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Alleged smear campaigns happen every day and privacy doesn't exist: Alleged smear campaigns happen every day and privacy doesn't existWell, I still want to be able to trust Google to not let others read myemail, and be able to sue the SNOT out of them if they do let others read my email. Of course ditto for the other providers....; Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., privacy, Privacy International; Discussion threads 2007-06-11
Alleged smear campaigns happen every day and privacy doesn't exist: Privacy International flunks Google on its privacy policy. Google fires back unofficially. Privacy International alleges that Google has launched a smear campaign. It's really just another day at the office. What's different this time is that this war of words between Privacy International, Google and Google's supporters is escalating in...; Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Search, Microsoft, Google, General; Blog posts 2007-06-11
Privacy International pokes a stick in Google's eye: Privacy International pokes a stick in Google's eyeUntrustworthy?Personally, I don't trust it. They appear to have *preemptively* singled out how Google is worse than Microsoft - why? They take offense to things that don't matter to me (what is wrong with seeing whether someone has read an e-mail...; Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., Privacy International; Discussion threads 2007-06-10
Privacy International pokes a stick in Google's eye: Privacy International has poked Google in the eye with the stick. In an interim report on the privacy ranking of the major Internet services, Google was the only company found among those surveyed to receive a failing grade, which Privacy International described as conducting comprehensive consumer surveillance and having...; Tags: Google; Blog posts 2007-06-10
A response to Google: Basic data rights: My ZD Net blogging colleague, Garrett Rogers, excoriates Privacy International for its negative assessment of Google's privacy policies. He suggests the New Zealand-based organization, founded more than a decade ago, came to its conclusion without information from Google. Privacy International says Google has launched a "smear campaign" against the report,...; Tags: Business &, Technology; Blog posts 2007-06-10

Close all Google accounts: Google doesn't care about privacy: Close all Google accounts: Google doesn't care about privacygoogle privacyi do have to say i have had nothing but issues since i joined "myspace" which is generated by google. i don't know much if anything about computer stuff, but i have so much spam coming through on my email...; Tags: SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Authentication/Encryption, Google Inc., privacy, Privacy International; Discussion threads 2007-06-09
Close all Google accounts: Google doesn't care about privacy: I know, the title is ridiculous -- but that's exactly what Privacy International is saying about Google in a report that was published today. They gave Google the lowest possible score when it comes to privacy according to the AP. It's funny how they know so much about...; Tags: Privacy, Google; Blog posts 2007-06-09
The Enhanced US Border Surveillance System: An Assessment of the Implications of US-VISIT: The increased surveillance at borders poses significant challenges to civil liberties, to race relations and to the functioning of a free and open society. The U.S. Visitor & Immigration Status Indication Technology System US VISIT has been deployed in response to significant issues of security, but in spite of its...; Tags: Privacy International, Security; White papers 2004-09-28

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GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default: GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by defaultGoogle obviously - and rightly so - regards this matter as important,as can be seen from the fact that even we in Sweden are now allowed to choose the [b]Gmail[/b] option to «Always use https» - I checked immediately after reading Ryan's...; Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Gmail, Gmail Add, HTTP, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Ready for real Indian medicine?: Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Speculation over possible Skype backdoor: Speculation over possible Skype backdoorIf true, not good...not good at all.... :(Is privacy no longer possible?; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel.": 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Facebook gets serious about app quality: Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings: Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...; Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
How sick is Steve Jobs?: How sick is Steve Jobs?Not appropriate to ...discuss someone's health in a public blog. Privacy should remain private.how long before M$ goes belly up?with Gate$ gone, M$ is even in a worst position since he too was relying on brainless drones.RE: How sick is Steve Jobs?[i]Jobs has insisted to friends...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Steve Jobs, health care; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service: Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...; Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws: In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...; Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Connecting international businesses securely: Globalisation, efficiency and responsiveness in an incresaingly regulatory environment; Tags: International Business, Easynet; White papers 2008-07-23
(Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers): (Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers)Get your badge and stick it in the Microwave first!1. Get your badge and stick it in the Microwave first! Not long enough to melt the badge but just enough to zap the RFID electronics.2. If you require the RFID to work to...; Tags: SECURITY, badge, Tracking Last HOPE, RFID, noise level, photograph; Discussion threads 2008-07-22