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Private Browsing Not So Private |
Researchers published the results of a study showing that the 'private mode' of Web browsers is letting through more information than we would expect. |
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Even if you block cookies and others, your browser is still trackable |
An Electronic Frontier Foundation study shows that user privacy may be at risk as Web browsers generate unique fingerprints in 84% of cases. |
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Software to manage removable storage devices usage on networks |
Everyone knows that USB drives and other removable storage devices can propagate viruses and malware. Now the NSA has an answer to this problem. |
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Is it really possible to remain anonymous online? |
With or without our knowing it, we leave bits of information here an there when surfing the Net, bits that when put together may reveal a lot more than you would think. |
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A Proof of Concept for de-anonymizing social network users |
Using classic history-stealing coupled with social network crawling, researchers are able to pinpoint a browser history to a specific online user profile. |
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P2P networks a gold mine for identity theft |
Two researchers demonstrated last Friday how easy it is to find sensitive, personal information on peer-to-peer sharing networks. |
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Is your browser unique? |
An experiment is trying to show that Internet users can be tracked by their browser's configuration, even whithout using cookies. |
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Major hacks in China could trigger the end of Google.cn |
Investigations following a mid-december cyber attack on Google's corporate infrastucture led to the finding of multiple major attacks originating from China. Google is now seriously considering to end its activities in the most populated country in the world. |
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Augmented Reality might augment real privacy issues |
According to a report from Juniper Research, Augmented Reality services on mobile phones is expected to reach a $732 million market by 2014, with geotagging being a considerable selling point. |
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Cloud services need adequate certification |
The SAS 70 and ISO 27001 standards currently in use for security certification for cloud security service providers are far from enough to call cloud computing safe. Actually, most of the service providers do not even follow these standards. |
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Facebook's Privacy Improvements |
In response to the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's recommendations, Facebook promises to improve the protection of their users' personal data in the course of the next 12 months. In the end, though, it will remain the user's responsibility to decide who has access to what. |
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ISP Embarq monitors user traffic |
Both Washington Post and CNet report that Sprint-Nextel spinoff Embarq, currently the U.S.'s fourth largest DSL provider, monitored Internet activity on some 26,000 customers in Kansas using deep-packet inspection technology NebuAd in order to deliver targeted advertising to users' desktops. The House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating whether any privacy laws were broken. Users were informed of this test and invited to opt out only via Embarq's online Privacy Policy; only 15 subscribers did so. |
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Shops track customers via mobile phone |
Customers in shopping centres are having their every move tracked by a new type of surveillance that listens in on the whisperings of their mobile phones.
The technology can tell when people enter a shopping centre, what stores they visit, how long they remain there, and what route they take as they walked around. |
