Google Building Privacy Red Team 92
Trailrunner7 writes "Google, which has come under fire for years for its privacy practices and recently settled a privacy related case with the Federal Trade Commission that resulted in a $22.5 million fine, is building out a privacy 'red team,' a group of people charged with finding and resolving privacy risks in the company's products. The concept of a red team is one that's been used in security for decades, with small teams of experts trying to break a given software application, get into a network or circumvent a security system as part of a penetration test or a similar engagement. The idea is sometimes applied in the real world as well, in the form of people attempting to gain entry to a secure facility or other restricted area."
Intentional vs. Unintentional (Score:4, Interesting)
The fine referenced in the summary was an intentional violation of privacy, at least from what I understand. It sounds like the point of the red team is to find unintentional security flaws that may cause privacy risks. That's good and all, but it really doesn't address the issue that the article and summary are pretending to address.