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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

Additional Resources

Google hit again with Street View privacy concerns - in Switzerland

It is NOT up to Google to insure your privacy in public places. These are places it is perfectly legal to be in and take pictures of, then publish the pictures. Just because the pictures are taken automatically, does not suddenly make them illegal. If you want to restrict the...

Tags: U.S. Military, Google Inc., photograph

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

MobiSafeFile 1.1 (Mobile)

is a powerful file encryption and privacy protection software running on Windows Mobile.It can encryptdecrypt filesfolders on your mobile. It has beautiful interface, easy to operate. It using international AES encryption algorithm to protect your privacy. MobiSafeFile is very small, but with high efficiency.

Tags: Mobile, Beijing, MobiSafeFile, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Microsoft plays the security card in response to Google's Chrome Frame

"Latest" phishing/malware data from NSS Labsapplies to Chrome 2. The most current Chrome is 3.0.195.21. I'm not surprised Microsoft mentions it though; they need to say something. Concering Chrome running inside IE..Yea I think they do, sort of. Correct me if I'm wrong but in Vista and beyond that plugin...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, plug-in, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., security, security card, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Give Google a break!

soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...

Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Mozilla shuts online store after security breach

The Mozilla Foundation has shuttered its e-commerce store after confirming a security breach at GatewayCDI, the third-party vendor that handles the store's backend operations. The open-source groups said it has asked Gateway CDI to quickly notify individuals who had their sensitive data compromised.  Mozilla did not elaborate...

Tags: Online Store, Mozilla Corp., GatewayCDI, Mozilla Store, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-05

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Green tech; Laptop deals

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. FT: Apple joins forces with record labels Robin Harris: The Wintel blue light special John Morris: Sunday...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Green Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Blu-Ray, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-27

CLEAR Airport Verified Identity Pass calls it Quits (UPDATED)

In a brief email sent to customers at 10:45PM EST, Verified Identity Pass notified its 250,000 customers that the CLEAR service was no more click on photo to enlarge Well I can't say that it was unexpected, but it's definitely a...

Tags: Clear, Identity, Steven Brill, Security, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-22

PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort

True to form, having figured out the wind is blowing strongly against Green Dam - Youth Escort the censorware that China had ordered PC makers to install before selling computers in the country, the tech industry has now lent its name to a tepid letter of protest to the Chinese...

Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Iranian protesters take to the tweets

Iranian protesters take to the tweetsWhich precisely why.....net neutrality is important. No single entity or groups of entities should have the right to control what flows over the internet. That is the best way to ensure survival of freedom and democracy.Iranians, are your ports/websites being blocked?Take control of your Freedom.Set...

Tags: INTERNET, Government, Iranian protester, tweet, protester

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Advanced Blocker 2.14 (Mobile)

for S60Auto-reject blacklisted numbers, unsolicited calls and messages! Advanced Blocker is all-in-one solution to help you filter unwanted voice calls, video calls, text messages, MMS and WAP Push messages. You no longer need to turn off your phone just to avoid interruptions - just enable Advanced Blocker and leave it...

Tags: Phone, MMS, Mobile, Phonebook, Advanced Blocker, Thekey/license, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, WAP, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility

Software downloads 2009-04-23

EU slams Britain over Phorm

In surveillance-happy Britain scroll down, letting Internet providers install Phorm's tracking tools without customers' consent is just peachy. Not so for the E.U., as the Times reports. The European Commission on Tuesday threatened to sanction the UK for the practice. “European privacy...

Tags: U.K., Britain, Phorm, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Anatomy of a storage overhaul: Facebook's photo system

Anatomy of a storage overhaul: Facebook's photo systemAn SQL file storage systema "blob" is a funtion used to store images in a database. Normally an image is linked to a database, but a blob allows the image to be stored in that database. In a small business this...

Tags: Databases, Facebook, photo system, database, storage, photograph, anatomy

Discussion threads 2009-04-06