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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...

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Facebook 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...

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RIP 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...

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No 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...

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Is “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...

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Facebook’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...

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The 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...

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Practice 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...

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Google 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...

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(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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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 Article

Facebook 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 Article

RIP 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 Article


No 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Is “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 Article


Facebook’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 Article

The 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 Article


Practice 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 Article

Google 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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