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10/06/04

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10/05/28

Social networks, advertising and privacy. Account deletion. Facebook blocked in Pakistan. Facebook and privacy (1). Facebook and privacy (2). Google and privacy. The new UK government and privacy. Information security. Everything else.

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Social networks, advertising and privacy.
Off-site link, opens in new window WSJ: Facebook, Myspace confront privacy loophole
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: Facebook caught sharing secret data with advertisers
Off-site link, opens in new window Facebook: Protecting privacy with referrers
Off-site link, opens in new window MediaPost: Social nets defend practice of leaking users data

Account deletion.
Off-site link, opens in new window Michael Zimmer: Comparing ease of deleting accounts

Facebook blocked in Pakistan.
Off-site link, opens in new window Teeth Maestro: Lahore High Court orders Facebook blocked till the 31st of May
Off-site link, opens in new window The dawn blog: Art or incitement?
Off-site link, opens in new window Blogzilla: Pakistan blocks Facebook and YouTube

Facebook and privacy (1).
Off-site link, opens in new window Tom Scott: Evil
Off-site link, opens in new window NYT: Should government take on Facebook?
Off-site link, opens in new window FtT: Privacy theater
Off-site link, opens in new window WaPo: From Facebook, answering privacy concerns with new settings
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: Facebook's Zucerberg admits mistakes, promises privacy fixes
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Openbook creator offers privacy design solution for Facebook
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Zuckerberg - new privacy controls, but no apologies
Off-site link, opens in new window Graham Cluley: 60% of Facebook users consider quitting over privacy

Facebook and privacy (2).
Off-site link, opens in new window Facebook: Making control simple
Off-site link, opens in new window All Facebook: 10 things you need to know about today's Facebook privacy changes
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Facebook debuts simplified privacy settings
Off-site link, opens in new window Graham Cluley: Facebook privacy settings revamped - good news and bad news
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: Facebook finally gets it with new, simpler privacy controls
Off-site link, opens in new window DarkReading: Product Watch - Facebook reveals new privacy setting changes
Off-site link, opens in new window The register: Facebook unveils simpler privacy controls to spur sharing
Off-site link, opens in new window Steve del Bianco: Stay thirsty, my friends (at Facebook)
Off-site link, opens in new window TLF: Facebook is not too big to fail
Off-site link, opens in new window TLF: Three cheers for Facebook's privacy management ugrade

Google and privacy.
Off-site link, opens in new window FT: Google stops deleting Street View WiFi data
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: Google data collection eyed by Congress, class action lawsuit
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired threat level: Lawsuits pour in over Google's Wi-Fi data collection
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: Encrypted Google search coming to a browser near you
Off-site link, opens in new window The register: Google's encrypted search casts shadow on web analytics
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired threat level: Google lauches encrypted search
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired threat level: Google offers choice to opt out of Web Analytics

The new UK government and privacy.
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: New UK govt to curb CCTV, scrap ID cards, help open source

German court orders wireless passwords
Off-site link, opens in new window MSNBC: German court orders wireless passwords for all
Off-site link, opens in new window View from the bunker: Set a password or face a fine...

Information security.
Off-site link, opens in new window Aza on design: A new type of phishing attack
Off-site link, opens in new window FtT: School's laptop spying software exploitable from anywhere
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired threat level: Spyware installed on student laptops has more security problems
Off-site link, opens in new window DarkReading: Want better security? Reward your provider

Everything else.
Off-site link, opens in new window FtT: Regulating and not regulating the internet

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10/05/21

Facebook, Facebook, Facebook... Reclaiming your Facebook privacy. Google and privacy. Pandora and privacy. Phorm and privacy. The UK coalition government and privacy.

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Facebook, Facebook, Facebook...
Off-site link, opens in new window Tech and law: EU - Art. 29 Working Party criticises Facebook's changes, writes to 20 social networking sites
Off-site link, opens in new window MediaPost: EU privacy regulators blast Facebook
Off-site link, opens in new window The register: EU privacy watchdogs say Facebook changes 'unacceptable'
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Privacy flare-up prompts Facebook meetings with Congress, employees
Off-site link, opens in new window DarkReading: Product watch - Facebook adds new anti-hacking protections
Off-site link, opens in new window Privacy Value Networks: Why the change of tune, Facebook?
Off-site link, opens in new window Privacy Value Networks: Bye, bye Facebook
Off-site link, opens in new window Apophenia: Facebook is a utility; utilities get regulated
Off-site link, opens in new window TLF: Facebook isn't a "utility" & you certainly shouldn't want it to be regulated as such
Off-site link, opens in new window MediaPost: Kiss your opt outs goodbye
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Open Facebook alternatives gain momentum, $115K
Off-site link, opens in new window Fortune: What backlash? Facebook is growing like mad

Reclaiming your Facebook privacy.
Off-site link, opens in new window ReclaimPrivacy.org
Off-site link, opens in new window Lifehacker: ReclaimPrivacy bookmarklet rates your Facebook exposure levels
Off-site link, opens in new window NYT: Price of Facebook privacy? Start clicking
Off-site link, opens in new window MediaPost: Facebook privacy morass spawns third-party tool
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Facebook backlash sparks transparency tools
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Facebook to launch "simplistic" privacy choices soon
Off-site link, opens in new window Graham Cluley: Rumours of Facebook privacy changes - but will it be too little too late?

Google and privacy.
Off-site link, opens in new window NYT: Google data admission angers European officials
Off-site link, opens in new window BBC News: Google admits wi-fi data collection blunder
Off-site link, opens in new window MediaPost: Google collects personal data, apologizes
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired threat level: Google Street View cams collected private content from wifi networks
Off-site link, opens in new window Techdirt: Google admits it was accidentally collecting some open wifi data
Off-site link, opens in new window The register: Google - Street View spycars did slurp your Wi-Fi
Off-site link, opens in new window Racingsnake: Privacy and SSIDs - in more than 140 characters
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: Google faces US, German probes over WiFi data collection
Off-site link, opens in new window The future of privacy forum: Google - delete here, not there!

Pandora and privacy.
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: FYI: Pandora makes your music public

Phorm and privacy.
Off-site link, opens in new window The register: Cops back in on BT/Phorm case

The UK coalition government and privacy.
Off-site link, opens in new window Blogzilla: Deleting the database state
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Does a new UK government mean death for the Digital Economy Act?

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10/05/14

Amazon. Facebook. Google. Information security.

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Amazon.
Off-site link, opens in new window The red tape chronicles: Is Amazon peeking over Kindle users' shoulders?
Off-site link, opens in new window Concurring opinions: Amazon Kindle surveillance
Off-site link, opens in new window Techdirt: Amazon spying on your ebook highlighting

Facebook.
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Facebook's gone rogue; it's time for an open alternative

Google.
Off-site link, opens in new window Tech and law: Google & privacy - response to privacy chiefs, PbD, Streetview, IP anonymisation

Information security.
Off-site link, opens in new window DarkReading: Employees put personal security, interest above company's, survey says

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10/05/07

EU cybersecurity policy. Three strikes. Behavioural targeting. Children's privacy online. Facebook. Wiretapping. Smart meters in Finland. Privacy. Information security. Everything else.

Quick links about privacy and technology

EU cybersecurity policy.
Off-site link, opens in new window Blogzilla: EU cybersecurity policy.
Off-site link, opens in new window The register: EU mulls new central cybercrime agency

Three strikes.
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: AT&T wants 3 strikes tribunal, government website blacklist
Off-site link, opens in new window Techdirt: AT&T wants government website blacklists, Hadopi-style tribunal

Behavioural targeting.
Off-site link, opens in new window MediaPost: New tool allows consumers to manage behavioral targeting preferences
Off-site link, opens in new window MediaPost: Report - Marketers limit behavioral targeting due to privacy worries

Children's privacy online.
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: Senators - 'Net privacy law for children in need of overhaul'
Off-site link, opens in new window MediaPost: Privacy advocate and COPPA architect urges FTC to strengthen protections for data collection from children
Off-site link, opens in new window TLF: My senate testimony on the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Facebook.
Off-site link, opens in new window Scobleizer: Why it is too late to regulate Facebook
Off-site link, opens in new window Techdirt: Facebook abusing computer crime law to block useful service
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: Privacy bug causes Facebook to disable chat
Off-site link, opens in new window Graham Cluley: Facebook disables chat after security hole discovered

Wiretapping.
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired threat level: Police wiretapping jumps 26 percent
Off-site link, opens in new window Techdirt: Why do we need warrantless wiretapping if not a single wiretap warrant request gets rejected?

Smart meters in Finland.
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired epicenter: Linking smart meters and social networks

Privacy.
Off-site link, opens in new window Concurring opinions: Can we rely on privacy policies?
Off-site link, opens in new window Techdirt: does storing your documents in 'the cloud' mean that the gov't has easier access to it?

Information security.
Off-site link, opens in new window DarkReading: Healthcare not up to task of securing electronic medical records, experts say
Off-site link, opens in new window Forbes: How data laws slap insecure companies

Everything else.
Off-site link, opens in new window Ars technica: New privacy bill makes your location, sexual orientation "sensitive info"
Off-site link, opens in new window MediaPost: Consumer groups pan Boucher privacy bill
Off-site link, opens in new window Wired threat level: Groups call 'privacy' legislation Orwellian
Off-site link, opens in new window Techdirt: Why do people keep insisting that Google has a better idea what's infringing than Viacom?
Off-site link, opens in new window TLF: What's yours is mine - the dangerous implications of a "right" to free credit scores

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