There’s One in Every Crowd
Right on time for Halloween, a spooky post reminding us that creepy people offline + creepy people online = creepy people across domains. It never hurts to remember to always…
More on Street View
So, there has been a fair amount of talk about Google's Street View faux pas. Apparently, the data breach was more significant than some had anticipated. Apparently, among the bits…
Facebook’s Lobbying
Probably a good idea to keep an eye on lobbying efforts. Not that we don't all do this anyway, but it's the kind of thing that can fall under the…
HTML5 and Mobile Tracking
From Ars Technica Article: "A New York-based mobile-web advertising company was hit Wednesday with a proposed class action lawsuit over its use of an HTML5 trick to track iPhone and…
Smart grid technology and privacy
Smart grid technology offers major improvements and efficiencies for our power system, creating a dynamically responsive grid that can do things like manage peak load energy consumption, optimize transmission routes,…
On Botnets and Second-Hand Smoke
From Ars Technica: "Once upon a time, users who were careless about security posed a risk only to themselves. But, with the advent of pervasive networking and botnets, that's no…
Did You Read My Gmail Yet?
Interesting post on TechCrunch about a new product enabling tracking of Gmail readership (think AOL, circa 1998). According to the article, EmailOracle "inserts an image into each email you send.…
Dan Solove on the Clementi Suicide
Dan Solove has a characteristically thoughtful piece on the intersection of current events and privacy philosophy. In particular, he claims that we aren't doing enough to educate young people about…
Force-Joining of Groups on FB
So, unless I'm misunderstanding this whole groups thing on Facebook, it seems that you can now (1) create a group and (2) "force join" people. There seems to be a…
Interesting Article About Wiretapping the Internet
Title: U.S. Tries to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet Author: CHARLIE SAVAGE Source: New York Times Published: September 27, 2010 Topic: Officials are preparing to seek sweeping new…