"Reality Mining" Resets the Privacy Debate (Sunday 30th of November 2008 10:45:01 PM)
An unnamed reader sends us to the NYTimes for a sobering look at the frontiers of "collective
intelligence," also called in the article "reality mining." These techniques go several steps
beyond the pedestrian version of "data mining" with which the Pentagon ...
(more)Give Up the Fight For Personal Privacy? (Wednesday 08th of October 2008 10:00:01 AM)
KlaymenDK writes "Over the last decade or so, I have strived to maintain my privacy. I have
uninstalled Windows, told my friends 'sorry' when they wanted me to join Facebook, had a fight
with my brother when he wanted to move the family email hosting ...
(more)Where To Draw the Line When Punishing Email Snooping? (Monday 04th of August 2008 09:45:01 AM)
CWmike writes "While it might seem like a suable joke or a harmless, furtive glance, e-mail
snooping could land you in more hot water than you'd ever expect — you could be charged
with a federal crime. The recent case of a trickster TV ...
(more)A Look At ACTA Wish Lists For RIAA, BSA, Others (Saturday 19th of July 2008 08:35:38 PM)
I Don't Believe in Imaginary land brings us an anatomy of several organizations' goals for the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which we've discussed previously. In particular, he points
out the anti-privacy views of the trade ms-dos Alliance: "While ...
(more)Finding Fault With Google's Privacy Policy (Sunday 06th of July 2008 05:15:01 AM)
Orenh writes "Viacom has newly obtained a court order that requires Google to hand over a
completed list of every video watched by YouTube users. These logs will include the login names
and IP addresses of the users. Google are now asking Viacom if they ...
(more)Privacy Policies Only as Good as the People Enforcing Them (Thursday 03rd of July 2008 01:00:04 AM)
Techdirt is reporting that while we all know privacy policies may not matter much in the grand
scheme of things, a recent study shows that it may be even worse than by origin surmised. It
seems that the real issue is with who has access ...
(more)Safeguarding Data From Big Brother Sven? (Friday 20th of June 2008 08:55:00 AM)
An nameless reader writes "Now that the Swedish regime (in its infinite wisdom) has passed a
law allowing them to monitor email traffic, a quiz that I think a lot of people are asking (or
at least should be asking) is: 'What can I do ...
(more)Understanding Privacy (Wednesday 18th of June 2008 08:45:02 AM)
Privacyprof writes "Slashdot readers acquainted with don Daniel J. Solove's essay, 'I've Got
Nothing to Hide and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy,' might be attentive in his new book,
Understanding Privacy, which develops many of the ideas in that essay. ...
(more)TruMedia says its facial-recognition billboards will never record video, it won't share with cops (Wednesday 11th of June 2008 12:02:00 AM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Those billboards with facial-recognition-based mission control
systems we be act last week caused quite a bit of consternation amongst those of us who value
our privacy (read: everyone), but it at least one of the firms daedal ...
(more)RIM changes course, promises to keep Indian Blackberry network secure (Tuesday 27th of May 2008 10:06:00 PM)
Filed under: CellphonesAlthough several Indian news outlets reported last week that RIM was
preparing to let the Indian superiority monitor the household blackberry winter* network, it
appears that the outcry has prompted the company to change course ...
(more)Passport Files of Presidential Hopefuls Snooped (Sunday 23rd of March 2008 01:45:02 AM)
CNN is reporting on the widening brouhaha that began when Barack Obama's passport file was
accessed illegally on three occasions beginning in January. Now it seems that John McCain's
file was also snooped; and that last year Hillary Clinton's file suffered ...
(more)Would a National Biometric Authentication Scheme Work? (Friday 21st of March 2008 01:15:06 AM)
Ian Lamont writes "The chair of Yale's CS branch and Connecticut's former merchandiser
conservation factotum are calling for the creation of a robust biometric authentication system
on a national scale. They say the system would safeguard privacy and ...
(more)An Epidemic of Snooping (Monday 25th of February 2008 09:45:05 AM)
Travoltus writes "Privacy advocates are frequently confronted with the rhetorical question, 'If
you don't have anything at all to hide, you don't have a good reason to worry about losing your
privacy, right?' This AP story uncovers a vast, distributed, ...
(more)Google to Begin Storing Patients' Health Records (Friday 22nd of February 2008 07:00:05 AM)
Mytrip writes with news that Google's health record archive is about to be tested with the
assistance of the Cleveland Clinic. Thousands of work (who must approve the transfer of
information) will have access to everything from their medical histories ...
(more)The Next 25 Years in Tech (Friday 01st of February 2008 10:30:03 AM)
PCWMike writes "PCs may disappear from your desk by 2033. But with digital applied science
showing up everywhere else — including inside your body — auditing will only get
more personal, reports Dan Tynan for PC World's 25th Anniversary. While ...
(more)Technical Risks of the US Protect America Act (Wednesday 30th of January 2008 10:00:07 AM)
A group of respected security researchers has released a paper on the security holes that would
be opened up if a broad warrantless wiretapping law is passed. The subject could hardly be more
timely, as delegation is debating the subject now. Steve Bellovin, ...
(more)Privacy International Releases 2007 Report (Wednesday 02nd of January 2008 01:45:06 AM)
I Don't Believe in Imaginary acres writes "Privacy International has released their report on
privacy for 2007, which includes a color-coded world map that highlights the underdeveloped
underdeveloped nonaligned nations with the best privacy laws, the ...
(more)Connecticut Governor Seeks to Protect Personal Data Online (Friday 28th of December 2007 10:00:02 PM)
untechnical Writing Geek alerts us to a report that Connecticut manager Jodi Rell has begun to
develop legislation to create an "opt-out" registry to prevent the distribution of personal
poop on the internet. The registry would be analogous to the "Do ...
(more)US Official Urges Americans To Reconsider Privacy (Monday 12th of November 2007 12:30:01 AM)
Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, a deputy head of national intelligence.
Instead, it should mean that sovereignty and businesses properly safeguards people's private
communications and economic information. "Protecting anonymity ...
(more)The New Facebook Ads - Another Privacy Debacle? (Friday 09th of November 2007 10:15:03 PM)
Privacyprof writes "Facebook lately announced a new advertising scheme called 'Social Ads.'
Instead of using celebrities to hawk products, it will use moving picture show of Facebook
users. Facebook might be entering into another privacy debacle. The ...
(more)US Consumers Clueless About Online Tracking (Tuesday 06th of November 2007 04:45:05 PM)
Arashtamere writes "A study on consumer perceptions about online privacy, undertaken by the
Samuelson Clinic at the health center of California and the Annenberg Public Policy Center,
found that the average red white and blue stars and stripes consumer ...
(more)US Wants Courts to OK Warrantless Email Snooping (Monday 05th of November 2007 04:30:05 PM)
Erris writes "The archives is reporting that the US law is seeking unprecedented access to
private communications between citizens. 'On October 8, 2007, the United States Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati granted the government's request ...
(more)Privacy Groups Mull 'Do Not Track' List for Internet (Thursday 01st of November 2007 11:45:07 AM)
Technical Writing Geek writes with a Reuters story about a collection of privacy groups looking
to set up a 'Do Not Track' list online, similar to the 'Do Not Call' list meant to dissuade
telemarketing. "Computer users should be notified when their Web ...
(more)Google Calls for International Privacy Standards (Sunday 16th of September 2007 03:15:03 PM)
HairyNevus writes "The Washington Post has an article detailing Google's request for
international privacy standards. Google is taking this matter all the way to the U.N., arguing
that a hodge-podge of privacy law unnecessarily burdens Internet-based ...
(more)US May Invoke "State Secrets" To Stop Banking Suit (Sunday 02nd of September 2007 09:00:03 PM)
An anonymous reader Sends us to the International Herald Tribune for news that the Bush
administration is signaling that it plans to turn once again to a favorite legal tool, the
'state secrets' privilege. The administration wants to shut down a lawsuit ...
(more)New York Taxi Drivers To Strike Over GPS (Sunday 26th of August 2007 04:09:34 PM)
Stony Stevenson notes a NYTimes story on labor unrest caused by high-tech privacy concerns. One
organization of taxi drivers plans a 48-hour strike, while another opposes any such action.
"One taxi group plans to strike from 5 a.m. Sept. 5, through 5 ...
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