10/02/25

Data breaches via P2P file-sharing networks. Big Brother wants to know how you spend your money. Phone hacking by Britisch media - the sequel. Google in Italy - the sequel. Google Buzz - the sequel. Everything else.

Quick links about privacy and technology

Data breaches via P2P file-sharing networks
FTC: Widespread data breaches uncovered by FTC probe
Graham Cluley: FTC notifies almost 100 organisations of P2P data leaks
SC Magazine: FTC warns businesses about shared data that is available on P2P networks and could be compromised

Big Brother wants to know how you spend your money.
CNN Transcripts: Your bottom line - protecting your privacy; credit card scour your spending habits; employers rely on data brokers; fusion centers survey us
Concurring opinions: Sometimes it really is Big Brother

Phone hacking by Britisch media - the sequel.
The Guardian: MPs' verdict on News of the World phone-hacking scandal - Amnesia, obfuscation and hush money
House of Commons - Press standards, privacy and libel - Cuture, media and Sports Committee - Press standards
Blogzilla: Amnesia, obfuscation and hush money

Google in Italy - the sequel.
NYT: Larger threat is seen in Google case
Forbes: Google and the law - not every web ruling will be this silly
Concurring opinions: Google officials criminally culpable for YouTube video
Ars technica: Italian verdict on google privacy sets dangerous precedent
Wired Epicenter: Italy convicts Google execs for Down syndrome video
MediaPost: Google says conviction of execs in Italy is attack on internet freedom
Wired threat level: Does Italy's Google conviction portend more censorship?
Techdirt: Incredible - Google execs found guilty because of YouTube video; given six months suspended sentences

Google Buzz - the sequel.
FtT: Google Buzzkill
Wired Epicenter: Google will ask Buzz's early adopters to confirm privacy choices

BoingBoing vs. MagicJack
MediaPost: Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit brought against BoingBoing by co. targeting ads based on phone numbers
Techdirt: MagicJack tries to silence Boing Boing; loses and has to pay $50,000

Everything else.
FtT: Web security trust models
FtT: Web certification fail - bad assumptions lead to bad technology
Eric Diehl: Digital personal property
TLF: Coud computing & natural monopolies
TLF: "Publication privacy" is thriving: Facebook, Google Buzz & the future of sharing
Psyblog: Can you trust a Facebook profile?
Techdirt: Turns out that people are actually pretty honest about themselves online
Racingsnake: Identity, privacy and the post-bureaucratic age

10/02/20

Google Buzz and privacy. Google Buzz and children. Google Buzz and security. Google and everything else. Transfer of EU banking data to the US. Privacy. Information security. Outlook Social Connector. PleaseRobMe. Everything else.

Quick links about privacy and technology

Google Buzz and privacy.
The Register: Schmidt defends Google Buzz despite tweaks aplenty
Sillicon Alley Insider: How Google went into "code red" and saved Google Buzz
Graham Cluley: A bad first week for Google Buzz
Wired Epicenter: Google tweaks Buzz after overblown privacy backlash
Techdirt; And,of course, class action lawsuit filed against Google over Buzz
DarkReading: Google acknowledges privacy issues with Buzz
Gartner: Google follows the usual "violate privacy; if caught, apologize; then offer opt out" path
The Guardian: Privacy group files FTC complaint against Google Buzz
Racingsnake: Google Buzz - what's the appropriate reaction?
CBC News: Privacy commissioner reviewing Google Buzz
MediaPost: Privacy advocates ask FTC to sanction Google
The Register: Google Buzz accused of EPIC FAIL
BBC News: Google admits Buzz social network testing flaws
Google.com: Danny Sullivan - The giant mess of mixing Gmail addresses with Google Buzz/profile names
Social hacking: Using Google Buzz can expose your Gmail address
Search engine land: Google may offer Buzz independently from Gmail
Ars technica: Google may separate Buzz from Gmail in light of the outcry over privacy issues
Sillicon Alley insider: WARNING - Google Buzz has a huge privacy flaw
MediaPost: Google Buzz publicly airs privacy confusion
MediaPost: Google revisits privacy controls on Buzz, again
Racingsnake: No such thing as bad publicity...?
Racingsnake: Privacy by design, privacy by default
TLF: Google Buzz is no "privacy nightmare" (unless you're a privacy paternalist)
The Register: Google Buzz leaves privacy concerns ringing in ears
NyT: Critics say Google invades privacy with new service
Ars technica: Google works to clean up Buzz privacy mess after launch

Google Buzz and children.
Concurring Opinions: Boyden on Google Buzz and Coppa
Concurring opinions: Still Buzzing, the under 13 set

Google Buzz and security.
The Register: Google Buzz exposes user geo location
ha.ckers: Google Buzz security flaw

Google and everything else.
Securiteam: Google and security. Oil and water. (Or: how to DoS Google groups)
SearchEngineLand: Google blurs the line between paid and unpaid results again

Transfer of EU banking data to the US.
Tech and law: Transfer of EU banking data to US - interim agreement rejected
Ralph Bendrath: European Parliament rejects bank data transfer to U.S.
The Register: MEPs to US - Hands off our bank accounts

Privacy.
Tech and law: De-anonymization illustrated; and guessing gender from web browser history
TLF: Privacy innovation - Adobe Flash supports private browsing & deletes Flash cookies

Information security.
DarkReading: New report examines malware's origins, motivations
DarkReading: Proposal would hold software developers accountable for security bugs
DarkReading: DoD to issue stronger security guidelines to defense vendors
WSJ: Broad new hacking attack detected
The Register: Almost 2,500 firms breached in ongoing hack attack
Damballa: Top-10 Botnet outbreaks in 2009
DarkReading: The top 10 enterprise botnets

Outlook Social Connector.
Micosoft Outlook 2010: Outlook gets social with LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace
The Register: Microsoft connects Web2.0rhea dots in Outlook... bitch

PleaseRobMe.
I'm not actually a geek: PleaseRobMe is the logical extension of our worst fears about location-based services
Graham Cluley: PleaseRobMe exposes danger of sharing too much information online

Everything else.
Techdirt: UK court finds that simply linking to infringing videos is not infringing
TLF: The government can monitor your location all day every day without implicating your Fourth Amendment rights
Javelin: Javelin study finds identity fraud reached new high in 2009, but consumers are fighting back
DarkReading: Consumers fighting back against identity fraud, study says
DarkReading: New technology offers secure electronic payment via mobile phones
Slate: Don't touch that dial! A history of media technology scares, from the printing press to Facebook
TLF: Excellent Slate article on techno-panics & fears of info overload
Wired Epicenter: Television will soon watch you (for instructions)
Techdirt: UK court says it has jurisdiction over racist material stored on California server... if content created in the UK

10/02/14

Twitter passwords. Online anonymity. Facebook and privacy. Talking about privacy. Security. Everything else.

Quick links about privacy and technology

Twitter passwords.
Twitter status: Reason #4132 for changing your password
Cnet: Twitter reveals torrent scam details
Graham Cluley: How to choose a strong password

Online anonymity.
FtT: Identifying John Doe - it might be easier than you think
FtT: What third parties know about John doe
FtT: The traceability of an anonymous online comment
Kim Cameron: More unintended consequences of browser leakage
Schneier on security: Anonymity and the internet
Techdirt: You can't get rid of anonymity online, even if you wanted to
The privacy, identity and consent blog: Think your web browsing's anonymous? Think again

Facebook and privacy.
Light blue touchpaper: The need for privacy ombudsmen
MediaPost: Facebook hit with more privacy lawsuits in the wake of changing users' settings

Talking about privacy.
33 bits of entropy: In which I come out - notes from the FTC privacy roundtable
Tech and law: Internet rights, online privacy - views of Facebook, Google, Vodafone, Open Insights at LSE panel session
Tech and law: 2nd FTC privacy roundtable 2010

Security.
DarkReading: Test - Most web application scanner missed nearly half of vulnerabilities
CBS News: Copiers - gold mines for identity theft
ComputerWorld: SchmooCon - P2P snoopers know what's in your wallet

Everything else.
TLF: Google Buzz - encouraging privacy by design v. privacy paternalism
The future of privacy forum: Ubiquitous biometrics

10/02/06

Google and DNS. Privacy. Cloud computing. Everything else.

Quick links about privacy and technology

Google and DNS.
Ars technica: Google wants to see client addresses in DNS queries
The Register: Google moves to extend DNS protocol

Privacy.
Europa - press releases: Viviane Reding - Privacy, the challenges ahead for the European Union
Kim Cameron: Minimal disclosure for browsers
Schneier on Security: Tracking your browser without cookies
BayNewser: A third of Facebook users customized their privacy settings after the policy changes (and why Facebook thinks that's a good thing)
The register: 1 in 3 users reviewed Facebook privacy roll-back
Cnet: It's been 10 years - why won't people pay for privacy?
Racingsnake: Paying for privacy...
Ralf Bendrath: Bank data deals under heavy fire from EU parliamentarians

Cloud computing.
NYMITY: Interview with Michelle Dennedy, Chief governance officer, Cloud computing, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Everything else.
FtT: Census of files available via BitTorrent
TLF: Are you an internet optimist or pessimist? the great debate over technology's impact on society