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- Privacy
- The degree to which an individual can determine which personal information is to be shared with whom and for what purpose. Although always a concern when users pass confidential...
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- Senate, Web ad titans joust over behavioral targeting
- A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday picked apart behavioral Web advertising as executives from the likes of Google, NebuAd and Facebook touted their privacy controls and even went as far as noting that ads are good for you. The hearing before the Senate Committee on Senate Committee...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Advertisement, Privacy, Internet Service Provider, Behavioral Targeting, Service Provider, U.S. Senate, Online Advertising, Internet Service, NebuAd, Privacy Law, Tom, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Google trying to take privacy seriously
- Google trying to take privacy seriouslyRE: Google trying to take privacy seriouslyThe whole thing is a legal can of worms which I did not see American judges opening. I hope this will be overturned for it has very serious implications all over the world.While the state may potentially be the...
- Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., privacy
- Discussion threads 2008-07-05
- Google trying to take privacy seriously
- This week was a very interesting week as far as Google and privacy goes. First, a burglary the same on that affected CNET earlier last month was confirmed to have affected all Google employees hired before December 31, 2005. There's nothing Google could have done about it, but it's...
- Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Social Security, Security, Government, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-05
- Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!
- If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security. Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see...
- Tags: Imaging, Airport Security, Privacy, Transportation Security Administration, Image, Attack, Madness, Scanners, Document Management, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?
- I just finished a news story about VeriSign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) secure OpenID services chosen by Microsoft for HealthVault users. The story discusses VeriSign's DNS services and its OpenID services and asks if this is a problem or a feature. Is this a possible privacy issue or could the two technologies...
- Tags: DNS, VeriSign Inc., Privacy, Domain Name, OpenID, Domain Names, Security, Networking, Internet, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA
- Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...
- Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say
- Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups sayTake a deep breath...hold it...hold it...keep holding...[i]“NebuAd requires its ISP partners to provide robust notice to their subscribers prior to deployment of the service.”[/i]I have a feeling that "robustness" is in the eye of the beholding ISPs.RE: Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups sayCharter...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), advertisement, privacy, AdBlock
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say
- NebuAd's "consumer-centric behavioral targeting network" is nothing less than malware, Public Knowledge and FreePress charge in a new report PDF. The ad insertion technology violates "several fundamental expectations of Internet privacy, security and standards-based interoperability," the report says. Stacey Higginbotham reports at GigaOm...
- Tags: Advertisement, Privacy, Behavioral Targeting, NebuAd, Ad Insertion Technology, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Argente - Disk Cleaner (exe)
- This application will enable you to easily delete all the u needed items form your computer in order to free up space. With Argente - Disk Cleaner you can safely remove all unnecessary files, history and privacy of Windows. Look unnecessary files in the system, with more than 40 types...
- Tags: Disk, History, Privacy, Argente Software, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-06-17
- TheEraser (zip)
- TheEraser is a military-grade privacy file cleaner and secure file wiping utility using advanced cryptographic algorithms to ensure nobody and no recovery tool will be able to undelete any file which will may break your privacy and/or expose sensitive material. It begun with the basics of the well know DoD...
- Tags: Privacy, Software Solutions Inc., File, TheEraser, Productivity, Security
- Software downloads 2008-06-10
- Ebook- How to Secure Windows and Your Privacy (zip)
- This open source ebook tells Windows users how to secure their Windows computer and their privacy. It explains security and privacy threats in simple terms. It tells what practices you should follow to address them, and it lists free software you can install to protect yourself. This ebook is not...
- Tags: Privacy, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-05-28
- Google's obfuscation on privacy
- Google's obfuscation on privacyThe ISP free for allThe FCC doesn't regulate or oversee the Internet.I e-mailed them and that was their response.Obfuscation tools to protect your own privacyObfuscation is a useful approach to hide sensitive information. What I do not understand is how Google maintains many different policies while...
- Tags: Google Inc., obfuscation, privacy, Obfuscation
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Google's obfuscation on privacy
- Does Google have something to hide? A report in the New York Times claims that: It's the only one of the big Internet companies that doesn't put a link to its privacy policy on its home page. Indeed, Google believes so strongly...
- Tags: Google Inc., Reason, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Internet, Security, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Privacy, secrecy, innovation and open source
- Many arguments over open source are re-hashed versions of arguments we have about data and the Internet. (Kojac Consulting audits networks. I'll explain why this is relevant soon.) When I say users should see the code they are getting the response might be what about incentives for...
- Tags: Innovation, Google Inc., Audit, Permission, Open Source, Privacy, Question, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Total Privacy (exe)
- Total Privacy protects your privacy and enhance your PC performance. With a simple click Total Privacy can securely erase your Internet tracks, computer activities and programs history information stored in many hidden files on your computer. Supports Internet Explorer, AOL, Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox and Opera browsers well as more than...
- Tags: Privacy, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Computer, Pointstone Software, Productivity, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-05-16
- EU has privacy concerns over Street View
- The EU is not too happy with the upcoming launch of Google Maps' Street View in Europe. The problem: privacy. The AP quotes the EU's top data protection supervisor, Peter Hustinx: "I would encourage Google to think about how to do this," Hustinx told...
- Tags: Google Inc., Data Protection, Privacy, European Union, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Addressing Heterogeneity, Scalability, and Privacy in Layered Multicast Congestion Control
- Multicast is attracting a resurgence of interest because it has a potential to address the explosively growing need for efficient streaming of large-volume Internet content. However, to realize the potential, large-scale multicast distribution requires effective congestion control. This paper designs SIM, a protocol that combines three distinct mechanisms (Selective participation,...
- Tags: SIM Card, Congestion Control, Scalability, Privacy, Layered Technologies Inc.
- White papers 2008-05-15
- Catching up: MySpace adds Karaoke; Friends Reunited drops paid access; Facebook apps create privacy scare
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the last week… MySpace adds Karaoke. Nearly two years after Fox Interactive purchased the karaoke site kSolo.com, its feature-set has finally been integrated into MySpace. "The combination of...
- Tags: Facebook, Privacy, MySpace, MySpace Karaoke, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Desktops, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Hardware, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Privacy Protect It (exe)
- Removes all traces of Internet explorer, VLC, Skype, DivX, Bit Torrent and popular P2P applications, including LimeWire, Azureus, Bit Torrent Client, uTorrent, Kazaa, orpheus. Removes all traces of desktop search applications, Microsoft Office applications and any unwanted items or customized settings pertaining to email applications such as Outlook, Outlook Express,...
- Tags: Application, Privacy, Trace, Desktop Search, Cheetu, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Search, E-mail Clients, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-28
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