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- Orwell denied: Bill to stop employers from sticking RFIDs under workers' skin
- Orwell denied: Bill to stop employers from sticking RFIDs under workers' skinRFIDSo you tell me my info is safe, But.. laptops and personal info is stolen constantly with folks personnal info on it. You tell me that You're not "watching me" But you want RFIDS. You tell me that...
- Tags: worker, RFID, Roxanne Gould, Orwell
- Discussion threads 2007-06-20
- Is EMI the chink in the RIAA armor?
- Is EMI the chink in the RIAA armor?They already haveThe RIAA has gone after the P2P providers. They shut down Napster by running them out of money to the point where they had to sell. They got ruling in Australia nailing Kazza to the wall. The problem is that P2P...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Digital media, EMI Group Plc., RIAA CLAIMS, drug user, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2007-06-05
- Privacy is for the ignorant
- Privacy is for the ignorantSounds like someone has given up...And that's the worse thing that can happen.I used to think that way!I used to think this way also until I started studying cybercrime what it truly is. I will repeat what I learned and heard in the last lecture for...
- Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, Dawson, credit card
- Discussion threads 2007-04-30
- Laptop theft exposes teachers to ID fraud risk
- Laptop theft exposes teachers to ID fraud riskThe same old story that goes on, and on, and on, and....It's getting to be a nauseating story. You would think that by now, these organizations would understand that key personal data like social security numbers should not be stored on a...
- Tags: Notebooks, Operational accounting, Government, laptop computer, social security number, Social Security, identity fraud, personal data, Laptop Theft
- Discussion threads 2007-04-09
- Gates urges federal data privacy law
- Gates urges federal data privacy lawWe agree on one thingOnly I'd go one farther: I would let people decide who gets to keep their information on file. Maybe you like the idea of instant credit, maybe you don't care. If you don't you should have the ability to...
- Tags: SECURITY, citizenship, Microsoft Corp., EULA, privacy
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- Datamining program violated privacy laws
- Datamining program violated privacy lawsBIG DEALS"enate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) has introduced bipartisan legislation to require the White House to report more fully to Congress on datamining programs."BIG DEAL! Legislation requiring the White House to report to Congress on datamining is a total waste of time and...
- Tags: Business intelligence, Regulations, U.S. Congress, data mining, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USA PATRIOT Act
- Discussion threads 2007-03-05
- Identity theft on the wane
- Identity theft on the wanebut lapses aren'tThis is so misleading, while the article explains that only some numbers are down it's more important to look at the number of people hit by security breaches.Look at all the money spent to prevent ID theft, namely that which has been spent by...
- Tags: Gartner Inc., identity theft
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
- Start-up launches identity-theft search service
- Start-up launches identity-theft search serviceI don't think soFirst, you have to setup an account, which links anything you input to a search. I'm assuming that they require confirmation by sending you an email and verifying via the email. If so then someone has the IP address that setup the account....
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, identity theft, identity-theft search service, agency
- Discussion threads 2007-01-24
- T.J. Maxx parent says customer data stolen
- T.J. Maxx parent says customer data stolenWhich OS was compromised?We can't know for sure, but here's a clue -http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.tjx.comMarshalls Inc. 770 Cochituate Rd. Framingham MA US 01701 168.233.1.140 Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 2-Dec-2006Marshalls Inc. 770 Cochituate Rd. Framingham MA US 01701 168.233.1.140 Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 4-Sep-2006Marshalls Inc. 770 Cochituate Rd. Framingham MA US 01701 168.233.1.140 Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0 4-Jun-2006Marshalls Inc. 770 Cochituate...
- Tags: Framingham MA, Marshalls Inc. 770 Cochituate Rd, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-18
- Senator revives data leak proposals
- Senator revives data leak proposalsAlthoughpractically everyone we are worried about fall in the exceptions... unbelieveable!Tommy#1Good, but let us not add anthing to restrict gathering info for our country's protection. We MUST fight terrorists!Latter Day SinnersI reported the ID theft and fraudulant use of our late daughters SS# to...
- Tags: Vertical industries, perpetrator, data leak proposal, SS#, government
- Discussion threads 2007-01-11
- Is privacy important?
- Is privacy important?Very Well PutThe subversion of civil liberties by our current President is disgusting.As part of a speech, I'd written:"As Americans, we the people need to decide which is more precious to us; do we fight for the ideals of our Democracy, of our Republic, and of our Constitution...or...
- Tags: Homeland security, SECURITY, American People, 9/11 commission, privacy, government
- Discussion threads 2007-01-08
- New ID theft protections in HI
- New ID theft protections in HIHiwaii's New Laws Good First StepI read Gordon Pang's excellent article in the Honolulu Advertiser that outlines Hawaii's newest laws to protect consumers from ID theft. A freeze on data is a good temporary solution, but there is only one answer for long-term resolution....
- Tags: identity theft, ID Theft Protection
- Discussion threads 2007-01-04
- By the numbers: A dismal year for data breaches
- By the numbers: A dismal year for data breaches100M? HardlyAnd the problem with most of these numbers is that they only go back to 2005 - with only a few cases the four years prior to that.The Web has been in existence since 1989; e-commerce really started to take off...
- Tags: Data centers, Strategy, Web, Big Brother, data breach, security
- Discussion threads 2006-12-19
- Jailed ID thieves thwart cops with crypto
- Jailed ID thieves thwart cops with cryptoHmmm, wonder what they triedI'd love to have a crack at it, bet I could decrypt the data. Might need a powerful server to do. Give me 256 GBs of Ram and I'll crack it. Time is just what it takes.We Have Lost the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, SECURITY, government, identity theft, encryption
- Discussion threads 2006-12-18
- Should Google rule the world's information?
- Should Google rule the world's information?The right question, is should more of the worlds information be archivedand indexed. They answer is a resounding YES!. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and many others are doing just that.Another related question: Should congress make sure that our privacy is respected. YES.The right question:Should Microsoft be...
- Tags: SHOCKED, Google Inc., privacy, apathy
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
- Banks rated for ID theft
- Banks rated for ID theftMy ID was stolen by a BofA EmployeeA credit card account was opened in my name by a BofA employee when I went in to make a deposit, without my knowledge or consent, and I am still fighting to get this removed from my credit report...
- Tags: Financial services, God, Bank of America Corp., bank, identity theft, Florida Commerce Credit Union
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
- HP probed third CNET reporter, family
- HP probed third CNET reporter, familyALL hacks should be investigatedI've never met a hack or politician that was worth jack and it would be good to investigate all of them for their crimes IMO.How many more @ CNet have been targeted?This HP ID fraud case seems to get nastier each...
- Tags: Social Security, Business ethics, Operational accounting, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-21
- Nikon magazine hit with security breach
- Nikon magazine hit with security breachNo such thing as too carefulIt may not have been Nikon's fault that the breach happened, but it's great that they are taking responsibility to get in contact with their customers. Nikon is a reputable company, so this is a reminder that a security breach...
- Tags: Nikon Corp., security breach, security, OOOOP
- Discussion threads 2006-09-15
- What the HP affair really says about privacy
- What the HP affair really says about privacyA big enough deal ISNT being made..How can people be saying you're making too big of a deal out of this? The problem is that a big enough deal ISN'T being made of all the laptop thefts, email leaks and security breaches that...
- Tags: SECURITY, Hewlett-Packard Co., Enron Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
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