Privacy
I Hope Edo is Worth the Privacy Risk
May 16, 2012 Added by:Keith Mendoza
About a week ago, I read about this new daily deal service called edo that ties to your bank account, and the first thing that came to my mind is “uh oh, another attack vector into my bank info”. Here are a list of features that are those potential attack vectors...
Comments (0)
Some Observations on Klout Scores
May 16, 2012 Added by:Ben Rothke
Influence is extremely difficult to measure. In the academic world, the Hirsch number is an index that attempts to measure the impact of a published work, but like every index it can be manipulated. So is Klout an effective method of measuring online influence? From my analysis, no...
Comments (0)
The FBI, Content Monitoring, Backdoors and Going Dark
May 09, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
The FBI is working to obtain a backdoor for major social networks like Facebook and also for some of the most used communications platforms such as Skype and Instant Messaging for government surveillance, and is collaborating with companies like Microsoft, Google and Yahoo...
Comments (4)
Will Industry Agree to a Meaningful Do Not Track?
April 28, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
A coalition of companies say they "only" want to track opted-out users for security purposes, market research, testing and improving their various advertising and tracking products, auditing, copyright enforcement and other "legal compliance" purposes, not other purposes...
Comments (3)
EFF Opposes CISPA at Hackers and Founders Panel
April 23, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
The fundamental problems with the bill are numerous. The language of the bill is too broad, and it's hard to know what information will actually be shared by private entities as a result of the bill, or what “cybersecurity systems” will do once they are enabled...
Comments (0)
FTC Final Report Provides Meaningful Protection Online
April 22, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Recently, the FT) released a final report on digital consumer privacy after more than 450 companies, advocacy groups and individuals commented on the December 2010 draft. The final report creates strong guidelines for protecting consumer privacy choices in the online world...
Comments (0)
An Enemies Application? Really?
April 21, 2012 Added by:Theresa Payton
We were all taught that if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. So imagine our surprise when we found out that there is a free app on Facebook you can publicly name your enemies and give shout outs online as to who they are and why. This is not a good idea..
Comments (0)
Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking, Drones, and FBI Surveillance
April 20, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Documents prove warrantless cell phone tracking “has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with hundreds of departments, large and small, often using it aggressively with little or no court oversight, documents show...
Comments (1)
CISPA Legislation FAQs: The Disturbing Dangers
April 18, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF—along with a host of other civil liberties groups—are protesting the dangerous new cybersecurity bill known as CISPA that will be voted on in the House on April 23. Here is everything you need to know about the bill and why we are protesting...
Comments (0)
FTC Commission Report on Protecting Consumers
April 17, 2012 Added by:David Navetta
The FTC has a front and center role in data privacy and enforcement. We have written extensively about the FTC’s actions and recommendations. How is the final Framework different from the draft Framework and what should your privacy professionals be taking away from the Framework?
Comments (0)
Facebook's Conspicuous Absence from Do Not Track Discussions
March 29, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Facebook has a complex relationship with users: sometimes it acts like a social network, other times it acts like an online tracking company. Tracking takes place without use of the "like" button. Just browsing is enough for Facebook to collect a record of your reading habits...
Comments (0)
Applications Need to Respect User Rights From the Start
March 28, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
By installing and authorizing an app, users don’t know how much information they are handing over. Without details about policies and practices, how confident can they be in the security of that data against the threat of subpoenas, intrusions, or rogue employees?
Comments (0)
IP Address Leads Police to Shootout with French Terrorist
March 25, 2012 Added by:Dan Dieterle
Elite French special operation RAID Police took down the radical Muslim terrorist Mohamed Merah on Thursday. Merah had contacted one of his victims, a French soldier, on the pretext of buying his scooter. Investigators were able to match Merah to his IP address...
Comments (0)
What do Credit Card Companies do with Your Personal Info?
March 23, 2012 Added by:Allan Pratt, MBA
The types of personal information companies collect and share depends on the product or service you get from them. This info can include: Social Security number and income, account balances and employment details, and credit history and transaction history...
Comments (0)
Social Media Security Basics: An Infographic
March 22, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
Social networking has quickly become a major medium for communications for both individuals and organizations, but the platforms that allow the development of online personae are not without their own inherent risks. These social media security basics everyone should embrace...
Comments (1)
Mozilla's Boot to Gecko: Do Not Track on a Mobile OS
March 20, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
There is ample evidence mobile applications are exceeding the privacy expectations of users. The first implementation of Do Not Track on a mobile OS is a big step toward ensuring users have a meaningful choice when it comes to digital tracking...
Comments (0)
- Follow Up to the Out of Band Authentication Post
- Skype Malware Campaign Spreading Poison Ivy Trojan
- I Hope Edo is Worth the Privacy Risk
- Dutch MoD Innovation Competition 2012: CYBER Operations 2.0
- NIST Workshop: The Technical Aspects of Botnets
- Security Automation by Hand - Batch/Bash/FOR
- Who Are You Preaching to Anyway?
- Some Observations on Klout Scores
- Where Will the Buck Stop in Cloud Security?
- How Does Your Bank Protect Your Data?