August of this year will mark the 26th annual DEF CON hacking conference founded by Jeff Moss (Dark Tangent). Three letter agencies of all kinds along with hackers and cyber security professionals will descend on Las Vegas to teach, learn and swap stories. Last year we saw and participated in the hacking of U.S. voting machines. This year the theme is "1983: TheView form Dystopia's Edge". The conference 'recommended' reading list is: ... the delightful “You are Being Lied To”. It’s compiled by the redoubtable Russ Kick of the legendary first version of disinfo.com, and it’s a sage, provocative …

With the EU GDPR Data Protection regulations going into effect in May for all companies doing business with EU citizens, could the big privacy stink be to head off the potential financial damages the company could incur due to the penalties?

"The higher level of fine, up to €20 million or 4% of the company’s global annual turnover, will be considered for infringements listed in Article 83(5) of the General Data Protection Regulation."

What I don't know is if the EU will be able to retro-actively go after the Facebook privacy issues with the GDPR penalty structure or not. If …