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“We think that once they get past the profoundly counterintuitive nature of our service, the privacy community will be our biggest supporter,” Mr. Ertugrul said. I call BS. read more »
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The New York Times says that if the law is passed, computer users could request that companies like Google, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft, which routinely keep track of searches and surfing conducted on their own properties, not follow them around. read more »
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Undercover FBI agents used this hyperlink-enticement technique, which directed Internet users to a clandestine government server, to stage armed raids of homes in Pennsylvania, New York, and Nevada last year. read more »
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Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.

The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.

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With all apologies to Las Vegas, it's probably more true to say what happens in Lichtenstein does actually stay in Lichtensteiin, or at least it used to. Strict bank secrecy laws have helped make the land-locked European principality a tax haven, bu read more »
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When you are shopping, banking or accessing other sensitive or confidential information online, how can you be sure that no one can monitor or intercept this personal information? Moreover, how can you be sure that someone can’t get this information read more »
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CHARLESTON — Sen. Clark Barnes, R-Randolph, says privacy rights are imperiled by a move in Congress to impose a Real ID on Americans and it’s an act he intends to block in West Virginia. read more »
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If you put www.findnot.com into your favorite search engine, you will no doubt see several references to potential security breaches in our PPTP VPN connections, and also our SSH tunnel connection. Here are the facts... read more »
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Requests to provide our Social Security numbers have become so common that many people just assume they have no choice but to hand it over. That's actually not true, but having that knowledge is only half the battle. The real challenge is convincing read more »
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Government and corporate officials responsible for compliance with privacy laws in Canada and Europe are using a whole new language in 2007. Much of the jargon has passed by the American public. So listen up. This is important. read more »
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The Motion Picture of Association of America is urging some of the nation's largest universities to deploy custom software designed to pinpoint students who may be using the schools' networks to illegally download pirated movies. A closer look at th read more »
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WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) - German police are unable to decipher the encryption used in the Internet telephone software Skype to monitor calls by suspected criminals and terrorists, Germany's top police officer said on Thursday. read more »
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The world has changed in such ways, we are told, so that privacy has become an unaffordable luxury.

Maybe so. But in a democracy, even a representative democracy, making decisions that give up individual privacy should only be made with the will read more »
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Yes, I linked to a story on Digg, get over it. The comments on the article are good, and there is a nice list of resources.rnrnThe NSA has always been intimately involved in U.S. cryptography -- it is, after all, expert in making and breaking se read more »
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14 November 2007 – Reconciling the free flow of information with intellectual property law topped the agenda today as the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, which has brought together 1,700 delegates from government, civil society and the pri read more »
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"Our ad targeting platform is designed to work with user-expressed information from profile pages to create a more-relevant advertising experience," the statement said. "Users who are not interested in participating will have the ability to 'opt out read more »
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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal patient privacy rule has had a chilling effect on medical research, making it tougher to recruit patients and use their health records, the first national survey on the topic suggests. read more »
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A Malicious exploit has been discovered in Firefox that would allow a Hacker to use a Malicious JAR file to get access to your Google Account and all your confidential information. read more »
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