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Showing posts with label Privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Privacy. Show all posts

Thursday, April 09, 2015

Et tu, Microsoft? Company's default setting will now let third parties take your data.

Et tu, Microsoft? Company's default setting will now let third parties take your data.:

By Dave Smith 

 http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2015/04/03/et_tu_microsoft_company_s_default_setting_will_now_let_third_parties_take.html?wpsrc=slatest_newsletter&sid=5388f43add52b8e41100cd7e 

This post originally appeared on Business Insider.
Microsoft on Friday updated its approach to “Do Not Track” for all future versions of its Web browsers, saying it “will no longer enable it as the default state.”
“Do Not Track” is all about protecting your online privacy. It’s a simple mechanism on most Web browsers that lets you opt out of tracking from third parties, including websites you don’t visit. 
As the standards around “Do Not Track” keep evolving, so do the public policies. TheWorld Wide Web Consortium (W3C) just offered up a new draft that sheds light on the new standard (Microsoft bolded the final line for added emphasis):
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Sunday, July 27, 2014

Edward Snowden: Dropbox is 'hostile to privacy' | PCWorld

Edward Snowden: Dropbox is 'hostile to privacy' | PCWorld:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2455215/edward-snowden-dropbox-is-hostile-to-privacy.html#tk.nl_pcwbest





"Dropbox is a very popular cloud storage service, but NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is no fan. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Snowden called Dropbox a "targeted, wannabe PRISM partner" that is "very hostile to privacy.""

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Update: Here's what Dropbox has to say:
"Safeguarding our users’ information is a top priority at Dropbox. We were not involved in PRISM, and would resist any program of its kind. We’ve made a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad government requests, and are fighting to change laws so that fundamental privacy protections are in place for users around the world. To keep our users informed, we also disclose government requests in our Transparency Report."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2455215/edward-snowden-dropbox-is-hostile-to-privacy.html#tk.nl_pcwbest

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Friday, May 09, 2014

Snapchat, agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that messages sent through its app did not disappear as easily as promised.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"The Internet is forever, and people don't realize that."
NICO SELL, a security expert, on Snapchat, which agreed to settle government charges that messages sent through its app do not disappear as easily as promised.

Off the Record in a Chat App? Don't Be Sure

By JENNA WORTHAM


The popular mobile service, Snapchat, agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that messages sent through its app did not disappear as easily as promised... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/technology/snapchat-reaches-settlement-with-federal-trade-commission.html?emc=edit_th_20140509&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=45685287

Monday, March 03, 2014

Stephen Colbert spoke at the RSA security conference even though many of his fans asked him not to - By Lily Hay Newman

Stephen Colbert spoke at the RSA security conference even though many of his fans asked him not to.

 By  MARCH 3 2014  http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/03/stephen_colbert_spoke_at_the_rsa_security_conference_even_though_many_of.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content&mc_cid=96ba8aec80&mc_eid=b27361148d

"Stephen Colbert's satire usually springs forth from his desk at Comedy Central. But he was on location for the RSA conference last week even though some of his fans had asked him to boycott. It seemed like the makings of some solid drama.

But Colbert defused the situation by using his right-wing persona to poke fun at cryptographers, the NSA, and RSA itself. Last year RSA was accused of being paid $10 million by the NSA to intentionally weaken one of its encryption algorithms. And Colbert brought it up. He said, “The elephant in the room is that I was asked not to come speak here. That came as something of a shock to me. Normally I'm asked not to be somewhere only after I've spoken.”"

Read more:  http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/03/stephen_colbert_spoke_at_the_rsa_security_conference_even_though_many_of.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content&mc_cid=96ba8aec80&mc_eid=b27361148d

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Monday, September 02, 2013

Facebook's disclosures remind us not to count on privacy | PCWorld

Facebook's disclosures remind us not to count on privacy | PCWorld

By Antone Gonsalves, CSOAug 31, 2013

"In releasing its first report on government requests for user information, Facebook is reminding businesses and consumers that use of the Internet today requires self-censorship.

The report released last week shows also that the U.S. government—which is the single biggest requester with between 11,000 and 12,000 requests—is only one of many seeking data from Facebook. Total non-U.S. requests numbered about 15,000 during the first half of this year.

Facebook's Global Government Requests Report is meant to assure users that the company is doing everything it can legally to protect their privacy. Google does the same through its biannual Transparency Report.

The number of users specified in the requests was from 20,000 to 21,000. The majority of the requests were related to criminal cases, such as robberies or kidnappings.

Facebook handed over at least some data in 79 percent of the requests, showing that Facebook refused to release data when it could."

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Monday, August 05, 2013

Michele Catalano: Pressure cooker search was not due to NSA surveillance.

Michele Catalano: Pressure cooker search was not due to NSA surveillance.:

 http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/08/02/michele_catalano_pressure_cooker_search_was_not_due_to_nsa_surveillance.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content

"Michele Catalano refused to grant interviews or answer questions after her blog post went viral Thursday

The Internet went wild on Thursday for a blog post written by a Long Island journalist who claimed that a Google search for "pressure cooker" and "backpack" had led police to her doorstep. Turns out that wasn’t really the case. Michele Catalano wrote a post on Medium that claimed “six agents from the joint terrorism task force” came to her front door as a result of the searches. “Little did we know our seemingly innocent, if curious to a fault, Googling of certain things was creating a perfect storm of terrorism profiling,” she wrote. “Because somewhere out there, someone was watching." At a time of Edward Snowden and heightened paranoia over NSA surveillance, the implication was clear: Everyone is being watched. Always."

... http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/08/02/michele_catalano_pressure_cooker_search_was_not_due_to_nsa_surveillance.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content

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Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Common Core Assaults “Freedom” by Cindy A. Rose July 8, 2013 The Tentacle

Common Core Assaults “Freedom” by Cindy A. Rose July 8, 2013 The Tentacle


So, you’re not worried about the “metadata” the government is collecting on you? You hear it is benign information that won’t tell anyone anything specific about you.

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What is "sue and settle," you ask? An interested group, usually environmental, files a lawsuit accusing the federal government of failing to meet a regulation or requirement. The federal government can either sue or settle. More times than not the EPA will settle by giving the environmental group what they desired, i.e., writing regulations and without public knowledge or consent. Hundreds of new regulations have been imposed via sue and settle. Oh, and the EPA has been accused of "encouraging" such law suits so it can create the new regulations laws "it" knows won't make it through Congress because the public would be enraged.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

White House, NSA weigh cybersecurity, personal privacy - Washington Post Social Reader on Facebook

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The National Security Agency has pushed repeatedly over the past year to expand its role in protecting private-sector computer networks from cyberattacks but has been rebuffed by the White House, largely because of privacy concerns, according to administration officials and internal documents.

The most contentious issue was a legislative proposal last year that would have required hundreds of companies that provide critical services such as electricity generation to allow their Internet traffic be continuously scanned using computer threat data provided by the spy agency. The companies would have been expected to turn over evidence of potential cyberattacks to the government.

NSA officials portrayed these measures as unobtrusive ways to protect the nation’s vital infrastructure from what they say are increasingly dire threats of devastating cyberattacks...


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Friday, December 23, 2011

Prep for Facebook's Timeline Layout: 6 Must-Do Privacy Tweaks By Ian Paul, PCWorld


Prep for Facebook's Timeline Layout: 6 Must-Do Privacy Tweaks

Get ready for your Facebook past to come back with a vengeance; the social network is now rolling out its new profile layout, Timeline, to all users worldwide. Timeline is basically an online scrapbook that displays your Facebook activity in reverse chronological order going back to when you first joined the social network.
This means you and your Facebook friends will be able to peruse your social networking history with just a few clicks. Previously, there was no practical way to view your older activity on Facebook.
If Timeline's debut has you wondering whether you can hide the embarrassing bits of your Facebook life before your new profile goes live, the good news is you can. But you'll only have seven days to make any changes to your Timeline before it becomes your default profile... http://www.pcworld.com/article/246371/prep_for_facebooks_timeline_layout_6_mustdo_privacy_tweaks.html#tk.nl_ptx_h_cbintro

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Friday, May 21, 2010

Florida Attorney General Rules Photo Tickets Are Public Records

Florida Attorney General Rules Photo Tickets Are Public Records

May 21, 2010 http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3146.asp

Red light camera tickets in Florida turns sensitive, private information into a public record.

Florida's Office of the Attorney General last week issued an informal ruling that classified red light camera and speed camera citations as public records. That means anyone can order copies of the photographs taken by the private companies that operate the automated ticketing machines that were legalized this week with the signature of Governor Charlie Crist (R).

The Palm Beach Post had wanted to print names of the interesting people who received photo tickets, so the newspaper issued a request for a list of the 8600 individuals who were mailed tickets by the British company that runs the cameras for the town of Juno Beach. ...

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"Personal information... may be disclosed by the state department of motor vehicles to a law enforcement agency for purposes of facilitating the agency's performance of its functions," Senior Assistant Attorney General Gerry Hammond wrote...

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Photo ticketing companies qualify as "subsequent users" with authority to publicize information including an individual's "photograph, social security number, driver identification number, name, address (but not the 5-digit zip code), telephone number, and medical or disability information," according to the informal opinion. The same information, while in the hands of government officials, is protected by state and federal law.

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Read the entire article here: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3146.asp

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

U.S. Web-Tracking Plan Stirs Privacy Fears

Can you only imagine the uproar in the elite Democrat-media industrial complex if this were to have occurred during the administration of President George W. Bush?

U.S. Web-Tracking Plan Stirs Privacy Fears

By Spencer S. Hsu and Cecilia Kang Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Obama administration is proposing to scale back a long-standing ban on tracking how people use government Internet sites with "cookies" and other technologies, raising alarms among privacy groups.

A two-week public comment period ended Monday on a proposal by the White House Office of Management and Budget to end a ban on federal Internet sites using such technologies and replace it with other privacy safeguards. The current prohibition, in place since 2000, can be waived if an agency head cites a "compelling need."

Supporters of a change say social networking and similar services, which often take advantage of the tracking technologies, have transformed how people communicate over the Internet, and Obama's aides say those services can make government more transparent and increase public involvement.

Some privacy groups say the proposal amounts to a "massive" and unexplained shift in government policy. In a statement Monday, American Civil Liberties Union spokesman Michael Macleod-Ball said the move could "allow the mass collection of personal information of every user of a federal government website."

Even groups that support updating the policy question whether the administration is seeking changes at the request of private companies, such as online search giant Google, as the industry's economic clout and influence in Washington have grown rapidly.

Two prominent technology policy advocacy groups, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Electronic Frontier Foundation, cited the terms of a Feb. 19 contract with Google, in which a unnamed federal agency explicitly carved out an exemption from the ban so that the agency could use Google's YouTube video player.

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20090811 WaPo US WebTracking Plan Stirs Privacy Fears

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/10/AR2009081002743_pf.html

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