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“The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, offers updated information explaining how to protect your child’s information and your own, and the immediate steps to take to limit the damage identity theft can cause. Taking Charge: What To Do If Your Identity Is Stolen is a step-by-step guide that includes sample letters, forms …
The Public Domain: Surveillance in Everyday Life, Alice Marwick. Surveillance & Society, Vol 9, No 4 (2012) “People create profiles on social network sites and Twitter accounts against the background of an audience. This paper argues that closely examining content created by others and looking at ones own content through other peoples eyes, a common …
News release: “Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd…announced the results of a new ZoneAlarm report revealing differences in the use of computer security between Gen Y and Baby Boomers. The report, The Generation Gap in Computer Security, found that Gen Y is more confident in its security knowledge than Baby Boomers. However, 50 percent of Gen …
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Affairs, Applications Made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court During Calendar Year 2011, submitted pursuant to sections 107 and 502 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as amended, 50 U.S.C. Sec. 1801 et seq., and section 118 of USA PATRIOT Improvement Act and Reauthorization Act of …
Follow up to DHS IG – Customs and Border Protection Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Nations Border Security – via EFF: “DHSs Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report (pdf) detailing multiple problems with the drones used to patrol US borders. This report, combined with the Federal Aviation Administrations lack of openness …
Mail Online: “Spy planes able to photograph sunbathers in their back gardens are being deployed by Google and Apple. The U.S. technology giants are racing to produce aerial maps so detailed they can show up objects just four inches wide. But campaigners say the technology is a sinister development that brings the surveillance society a …
“In recent years, online tracking companies have begun to monitor our clicks, searches and reading habits as we move around the Internet. If you are concerned about pervasive online web tracking by behavioral advertisers, then you may want to enable Do Not Track on your web browser. Do Not Track is unique in that it …
June 13, 2012: The ICO writes to Google about Street View – “Following the publication of the Federal Communications Commission report, the ICO has written to Google and will consider what further action, if any, needs to be taken.” UK reopens Google Street View investigation after FCC probe – The ICO wants to know precisely …
When the Government Comes Knocking, Who Has Your Back? “When you use the Internet, you entrust your online conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. But what happens when the government demands that these companies to hand over your private information? Will the company stand with you? Will …
Follow up to June 6, 2012 posting, LinkedIn Member Passwords Compromised, this update via the LinkedIn Blog: An Update On Taking Steps To Protect Our Members, June 9, 2012: “…In this post, we want to address questions weve been receiving and share what weve learned so far about the incident, how weve responded, and what …
Vicente Silveira, June 6, 2012: “We want to provide you with an update on this mornings reports of stolen passwords. We can confirm that some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts. We are continuing to investigate this situation and here is what we are pursuing as far as next steps for …
News release: “This morning, the House Judiciary Committee held an important hearing on the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) and the scope of the NSAs warrantless wiretapping program. The FAA, which gutted privacy protections governing the interception international phone calls and e-mail to and from the United States, is set to expire at the end of …
