Items Tagged with "Privacy"
Electric Cars, Identities and Peak Saver Programs
November 30, 2010 Added by:Guy Huntington
Cars in the future will have their own “utility identity”. This will be done via the use of a digital certificate. When a electric car pulls up to a charging station, the utility will be able to query the car’s computer system and receive the digital certificate identifying the car and owner...
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15 Facebook Fiascos to Watch Out For
November 22, 2010 Added by:Robert Siciliano
If you think for one second that what you post on Facebook is for you and your friends’ eyes only, you simply don’t understand how the Internet works. Many sites are capable of pulling data from the bowels of Facebook, despite any privacy settings you may have in place...
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The Future of Privacy, Cooperation and Enforcement
November 19, 2010 Added by:David Navetta
Some regulators and academics call for stronger privacy protections, arguing that consumers are still unaware of the consequences of disclosing personal data. Notably, opinions on the state and future of privacy did not necessarily split along the industry and regulator lines...
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What Happened to My Biometric?
November 18, 2010 Added by:Guy Huntington
There has been a significant increase in the use of biometrics for authentication. It is becoming more commonly used to purchase groceries, to gain access to premises, passing through passport control and for logging on to computers. There are some dangers with this trend...
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Irony - Administration Proposes Internet Privacy Czar
November 14, 2010 Added by:Headlines
It is ironic to think that an increase in government monitoring and policing of online activities will do anything to increase privacy for consumers. As a free society, we need to be careful about empowering federal bureaucracies in order to preserve individual freedoms...
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Facebook Hacking, Security, and Privacy Concerns
November 11, 2010 Added by:Bozidar Spirovski
It’s not hacking if users’ privacy settings are searchable, right? It depends on who you ask. Current Facebook privacy settings come with a recommendation that urges users to leave their pages searchable to everyone. You might be surprised at the amount of information that’s accessible...
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FCC Slow to Respond to Google WiFi Snooping
November 11, 2010 Added by:Headlines
The discovery that volumes of data were so readily available should be a wake up call to businesses and individuals who leave their WiFi systems unsecured, and should also prove to demonstrate the government's willingness to probe such violations of privacy...
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Mobile Phone Security Under Attack
November 11, 2010 Added by:Robert Siciliano
As mobile Internet usage continues its rapid growth, cyber criminals are expected to pay more attention to this sector. As applications and other content are more widely distributed, security breaches will be inevitable...
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Library of Congress Collecting All Tweets
November 09, 2010 Added by:Theresa Payton
What has been captured so far? According to Matt Raymond's article, tweets such as Barack Obama's 2008 election, or the photojournalist arrested in Egypt who tweeted his way to his eventual release, are there - and your tweets too...
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Social Media is a Criminals Playground
November 06, 2010 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Social networking websites’ open nature allows users to upload content including files that may contain “scripts,” or code, designed to infect the site. Participating in user-submitted surveys, quizzes, and other applications may result in spam or stolen data...
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Smart Grid Privacy, Authentication and Authorization
November 02, 2010 Added by:Guy Huntington
This paper outlines my own personal views on the requirements for the home customer re privacy, authentication and authorization. It's meant to illustrate the complexities and to raise questions in utility management, public regulators and utility customer minds about how customer privacy, authentication and authorization will be accomplished...
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Are You Naked Online?
November 01, 2010
Learn who is straining to peek at you and how those peeping toms profit from your private information. Worse yet, you are also exposing your family and your business to the harsh light of day.
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GPS Tracking of Stolen Cell Phone Nabs Thief
November 01, 2010 Added by:Stephen Gantz
As private individuals, the victims were well within their legal rights to track the suspect and their location. This is not the case for law enforcement personnel in general, who are required to obtain subpoenas before they can access tracking data...
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Facebook Privacy Progress and Pitfalls
October 30, 2010 Added by:Theresa Payton
In a positive move, Facebook filed lawsuits against the scammers hitting it's site and it's users, but The Wall Street Journal reported that your information was being transmitted to marketing firms, and Fox News did an investigation researching how well Facebook blocks child predators...
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Google Street View and Unencrypted Wi-Fi: Not a Hazard
October 25, 2010 Added by:Robert Gezelter
The effort being focused on Google would be far better spent on educating users about the hazards. Google is caught being an identifiable target. The Street Wise vehicle cruising down the block every few years is not a serious hazard to privacy and security...
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Facebook - Breaking Your Privacy Rules
October 22, 2010 Added by:Theresa Payton
The cause for concern is the Facebook ID number can be used to trace back to a person's name and their friends' names even if you have your security settings at the highest and strictest levels. In other words, you have a false sense of privacy...




