New Cyberlife

In September usually tourist are gone and conferences start in Balaton I mean. In the beginning of September our deputy state secretary for global affairs Szabolcs Takács held a Cybersecurity conference near Lake Balaton. This conference was an effort to show Hungary’s contribution to the global market in battling issues in cyber space. At this conference he said this was one of the most important issues faced by Magyar.

Most important? But for who? Six months earlier he was talking at the united nation about minority protection as a major commitment and issue to the Hungarian government. While Szabolcs speaks about the issues face in Hungary people in the streets protest about the upcoming election and the real issue that there will not be any jobs available for Magyar. This is what our nightmares are about.

As the government tries to address the ‘new’ cyberlife problems I wonder how they will pay for it? The government needs to find money to fund this new activity, will they take the money from our taxes? And while the government tries to fix my cyberlife my physical life is getting harder and more difficult to manage. Who care about this cyberlife when the end of the day the only thing that matters is that my taxes go up?

So cyberlife is important, yes. Since it is still virtual for me, how about the government care more about my physical life? You know, bills, food, house and so on… 

Apple updates the iphone

As the weather gets worse, school is back, vacations are over. So tech companies are starting to push their new lines of technology. Including Apple with its 5s and 5g. Samsung and others of course will also put new stuff out just to keep up.

What is interesting is the Apple 5s is supposed to be for the Chinese market. A lower cost device, with less features. But because you can get many colors it’s going to be popular in Europe, as well as America. But is this really something to get excited about? What is the big deal? It’s another phone very much like the 4s but it has a color. I know that we can be fooled into thinking this is a new technology, but really it’s a new plastic case that will cost £549. No surprise, Apple will sell many of them to Hungarians.

Safer cyber life

Not so long ago we were amazed by science fiction movies. These movies have interesting ideas about our future, and how it may turn out. Will Robots serve our needs or will we become their slaver. Will there be a war between human and robots? How does this look like living in a cyber-world today?

Well, we almost there.Thinking about my friends who I only touch on Facebook, or my money which is becoming more virtual, and what about all the software programs which become part of my life.

How safe is our cyber world in our real life?  As the latest news shows, the cyber world is not as safe as we think it is. Talking about Snowden-scandal for instance, but this example has been and existing problem. Since the very beginning spying existed, and was done by nations, and people.…..I will let government deal with that problem, I would rather focus on my own safety  - and this case I’m concerned about my personal identity because, this is an existing threat that can hurt me.

 For big companies - like Microsoft, and Google – they work to bring your attention to security. Even if they have been working on of their side to make things safer it’s still not enough. If hacker can’t find a way to steal information from the companies on their side, they will attack the user side, you! Let’s face the fact it’s much easier too. Humans have always been the weak link in security. Snowden stole information, this was not a hack, he was in the government when he stole information. Hackers will attack you by coming into your house, sending you mail from a loved one, but it’s a fake. Or fake a request to reset your password to Facebook. It’s the humans that are easy to hack.

So beware of your identity might somebody else want to use it too.

And a bit of funny Hungarian news – The Egyptian army arrested a Hungarian stork because it was wearing a tracking device on its neck - they thought it was a spy. Poor bird flew to Egypt to spend the winter, but they became suspicious of it. The Hungarian’s got a promise from Egypt that they will let him fly home in the spring.