Day archives: December 3rd, 2011

New book, Cellular Convergence and the Death of Privacy

NetworkWorld: “Engineering professor calls smartphone software ‘appalling invasion of privacy “A controversy over smartphone privacy has reignited this week following a coder’s recent post detailing how a hidden software application on Android-based HTC phones can collect a range of information about the user’s activities. The client program is from a venture-funded company called Carrier IQ …

Subjects: Privacy

OECD Green Growth Studies

OECD Green Growth Studies, December 1, 2011 “The OECD Green Growth Strategy aims to provide concrete recommendations and measurement tools, including indicators, to support countries’ efforts to achieve economic growth and development, while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which well-being relies. The strategy proposes a flexible policy …

Subjects: Government Documents