Metadata

TransCanada uses GIS for data management, mapping, geospatial analysis, and sharing the data through the company standard GIS web mapping application. Some of the technical specifications and standards for TransCanada is ensuring data integrity. It is one of TransCanada’s mission to provide quality geospatial products and services to Operations and Engineering. A set of quality standards and technical specification has been established in order to ensure the data meets the required accuracy for…

Introduction In this paper, I will be talking about the act of congress called the Patriot Act which is officially called USA PATRIOT (an abbreviation of “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001”). The act was a reaction to the September 11 terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, as well as the anthrax attacks that happened soon after. The main concern of the act was to increase security, and…

AT&T has installed a fiber optic splitter at their facility in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails and other internet traffic. Some people call this a “country-tap” not a wiretap. The government admitted that they are mass collecting phone metadata of all customers under the guise of the Patriot Act. On January 6, 2014, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to the NSA wondering is the NSA is currently or have you been spying on any people in the Congress? The NSA responded to the…

In 2011, President Obama has issued an executive order for the Insider Threat Program. This program prohibits executive government officials who have knowledge of national security matter from speaking to the press without prior authorization first. After Snowden 's release of leaked documents, the Insider Threat Program became more intense. Government officials are no longer allowed to speak to the press about unclassified matters, such as their own personal opinions about current events. In…

Civil disobedience has been a part of this country since its inception. From the acts which led up to the American Revolution (like the boycotting of British products) to this day, the very fabric of the United States is stitched together with the threads of challenging abuses of power. What is often misunderstood about civil disobedience is that it is not a display of disrespect. It does not mean that those protesting are not patriots. Rather civil disobedience is an act of fighting to protect…

keep the country protected. In this day and age, there are various means that a criminal can use to relay information to others which is why the government has to monitor the various tools that the general public uses. From cameras, to collecting metadata from phone companies, to analyzing everything a person does on the internet, the government is taking strides in ensuring they do everything to stop criminal activity before it takes place. Stepping back and analyzing everything the government…

ETHICS IN GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY As geospatial technology advances, it becomes increasingly more important to implement an equally advancing ethical component. It is relatively easy to acquire geographic information and share it with millions with a click of a button, such as a simple geotag on a safari vacation. Few people, however, recognize that geotags’ magnitude and how it could be aiding in the mass poaching event of African rhinos. South Africa’s National Parks have been fighting poachers…

Snowden felt that the U.S. citizens, and the world, should know what he felt to be the NSA invading the privacy of its citizens. He noticed the NSA was collecting metadata of both the internet and phones. This information includes, the numbers called, the length of the call, how many times that number is called, email and IP addresses, websites visited and so on. He then began collecting documents about the methods…

This phenomenal technology cloud computing has expeditiously evolved in the field of Information Technology. Cloud Service Providers (CPS) have brought diverse transformation changes in cloud computing. This technology has formed new opportunities /haven for criminal activities. The paper has used a descriptive literature review to determine issues that are at present affecting digital investigations. There are several issues that influence the preservation, acquisition and data acquisition of…

Netflix made viewers label films and TV shows with hundreds of metadatap descriptorsq to comment, among others, about the actors, the screenplay, the overall appeal, and the category. Previously, these labels were employed to suggest other shows available on the service, fundamentally constructing outlines of individual viewers according to their choices. However, Netflix began gradually ordering original content as it was aware of what subscribers desired prior to their being in the know.46…