Archive for the 'privacy' Category
Reporting live from a cellphone near you…
March 22nd, 2008Los Angeles Times - “The startup allows video from cellphones to be streamed live on the Web. In the future, will any bad behavior may go unnoticed?”
5,000 MTV Networks’ employees potential affected by breach
March 7th, 2008CNET - “Someone apparently hacked into a computer belong to an employee of MTV Networks and possibly gained access to names, birth dates, social security numbers and compensation data of 5,000 employees.”
Bankrupt lenders throwing away your privacy
March 7th, 2008MSNBC - “Some mortgage companies tossing customers’ personal data in the trash”
Internet forum headed for Boston
February 23rd, 2008AP - “Internet users should be free to surf where they want and download what they please. But shouldn’t the owners of the networks that make the Internet possible also have rights?”
Court Rejects ACLU Challenge to Wiretaps
February 19th, 2008AP - “The Supreme Court dealt a setback Tuesday to civil rights and privacy advocates who oppose the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. The justices, without comment, turned down an appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union to let it pursue a lawsuit against the program that began shortly after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.”
Oy! [...]
The Anonymity Experiment
February 10th, 2008Catharine Price - “In 2006, David Holtzman decided to do an experiment. Holtzman, a security consultant and former intelligence analyst, was working on a book about privacy, and he wanted to see how much he could find out about himself from sources available to any tenacious stalker.” (via)
More on Shared Items
December 25th, 2007Felipe Hoffa thinks that sharing items aspect of Google Reader invades his privacy.
I tend to disagree. When I share content, I know that it’s going to any who wants to read it. That’s what “Shared Items” means. Don’t want to read it, then don’t read it.
More on Big Brother
December 22nd, 2007From the Washington Post - “The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world’s largest computer database of peoples’ physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States and abroad.”
More on Amazon.com
December 9th, 2007Mike Adams - “Is the U.S. government trying to profile the psychology of its citizens by secretly data mining their book purchasing habits?”
Learning From Amazon.com
November 28th, 2007Nice!! A Q&A with an Amazon lawyer on how they fought for privacy and user records.
Amazon Does Not Have to Reveal Names of Used Book Buyers
November 27th, 2007Maybe when the feds go after library patron data, they will remember this.
Privacy and Self Check Out
September 23rd, 2007Chronicles of Dissent - “With self-check, patrons can come pick up books they reserve without having to wait on line or for librarian assistance. The problem with self-check is that libraries put the reserved books out where they are available to everyone and with the patron’s name on the tag, allowing anyone [...]
Big Brother
September 23rd, 2007Ryan Singel - “International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane. Newly revealed records show the government is storing such information for years.” (via)
Library Privacy Laws
August 12th, 2007NewJersey.com - “A borough lawsuit against the local library may test the privacy of patron records and the independence of a library from municipal government.”
More Info Than The Current Administration
July 10th, 2007Computerworld - “What if there were a giant database that contained your hidden insecurities, embarrassing medical questions and the fact that you still think from time to time about your high school girlfriend? Well, such a data store does exist — if you’ve ever plugged such private topics into a search engine.” (via)