Data Protection @ CSLS University of Oxford
At a recent conference on information ethics, organized by the Uehiro Center at Oxford University, I met David Erdos, who presented work on challenges confronting the EU approach to data…
Washington Post on Domestic Spying
A in-depth report Monday in the Washington Post describes the expanding apparatus of US domestic intelligence since the September 11th Terrorist Attacks, including fusion centers, the new Suspicious Activity Reporting…
Commerce Department Report
On December 16, 2010, the U.S. Commerce Department released its report, Policy Framework for Protecting Consumer Privacy Online While Supporting Innovation. It will be interesting to compare and contrast.
FTC Staff Issues Privacy Report
From the FTC: "The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s chief privacy policy and enforcement agency for 40 years, issued a preliminary staff report today that proposes a framework to balance…
Ultimate Privacy: How to Disappear, Erase Digital Footprints & Vanish Without a Trace
Interesting Network World article posted in mid September: "As privacy seems harder to hold onto in this digital age, privacy expert Frank Ahearn can help you legally poof and fall…
Flight attendants union upset over new pat-down procedures
From a Phoenix local ABC station, widespread complaints over increasingly invasive manual inspections that follow the decision to opt out of body scanning.
The Nevercookiemonster
Short but sweet post demonstrating why proof of concept hacks are very helpful! from SecurityWeek. Click here.
Salon: Did the FBI cook up a fake bomb plot?
Justin Elliot explains how the recent Washington Metro bomb plot case involved questionable use of a paid FBI informant. Story here.
Unmasking an Internet User, Piece by Piece
An impressive and impressively terrifying walk-through of the process of discovering all there is to discover about an internet user, starting with only their IP and email address.
Social Network Monitoring
From article: "New software released by Cisco Systems Inc. on Wednesday makes it much easier for banks, retailers, and other businesses -- including your employer -- to monitor the mountain…