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From the Pew Internet and American Life press release: “The internet became an essential part of American politics in 2004. Fully 75 million Americans 37% of the adult population and 61% of online Americans used the internet to get political news and information, discuss candidates and debate issues in emails, or participate directly …
From the Washington Post, New Industry Helping Banks Fight Back – Sleuths Hit Online Identity Thieves With ‘Takedowns,’ ‘Poisoning’. A patch-work of emerging technology applications are available targeted to financial services and e-commerce, seeking to address growing consumer concerns with e-mail and website fraud. This article reviews the challenges posed by phishing and the possibility …
Message to ChoicePoint users appears after login: “Dear Customer – Based on recent issues, we are taking a proactive stance on managing access to sensitive information. ChoicePoint is requesting an update of your user and account information and reducing your access to some data – until we process the update. Your account is still open …
Over the past two days, significant primary and secondary information associated with the ChoicePoint ID theft scam has become available. Please see the following sources, which appear in chronological order: SEC probing ChoicePoint stock sales Rep. Markey Press Conference Statement Introducing the “Information Protection and Security Act” (S. 500 and H.R. 1080): “In the emerging …
As the citizens of additional states join the list of those eligable for free credit reports, problems associated with this program have been noted. The World Privacy Forum recently issued an extensive report documenting fraudulent activities that are complicating consumer access to the reports. In addition, the group reviews how use of the legitimate sites …
From Polical Money Line, Corporate Websites Get Scrutiny: “The Federal Election Commission acknowledged last week that it determined it is a violation to post a federal candidate’s endorsement and picture on a corporate website when it is not paid for by the corporation’s PAC or limited to in-house access.” Declan McCullagh interviewed Bradley Smith about …
Stever Robbins offers advice on how to author effective, efficient, and focused business email messages. He also recommends how to read and respond to email. Thoughtful, well constructed and brief responses, which you have taken time to consider before hitting the “send” key, will increase the value of this communications tool. And don’t forget that …
Emerging Threats: Overclassification and Pseudo-classification, a hearing held on March 2, 2005. “The purpose of this hearing is to examine the proliferation of categories of information that are not classified but are withheld from public disclosure.” [Link (PDF) to Briefing Memo for March 2 Hearing on Classification] Opening Statement of Chairman Shays Links to testimony …
Press release: “Symantec has been granted U.S. patent number 6,851,057 for a system that enables the detection of complex viruses, worms, and spyware. The technology, “data driven detection of viruses,” is employed throughout Symantec’s portfolio of industry-leading information security solutions at the desktop, server, and gateway for both consumers and enterprises.”
Emerging Threats: Overclassification and Psuedo-Classification, House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, March 2, 2005. Related resources: Shays Holds Hearing on Overclassification: “Last year, more federal officials classified more information, and declassified less, than the year before. In our previous hearing on official secrecy policies, the Department of …
Thursday, March 3 at 6:30pm ET – “Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, Lessig is the author of Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace and an expert on the issues of copyright and “copyleft.” He is the inventor of the revolutionary concept …
From Wired, The Book Stops Here – “Jimmy Wales wanted to build a free encyclopedia on the Internet. So he raised an army of amateurs and created the self-organizing, self-repairing, hyperaddictive library of the future called Wikipedia.”