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• Deep Packet Inspection and Net Neutrality

  Published: July 26, 2007, 1:38 pm

  Tags: Privacy

  EncryptKeeper writes "Ars Technica has an in-depth feature on deep packet inspection, and it's a disturbing read. ISPs are starting to turn to DPI to monitor their networks, and, more troubling, to look at how they can use it to shape, block, monitor, and prioritize traffic. 'The "deep" in deep packet inspection refers to the fact that these boxes

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• Merely Cloaking Data May Be Incriminating?

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:39 pm

  Tags: Privacy

  comment raises an important privacy issue. When talking about users creating loops in NTFS directories to hide data, Gill says, 'The purposeful hiding of data by the subject of an investigation is in itself important evidence and there are many scenarios where intentional data cloaking provides incriminating evidence, even if the perpetrator is

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• Featured Firefox Extension: Speed up and protect your logins with Secure Login

  Published: July 26, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Downloads, Featured Firefox Extension, Firefox, Firefox Extensions, Passwords, Phishing, Privacy, Security, Top

  Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): The Secure Login Firefox extension adds an extra layer of security to your saved Firefox usernames and passwords. After it's installed, saved login info won't autofill when the page loads (autofilling passwords poses a small security threat); instead, you can either hit the Secure Login button (which you'll need to add

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• Email Apps: Send self-destructing email messages

  Published: July 26, 2007, 9:00 am

  Tags: Email, Email Apps, Privacy, Security

  Send an email that automatically expires or disappears after it's viewed with ten self-destructing email services. Weblog Tech[dot]blog lists them, from Will Self-Destruct - a web page that gets deleted after it's viewed once - to Self-Destructing Email, which sends messages that expire via web mail. We haven't tried all these services

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• FBI Spyware And Online Privacy

  Published: July 20, 2007, 9:05 am

  Tags: Internet, Fbi, Internet, Online, Privacy, Spyware

  expectation of privacy” in the data when using the internet. I think your average Internet user would disagree. As one of the commenters on the Wired story remarks - if you employ a firewall or use anti-virus software, that demonstrates an expectation of privacy. With both Google and Ask taking measures to improve privacy in

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• Facebook Applications and Privacy - How to Configure Facebook Applications

  Published: July 23, 2007, 6:08 pm

  Tags: Online Privacy And Reputation Management, Facebook, Technology

  applications. Adjusting the Privacy Settings Some applications (particularly the ones created by Facebook) have application specific privacy settings that you can adjust from within your “application privacy options” or by editing your application settings. I don’t know why they didn’t make it consistent for all

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• ACLU Protests Police Scanning License Plates

  Published: July 29, 2007, 11:47 pm

  Tags: Privacy

  dustman81 writes "The ACLU is objecting to the practice of police in Springdale, Ohio using an automated license-plate scanner on patrol cars to locate stolen vehicles or those whose owners are wanted on felony warrants. The scanner can read 900 license plates an hour traveling at highway speeds. So far, the scanner has located 95 stolen cars and

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• Comment Deadline For NYC Photography Permits

  Published: July 30, 2007, 2:42 am

  Tags: Privacy

  DrNibbler writes "August 3, 2007 is the deadline for submitting comments on the proposed permit requirements for photographers in New York. Here is a sample submission."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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• FBI Spyware And Online Privacy

  Published: July 20, 2007, 9:05 am

  Tags: Internet, Fbi, Internet, Online, Privacy, Spyware

  expectation of privacy” in the data when using the internet. I think your average Internet user would disagree. As one of the commenters on the Wired story remarks - if you employ a firewall or use anti-virus software, that demonstrates an expectation of privacy. With both Google and Ask taking measures to improve privacy in

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• Podcast: Google, Evangelism, Data Privacy, Analytics, Yahoo! & Getting The Web

  Published: May 3, 2007, 1:49 pm

  Tags: Analytics, Marketing Tips, Web Analytics, Web Metrics, Advanced Analytics, Web Insights, Search Engine Marketing, Avinash, Complex Tools, Data Privacy, Google Analytics, Kaushik, Web Analytics Podcast, Web Analytics An Hour A Day

  Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing a long and wide ranging podcast with Simon Chen the Managing Director of Eight Black Group, based in Melbourne Australia. Five minutes on Simon’s blog and you’ll be impressed by his unique communication style. Incisive, funny, insightful, brutally honest are just some of the words that you might

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• Letter Casts Doubt On Yahoo China Testimony

  Published: July 30, 2007, 6:51 pm

  Tags: Privacy

  Saint Aardvark writes "A hand-written letter has surfaced that sheds new light on the case of Chinese reporter Shi Tao. The letter (PDF), believed to be from Chinese police, 'is essentially a standardized search warrant making clear that Chinese law enforcement agencies have the legal authority to collect evidence in criminal cases. This

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• Paper argues biometric templates can be “reversed”

  Published: July 27, 2007, 3:29 pm

  Tags: Digital Identity, Privacy, Digital Rights, Minimal Disclosure, Biometrics

  Every time biometrics techology is sold to a school we get assurances that the real fingerprint or other biometric is never stored and can’t be retrieved. Supposedly the system just uses a template, a mere string of zeros and ones (as if, in the digital world, there is much more than that…) Now a Canadian researcher has

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• Ensuring Privacy and Consent

  Published: July 6, 2007, 12:16 am

  Tags: Digital Identity, Identity Metasystem, Federation, Privacy, Strong Authentication

  in London, UK on Ensuring Privacy and Consent in Identity Management Infrastructures . It is supported by DTI and free to attend to the private sector and academics. The conference program and online registration form are available here. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Technology Strategy Board’s Network

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• New search tool?

  Published: July 5, 2007, 11:10 am

  Tags: Privacy

  Identity expert Peter Vander Auwera from Belgium just sent me this: Weird that this information is available online. You can search for any passport on name of someone and get full information. I wonder where they get this data…

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• Charles Fitzgerald doing “platformonics”

  Published: June 30, 2007, 1:55 am

  Tags: Privacy, Platforms, Cloud

  concerns, but trade secrets, privacy and compliance requirements will all require people to think more explicitly about the risks and tradeoffs of where you put your data and what can happen to it. Today’s all or nothing approach is a crummy way to do it. Three contenders for the most amazing part of this story: They’re just

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