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Stalk That Twitterer

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on November 21, 2008 A new site called TweetStalk is in private beta. It allows you to “follow” Twitter users without them knowing you are doing it (Twitter tells you when someone new has … Continue reading

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Judges Rule Anonymous Commenters Protected by State Shield Laws

Via Media Shift by Jeffrey D. Neuburger, October 30, 2008 Political campaigns often produce a blizzard of ancillary election-related litigation — for an example, just look to the 2000 presidential campaign. When the press reports anonymous accusations during an election … Continue reading

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DARPA building search engine for video surveillance footage

Via ARS Technica By Julian Sanchez | Published: October 21, 2008 – 06:18AM CT The government agency that birthed the Internet is developing a sophisticated search engine for video, and when complete will allow intelligence analysts to sift through live … Continue reading

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Goodbye, Privacy. Hello, 1984

Via Mashable October 16, 2008 – 4:47 am PDT – by Stan Schroeder The Communications Data Bill, suggested by UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, proposes that all UK residents’ mobile and Web communication should be stored by the ISPs and MSPs in … Continue reading

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The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy online

Via ARS Technica By Julian Sanchez | Published: October 05, 2008 – 11:30PM CT Review The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet Daniel J. Solove Yale University Press 256 Pages Understanding Privacy Daniel J. Solove Harvard … Continue reading

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Security expert: Google anonymization not anonymous enough

Via ARS Technica By Ryan Paul | Published: September 12, 2008 – 07:05AM CT In response to regulatory pressure, Google has announced a new data retention policy that reduces the duration that user IP addresses are stored in the company’s … Continue reading

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Google On the Run From the Privacy Cops

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld Amid growing scrutiny from government regulators in the U.S and Europe, Google is amending its privacy practices and keeping the IP addresses of consumers who do searches on Google for a shorter period of … Continue reading

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Social Media and Privacy: Where Are We Two Years After Facebook News Feed?

Via Mashable by Ben Parr 4 Comments It’s really only been two years. How quickly the digital world changes. A few weeks ago, I was interviewed by the New York Times for a piece written by Clive Thompson, “Brave New … Continue reading

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Google Search Is Now Even More Private. Is It Enough?

Via Mashable by Stan Schroeder Add a Comment Maybe that little jab about privacy from Microsoft did stir up some changes at Google, because they’ve just announced that they will be anonymizing all IP addresses in their server logs after … Continue reading

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