joseph R. Jones

Politics, economics, and other mental flotsam from the mind of JRJ

Adobe PM, former Microsoftie, recovered serial entrepreneur, Geek. Posts are my views, do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.

I'm still transitioning content from the old site, go there for older posts.

What Guy Kawasaki learned from Steve Jobs

It's always amazed me that more companies don't follow Apple's path of eschewing market research. Of course, it helps if the guy steering the ship has exceptional taste and judgement. More...

Solid State Drives cannot be securely erased? Who Cares?

It's nearly impossible to securely erase a Solid-State Drive. My question is this: Who cares? If you need to perform a secure erase then you're doing it wrong. More...

WikiLeaks, Assange, and Manning - a Nuanced View

I've had a lot of discussions--both online and off-- about WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning. My opinion on the subject is somewhat nuanced: WikiLeaks is generally a positive force for transparency and accountability, but Manning committed a crime. Contrary to popular belief, these are NOT mutually exclusive views. More...

@JRJ's Top 10 Twitter Jokes About the Financial Crisis...

From the early days of the financial crisis of 2008: A little levity in honor of a crazy market: I share my 10 favorite twitter comments I've made about the economy over the last few months. More...


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Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying

Carnegie Mellon's new mobile app demonstrates that matching a casual snapshot with a person's online identity can be accomplished in less than a minute. "researchers at Carnegie Mellon were able to not only match unidentified profile photos from a dating website (where the vast majority of users operate pseudonymously) with positively identified Facebook photos, but also match pedestrians on a North American college campus with their online identities." Potentially useful for augmented reality scenarios... but potentially terrifying for less well-intentioned uses.

By harnessing the vast wealth of publicly available cloud-based data, researchers are taking facial recognition technology to unprecedented levels


Shared 10/03/2011 at 02:30 AM via Facebook
wow- there are so many negatives to this. positives too- but it's way more fun to sit and ponder the calamities. :)
posted by Marlo Mendicino Blacklock on 10/03/2011 via Facebook
Very easily misused.
posted by Joseph R. Jones on 10/03/2011 via Facebook
We need a "purge" button for the Internet. I'm not putting pictures of myself out there, but I suppose I don't have to. Just take a picture of me when I'm out and about and tag it. There's no way to prevent this. Ugh.
posted by Patrick Brannon on 10/03/2011 via Facebook
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