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eeqaz said:
...Probably a long shot since its not in the area where his belongings is found, but still: Do you recognize this man? Then the police in Sogn og Fjordane need your help. The picture was taken around 13.30 Thursday afternoon on Brandsøya, east of Florø city center. Så ikke hva han tok bilde av før seinere. Nå ber politiet om hjelp
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So if I understand correctly, a man took a selfie not knowing that there was someone else in the background. He only noticed afterwards and reported to the police. That someone else was lying on the rocks?
 
It was a woman who took the selfie and saw the man lying there afterwards and called the police. The man took contact with the police this morning after he recognized himself.
 
Ex-NSA Whistleblowers Launch New Data Intelligence Startup in Europe
OCTOBER 10, 2018

Co-founders Bill Binney and Kirk Wiebe, two former whistleblowers on data practices of US security giant NSA, have chosen the Netherlands as a new home to launch their own data intelligence startup Pretty Good Knowledge.

With the launch announced this week, the new company is building on the long-standing experience of their founders in big data analysis for security intelligence. Bill Binney and Kirk Wiebe spend almost three decades in the National Security Agency (NSA) working on specialized data analysis for improving security information, in particular related to terrorism affecting people around the world.

Their quiet existence rapidly changed in 2002 when they went public accusing the NSA leadership of wasting millions of dollars on an expensive but allegedly ineffective data system – whilst shelving the available solution that they claimed could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. This dramatic turn of their life into public whistleblowers made news around the world and has been portrayed in the movie documentary A Good American.

More than a decade later, the team is back from their temporary retirement and has a new mission: “We know how to achieve market and security intelligence without sacrificing privacy or breaking laws, and we are excited how quickly our customers realize how much more is possible when using a disciplined and structured approach”, says co-founder Bill Binney about the launch of Pretty Good Knowledge.

Data leaks, legal breaches and misuse of personal data are hotly debated issues in the global tech community far beyond security agencies. Facebook’s seemingly never-ending list of data scandalsearned the company not only a record of bad publicity, but also a hearing by the American Senate and the European Parliament earlier this year. Global peer Google just announced shutting down its social media arm Google+ after an user data breach became public.

Amidst these scandals by global leaders, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect earlier this year, forcing companies across industries to review their own practices regarding data security and protection.

In this turbulent environment, startups like Pretty Good Knowledge are jumping in to advice their corporate peers big and small on how to make better use of the data they are producing, collecting and accumulating – while respecting the relevant laws and privacy concern. The startup has already carried out prototypes of their technology with major organizations such as the Dutch bank ABN AMBRO.

The promise of the easier data management may especially lure companies struggling to turn exponential growth of digital data into profitable business opportunities. Big data solutions seem to be facing a booming market: According to estimates by the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics will grow to over $203 billion by 2020.

“Most organizations are wasting money trying to manage more data than they can handle. Others are missing out on business value by not utilizing the data they already have,” said Kirk Wiebe, co-founder and Director of Analytics at Pretty Good Knowledge. “At Pretty Good Knowledge we work closely with you to make the impact of data on your business measurable, meaningful and scalable.
Ex-NSA Whistleblowers Launch New Data Intelligence Startup in Europe - inventures.eu
Sad, no mention of Arjen Kamphuis

Also here:
Famous NSA Whistleblowers Leave Retirement To Build European Data Analytics Company
https://prettygoodknowledge.eu/about/
 
Chiatos said:
Ex-NSA Whistleblowers Launch New Data Intelligence Startup in Europe
OCTOBER 10, 2018

Co-founders Bill Binney and Kirk Wiebe, two former whistleblowers on data practices of US security giant NSA, have chosen the Netherlands as a new home to launch their own data intelligence startup Pretty Good Knowledge.

With the launch announced this week, the new company is building on the long-standing experience of their founders in big data analysis for security intelligence. Bill Binney and Kirk Wiebe spend almost three decades in the National Security Agency (NSA) working on specialized data analysis for improving security information, in particular related to terrorism affecting people around the world.

Their quiet existence rapidly changed in 2002 when they went public accusing the NSA leadership of wasting millions of dollars on an expensive but allegedly ineffective data system – whilst shelving the available solution that they claimed could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. This dramatic turn of their life into public whistleblowers made news around the world and has been portrayed in the movie documentary A Good American.

More than a decade later, the team is back from their temporary retirement and has a new mission: “We know how to achieve market and security intelligence without sacrificing privacy or breaking laws, and we are excited how quickly our customers realize how much more is possible when using a disciplined and structured approach”, says co-founder Bill Binney about the launch of Pretty Good Knowledge.

Data leaks, legal breaches and misuse of personal data are hotly debated issues in the global tech community far beyond security agencies. Facebook’s seemingly never-ending list of data scandalsearned the company not only a record of bad publicity, but also a hearing by the American Senate and the European Parliament earlier this year. Global peer Google just announced shutting down its social media arm Google+ after an user data breach became public.

Amidst these scandals by global leaders, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect earlier this year, forcing companies across industries to review their own practices regarding data security and protection.

In this turbulent environment, startups like Pretty Good Knowledge are jumping in to advice their corporate peers big and small on how to make better use of the data they are producing, collecting and accumulating – while respecting the relevant laws and privacy concern. The startup has already carried out prototypes of their technology with major organizations such as the Dutch bank ABN AMBRO.

The promise of the easier data management may especially lure companies struggling to turn exponential growth of digital data into profitable business opportunities. Big data solutions seem to be facing a booming market: According to estimates by the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics will grow to over $203 billion by 2020.

“Most organizations are wasting money trying to manage more data than they can handle. Others are missing out on business value by not utilizing the data they already have,” said Kirk Wiebe, co-founder and Director of Analytics at Pretty Good Knowledge. “At Pretty Good Knowledge we work closely with you to make the impact of data on your business measurable, meaningful and scalable.
Ex-NSA Whistleblowers Launch New Data Intelligence Startup in Europe - inventures.eu
Sad, no mention of Arjen Kamphuis

Also here:
Famous NSA Whistleblowers Leave Retirement To Build European Data Analytics Company
About | Pretty Good Knowledge
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Interesting but ABNAMRO? https://eerlijkegeldwijzer.nl/bankwijzer/
Really? Sorry but these banks are really aweful when it comes down to humanrights/environment etc etc
That sucks!

Sorry o/t..I know... but what a bummer!
They should team up with green
sustainable banks!

Sorry ...just had to post it!
 
We asked the police if it is possible that Arjen had taken the night train to Trondheim at 20-8 (or perhaps the daytrain at 21-08) and then a ship to Stavanger. The night train leaves Fauske at 22.00 o’clock.The police didn’t look to this scenario. They didn’t recieve a spontaneous reaction from train conducters from this train. Because he travelled 30-8 from Stavanger to the east this option is an explonation for his itinery. Does anyone know who was the conductor of this train?
 
Family of Arjen said:
We asked the police if it is possible that Arjen had taken the night train to Trondheim at 20-8 (or perhaps the daytrain at 21-08) and then a ship to Stavanger. The night train leaves Fauske at 22.00 o’clock.The police didn’t look to this scenario. They didn’t recieve a spontaneous reaction from train conducters from this train. Because he travelled 30-8 from Stavanger to the east this option is an explonation for his itinery. Does anyone know who was the conductor of this train?
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That is a tricky question,it was high season
So we need someone who works or does know someone who works for the Norwegain rail roads...?!
We need to pull up social media,regarding the Norwegian railroads.to see f anything was posted there..out of the ordinary..
I doubt the NSB will give out names of their staff..to be honest!
 
Family of Arjen said:
We asked the police if it is possible that Arjen had taken the night train to Trondheim at 20-8 (or perhaps the daytrain at 21-08) and then a ship to Stavanger. The night train leaves Fauske at 22.00 o’clock.The police didn’t look to this scenario. They didn’t recieve a spontaneous reaction from train conducters from this train. Because he travelled 30-8 from Stavanger to the east this option is an explonation for his itinery. Does anyone know who was the conductor of this train?
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This man is working at Nordlandsbanen, https://www.facebook.com/olillega, maybe worth sending him a message ? and this Deutch person i stumbled over by searching for trainworkers have been to Rognan around the 26th /8 or earlier, written in Deutch Henk Haverkamp , scroll for post the 26/8
 
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eeqaz said:
This man is working at Nordlandsbanen, https://www.facebook.com/olillega, maybe worth sending him a message ? and this Deutch person i stumbled over by searching for trainworkers have been to Rognan around the 26th /8 or earlier, written in Deutch Henk Haverkamp , scroll for post the 26/8
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Well done @eeqaz
Me,myself,have been scrolling down NSB/FB post till 4/9/2018...takes for ever to load..must be all the loads of the FB tracking devices..there!
Otherwise we can always post a message on their FB,see what, or a respond turns up..

But got an early shift tomorrow so with no luck -so far...so am,signing off for now.
 
Family of Arjen said:
We asked the police if it is possible that Arjen had taken the night train to Trondheim at 20-8 (or perhaps the daytrain at 21-08) and then a ship to Stavanger. The night train leaves Fauske at 22.00 o’clock.The police didn’t look to this scenario. They didn’t recieve a spontaneous reaction from train conducters from this train. Because he travelled 30-8 from Stavanger to the east this option is an explonation for his itinery. Does anyone know who was the conductor of this train?
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Hello @Family of Arjen, it was said that one of Arjen's phones pinged in or near Fauske in the evening of August 20. Is that correct that his phone pinged there?
If so, does the Police have an explanation how the phone and Arjen travelled from Rognan where he arrived at 17.30 hrs to Fauske where he would have been at 22.00 hrs?

Have they traced his movements in Rognan with SAR-dogs?
 
Family of Arjen said:
We asked the police if it is possible that Arjen had taken the night train to Trondheim at 20-8 (or perhaps the daytrain at 21-08) and then a ship to Stavanger. The night train leaves Fauske at 22.00 o’clock.The police didn’t look to this scenario. They didn’t recieve a spontaneous reaction from train conducters from this train. Because he travelled 30-8 from Stavanger to the east this option is an explonation for his itinery. Does anyone know who was the conductor of this train?
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Goede morgen Family of Arjen, doesn't Cave have someone over there who is doing all kinds of tests? Or perhaps Tarjei could help look for the conductor? Here is the site of the nsb: Trainticket Norway - nsb.no/en
I believe Lorrie speaks Norwegian?

Do you know what the 2 NL police investigators have done at all in Norway? They didn't bring the kayak to NL, according to the AD it still has not been tested for DNA, the train conductor has not been identified, etc., what have they (Dutch police) done in Norway?
 
Family of Arjen said:
We asked the police if it is possible that Arjen had taken the night train to Trondheim at 20-8 (or perhaps the daytrain at 21-08) and then a ship to Stavanger. The night train leaves Fauske at 22.00 o’clock.The police didn’t look to this scenario. They didn’t recieve a spontaneous reaction from train conducters from this train. Because he travelled 30-8 from Stavanger to the east this option is an explonation for his itinery. Does anyone know who was the conductor of this train?
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@Family of Arjen The only ship who goes south from Trondheim is The coastal express (Hurtigruten) and it would be likely easier (but more expensive) to get on in Bodø instead of Trondheim - but the destination is Bergen and he would have to change to another boat there to Stavanger. The only other option is if he got on a cargo ship or a private boat or something like this... It is flights from Trondheim to Stavanger too, maybe you should ask if they have checked this possibility out too?

If he took The coastal express it would have taken him 3 days from Trondheim to Bergen and that would open up a whole new scenario. Did he travel mostly with cash or did he use creditcard?

I would think it is difficult to get the name of the conductor on the trains because of the norwegian laws so if nobody knows one conductor on the train route I would have done what @eeqaz suggested with contact people on Facebook.
The other option would be asking Tarjei Abelsen as @Chiatos suggests if it is possible for him as an journalist to get such information...
 
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Chiatos said:
Has anyone noticed that Brunel has just 1 office in Norway, and that -of all places- it's in Stavanger?
(coincidence?)
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Who is Brunel if I might ask..?

Anyway nothing posted on fb that seems out of the ordinairy about Rognan Fauske Trondheim
The only two things that I noticed seems like a very busy track between Trondheim-Oslo
And mid september someone posted about an abandoned black/white backpack at station Oslo
 
worldwatcher said:
Who is Brunel if I might ask..?

Anyway nothing posted on fb that seems out of the ordinairy about Rognan Fauske Trondheim
The only two things that I noticed seems like a very busy track between Trondheim-Oslo
And mid september someone posted about an abandoned black/white backpack at station Oslo
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Brunel: Arjen Kamphuis, Information Security Expert bij Brunel: ‘Een onafhankelijke partij als Brunel kijkt breder naar informatiebeveiligingsvraagstukken. Goed informatiebeveiligingsbeleid valt of staat bij de juiste balans tussen mensen, techniek en organisatie. Wij hebben geen enkele verplichting ten aanzien van software of hardware leveranciers. Dat maakt het mogelijk om onze klanten te adviseren over een integraal informatiebeveiligingsbeleid.’
Brunel Nederland lanceert afdeling Information Security

Pretty Good Knowledge is a subsidiary company (dochterbedrijf) of Brunel.

Arjen is/was Tech & Infosec Director at Pretty Good Knowledge – the Brunel datascience company.
arjen kamphuis Archives - TEDxDelft
 
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