Intel Official: Say Goodbye to Privacy
I think Donald Kerr is correct on the first bit, and naive on the latter: “Privacy no longer can mean anonymity. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s...
View ArticleFacebook Caves, Changes Coming to Beacon (at least until things cool off)
I’d call this “stealthy postponement“: While it falls short of the global opt-out feature that our readers seemed to think Facebook would announce in today’s poll, this seems like a reasonable change...
View ArticleRIP Facebook?
From Josh Quittner: A lot of people say that Facebook has jumped the shark. That’s flat out wrong. In fact, Facebook is now being devoured by the shark. There’s so much blood in the water, it’s...
View ArticleNo firetrucks will arrive as online privacy battle heats up
To get people thinking about the related issues, Marshall Kirkpatrick has put together a list of questions well worth asking, and discussing. It is indeed timely. Online social networking is already on...
View ArticleIs “1984” required reading at Apple headquarters?
The next operating system release from Apple, Snow Leopard, is going to include the CoreLocation framework already available for iPhone developers. And… Since Macs don’t include GPS technology like the...
View ArticleFacebook’s problem is dissociative identity disorder (UPDATED)
A few days ago, the Consumerist kicked up quite a stir when it uncovered how a relatively small tweak to Facebook’s terms of service essentially negated any rights users might have had to permanently...
View ArticleThe Conficker April Fool
Tomorrow is April Fools Day. There will be plenty of jokes played, and many people bamboozled. Be ready, and believe nothing you hear. Well, almost nothing. The Conficker worm (a.k.a Downup, Downadup...
View ArticlePractice diligence to avoid fear of the web
Eduardo Porter of the New York Times: A few months ago, I nervously created my first Facebook page with the minimum necessary information to view pictures posted by old friends. I returned to the page...
View ArticleGoogle CEO channels Houston police chief
Google CEO Eric Schmidt on privacy: “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” The if you’re not doing anything wrong meme rears...
View Article(Re)introducing Brian Krebs
I’ve been following the Washington Post’s Security Fix blog since the Spamroll days. Its author, Brian Krebs, was one of the most insightful internet security journalists around. He still is, only he...
View ArticleIntel Official: Say Goodbye to Privacy
I think Donald Kerr is correct on the first bit, and naive on the latter: “Privacy no longer can mean anonymity. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s...
View ArticleFacebook Caves, Changes Coming to Beacon (at least until things cool off)
I’d call this “stealthy postponement“: While it falls short of the global opt-out feature that our readers seemed to think Facebook would announce in today’s poll, this seems like a reasonable change...
View ArticleRIP Facebook?
From Josh Quittner: A lot of people say that Facebook has jumped the shark. That’s flat out wrong. In fact, Facebook is now being devoured by the shark. There’s so much blood in the water, it’s...
View ArticleNo firetrucks will arrive as online privacy battle heats up
To get people thinking about the related issues, Marshall Kirkpatrick has put together a list of questions well worth asking, and discussing. It is indeed timely. Online social networking is already on...
View ArticleIs “1984” required reading at Apple headquarters?
The next operating system release from Apple, Snow Leopard, is going to include the CoreLocation framework already available for iPhone developers. And… Since Macs don’t include GPS technology like the...
View ArticleFacebook’s problem is dissociative identity disorder (UPDATED)
A few days ago, the Consumerist kicked up quite a stir when it uncovered how a relatively small tweak to Facebook’s terms of service essentially negated any rights users might have had to permanently...
View ArticleThe Conficker April Fool
Tomorrow is April Fools Day. There will be plenty of jokes played, and many people bamboozled. Be ready, and believe nothing you hear. Well, almost nothing. The Conficker worm (a.k.a Downup, Downadup...
View ArticlePractice diligence to avoid fear of the web
Eduardo Porter of the New York Times: A few months ago, I nervously created my first Facebook page with the minimum necessary information to view pictures posted by old friends. I returned to the page...
View ArticleGoogle CEO channels Houston police chief
Google CEO Eric Schmidt on privacy: “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” The if you’re not doing anything wrong meme rears...
View Article(Re)introducing Brian Krebs
I’ve been following the Washington Post’s Security Fix blog since the Spamroll days. Its author, Brian Krebs, was one of the most insightful internet security journalists around. He still is, only he...
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