Category Archives: Privacy

Phone jailbreaking should stay legal, Web freedom advocates say

By doris | Published: January 27, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Fresh from a victory that saw a pair of online-piracy bills shelved, Web-freedom advocates are now fighting to preserve their right to jailbreak their iPhones. The Electronic Freedom Foundation, a key player in the fight against the Stop Online Piracy Act, is urging people to ask the U.S. government [...]

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Google to merge user data across more services

By doris | Published: January 25, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com Google plans to unify its privacy policy and terms of service across its online offerings, including its flagship search, Gmail and Google+ products, to make them easier to use, but the move could attract greater scrutiny from anti-trust regulators. In an online blog post, Google said it expects to roll out [...]

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Supreme Court rules on GPS tracking, but punts on larger issues

By doris | Published: January 24, 2012

Full Story at RedTape.msnbc.msn.com Monday’s Supreme Court ruling invalidating a conviction based on evidence gained by GPS tracking of a suspect’s car might seem like a victory for privacy advocates. But on the critical issues of privacy and Fourth Amendment rights, the majority of the court actually punted. The unanimous opinion issued Monday morning is [...]

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Bill that could ‘break the Internet’ delayed until 2012

By doris | Published: December 23, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A congressional vote on an anti-piracy bill that Internet heavyweights like Google say would be an online Armageddon has been delayed until 2012. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which was introduced in the House of Representatives in late October, aims to crack down on copyright infringement. [...]

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Facebook to share your phone number, address

By doris | Published: March 1, 2011

Full Story at Technolog.msnbc.msn.com Facebook is the slowly-warming pot of water and we, my friends, are the frog. By the time we noticed our peeling skin, another hunk of our privacy is long gone. “Facebook will be moving forward with a controversial plan to give third-party developers and external web sites the ability to access [...]

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Reports of missing Hotmail e-mails mount

By doris | Published: January 2, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — Some users of Microsoft Hotmail are starting off the new year scrambling to get back e-mails of old. A chorus of frantic users has posted complaints on Microsoft’s online forum that all of their messages have disappeared. “Please help me get them back,” wrote one user under the [...]

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Google will settle Buzz privacy class action suit for $8M

By doris | Published: November 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — Google Inc., the top Web search provider, said Tuesday it will allocate about $8.5 million to Internet privacy and policy organizations as part of a class action settlement involving its Buzz social hub. The lawsuit had been filed by users of Google’s free e-mail service, Gmail. In February, [...]

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McAfee warns about ’12 Scams of Christmas’

By doris | Published: November 22, 2009

Full Story at  CNET News To highlight the increased crime during the holidays, security company McAfee has come up with the “12 Scams of Christmas” ranging from bogus electronic greeting cards that deliver malware instead of cheer to fake charities that steal your money and your identity. It’s especially important to be extra careful this [...]

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Chicago’s Camera Network Is Everywhere

By doris | Published: November 19, 2009

Full Story at WSJ.com A giant web of video-surveillance cameras has spread across Chicago, aiding police in the pursuit of criminals but raising fears that the City of Big Shoulders is becoming the City of Big Brother. While many police forces are boosting video monitoring, video-surveillance experts believe Chicago has gone further than any other [...]

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