Talk:Caspar Bowden

Errors in the Guardian article
Sent to charles.arthur@guardian.co.uk 1/10/13

1. I never said "I don't trust company after NSA revelations" - I haven't trusted Microsoft for a lot longer than that.

2. I never said: "adding that he only uses open source software where he can examine the underlying code" - I use free (GPL) software, because other people whose motivations I respect, can both write and examine the code

3. I never said I "authored Microsoft's privacy policy" between 2002 and 2011 for 40 countries

awaiting ponderous and equivocal reply from "Reader's Editor"

Caspar Bowden 6/10/13 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.16.199.27 (talk) 16:28, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

60% of my biography is wrong
<< Between 2002 and 2011, he was responsible for privacy policies at Microsoft for Europe, the Middle-East and Africa>> is erroneous and not supported by the footnote >>

It would be correct to say

<< From 2002-2004 he was Senior Privacy Strategist for Microsoft Europe, Middle-East and Africa, and from 2005-2011 he was Chief Privacy Adviser providing expertise on the technology and public policy of privacy to 40 National Technology Officers around the world >>

(Ref) http://www.opendemocracy.net/rosemary-bechler/on-prism-snoopers-charter-whistleblowers-spies-and-secret-courts-what-can-we-say

Caspar Bowden 6.10.13 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.16.199.27 (talk) 16:43, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Guardian corrected their article, reference now doesn't support Biog
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/30/microsoft-privacy-chief-nsa This article, including the headline, was amended on 7 October 2013. An earlier version gave the impression that Bowden's distrust of Microsoft's technology did not begin until after the NSA revelations. In addition we also suggested that he was in charge of the company's privacy policy and that he now trusts open source software where he can examine the underlying code himself. All three errors have been corrected.

All in all, perhaps best this Wikipedia page on me deleted, please, since started on viral sly falsities.

Caspar Bowden 8.10.13

The article has been corrected
The article text has now been corrected so that the errors pointed out above are gone, and the text is now supported by the cited sources. I think this subject is probably notable, although only marginally based on the current content of the article (I haven't searched for additional coverage). DES (talk) 15:04, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you to Mr. Bowden for pointing out the errors, and to User:Mdann52 for correcting the article. I had started the article from the little sources I had managed to find; sorry about the errors on "Europe, the Middle-East and Africa", I appear to have misunderstood the relationships between titles, functions and occupations within Microsoft. Rama (talk) 19:45, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * It wasn't you; it was an issue with a mistake in the source. Since they changed it, I have updated here. Good luck making this bigger :) -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  20:56, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

...says he had "no idea" about [PRISM] during his time at Microsoft
What I actually have said is* :

[He has criticized PRISM,] and says he was not aware of the PRISM program by name when he was at Microsoft (which was not surprising since he held no security clearance), but he deduced the existence of PRISM from open sources, and has been warning about the risk of FISA section 702 (aka 50 USC § 1881a) since 2011.

grateful if could be corrected

Caspar Bowden


 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLY9gENnF8uiWMeJFFBqrQZjOka9e0de83&feature=player_detailpage&v=A9XRFxevw1Y#t=20 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.136.229.112 (talk) 18:51, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Birth year
I'm aware that we shouldn't use primary sources, but they indicate that his birth (as Caspar P S Bowden) was registered in the Pancras district of London in the third quarter of 1961 - here (subscription required). Hopefully that will be confirmed in published obits. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:33, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Well done finding it and not putting it in the article withtout further source. I know how frustrating that is. Good side is it will be much easier to confirm the birthdate than it would have been to find it. Cheers! Rama (talk) 15:42, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * His age is now given as 53, so that accords with a 1961 (or early 1962) date of birth. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:35, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

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Caspar Bowden at sigint13
https://media.ccc.de/v/saal_mp7_og_-_2013-07-07_15:00_-_how_to_wiretap_the_cloud_without_anybody_noticing_-_caspar_bowden_-_5088 91.138.25.103 (talk) 21:10, 30 June 2017 (UTC) Landev