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New Privacy Czar on Way

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Eager to head off criticism from privacy advocates and users over the expanded surveillance provisions in its forthcoming National Strategy for Securing Cyberspace, the Bush administration is expected to recommend appointing a federal "privacy czar" to act as watchdog. Chief among . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 03, 2002

Big Fine Handed Down for Mobile Spamming

A company that sent large numbers of unsolicited text messages to mobile phone users telling them they had won a mystery prize worth £500 has been fined £50,000 by the premium rate services regulator. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 30, 2002

Who's spying on my Hotmail?

Think using Yahoo or Hotmail e-mail at work protects you from your boss' prying eyes? Think again. New spy software essentially lets employers or parents co-pilot virtually any kind of e-mail account, including private Web-based e-mail accounts like Yahoo and Hotmail. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 29, 2002

Internet anonymity for Linux newbies

One of the most attractive things about Linux is the number of installation options one is presented with and how tempting it is to customize. But for a newbie, in terms of Web security and PC hygiene, that's also the worst . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 28, 2002

Identity Theft: Get Used To It

One of the strengths of digital communications is the ability to momentarily borrow an insanely expensive computer network, such as using the Internet, to deliver a message, make a purchase or look up information. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 28, 2002

DoubleClick agrees to change privacy policy

Online advertising service DoubleClick Inc. has agreed to pay $450,000 and alter its privacy policies to end a 30-month investigation into its use of consumers' personal information by 10 states. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 27, 2002

E-terrorism: Liberty vs. security

Federal agents concerned about scuba-related terrorist plans requested the entire database of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. Unbeknownst to most of its members, the organization voluntarily handed over a list of more than 100,000 certified divers worldwide, explaining later that it wanted to avoid an FBI subpoena that would have required far more information to be disclosed.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 27, 2002

Dot Compost and the Danger to Your Privacy

I've been prowling eBay lately. Lots of good deals can be had these days, especially in used computer equipment. As the dot coms die, their assets may be sold by their secured creditors (banks, leasing companies and sometimes investors). That means . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 23, 2002

Haiku'da Been a Spam Filter

Refined poetry and ruthless legal prosecution have been brought together in the latest effort to stop spam. A hidden scrap of copyrighted poetry embedded in e-mails will be used to guarantee that any message containing the verse is spam free. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 21, 2002

Making [Privacy] Work

The privacy policy is written and posted on a company's Web site. The 2002 privacy-policy notice, a complicated statement required of financial-services companies under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is in the mail. Top executives and perhaps even the board of directors have . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 20, 2002

'Sweeping' Up After Identity Theft

Recent cases indicate that federal courts are emphasizing the severity of identity theft by imposing significant prison sentences. In a recent osOpinion column about identity theft, the writer intimated that cops and legislators are "deaf to the cries of [identity theft] victims," and pointedly asked, "When will we begin to see the identity thieves behind bars?". . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 12, 2002

PGP Flaw Could Let Unauthorized People Decode Sensitive E-Mail

Snoopers on the Internet could decode sensitive e-mail messages simply by tricking recipients into hitting the reply button, computer security researchers warned Monday. The flaw affects software using Pretty Good Privacy, the most popular tool for scrambling. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 12, 2002

Digital privacy: A curmudgeon's guide

Data curmudgeons feel like that about their personal information flowing into the "Bytegeist" of the burgeoning Internet. There are five strategies that people seem to employ to tackle the personal data privacy problem. In addition to the Curmudgeon, there is the Ignorer, the Avoider, the Deceiver and the Aggressor.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 06, 2002

Copyright, Security, and the Hollywood Hacking Bill

Copyright enforcement, the attempt by the entertainment industry to prop up their obsolete business models, is increasingly a danger to the legitimate use of information technology and, by extension, the future of the Internet community. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 01, 2002

Internet privacy: The danger of good intentions

The government's preferred method of dealing with the challenges posed by technology by simply passing new legislation is now spilling over into the debate over Internet privacy.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 30, 2002

Cyberliability: Turning the Spotlight to Internal IT Security

Is your company data an asset or a threat? The issue will be discussed with particular reference to the U.K. Information is a commodity. Indeed, for many companies it's the most valuable asset they possess, especially when it comes to customer relationships. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 29, 2002

Feds Say They Need Vendor Backup For Security, Privacy

If it had the political nerve, the Transportation Security Administration could guarantee air safety by collecting passenger information from public and private databases, industry executives said at a recent Washington forum sponsored by the Council for Excellence in Government. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 29, 2002

Dangerous Games with Customer Data

As enterprises amass huge volumes of customer data in their CRM systems, there's a growing temptation to disregard customers' privacy. Think about all the information you divulge when you buy from an e-commerce site: your name, mailing address,. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 29, 2002

Police, students combat cybercrime

In an unusual arrangement, Tulsa, Okla., police are teaming up with students at the University of Tulsa to help investigate and stop cybercrime. Within the next few weeks, the Tulsa police Cyber Crimes Unit is moving to a new office on the university campus. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 26, 2002

Net Users Try to Elude the Google Grasp

These days, people are seeing their privacy punctured in intimate ways as their personal, professional and online identities become transparent to one another. Twenty-somethings are going to search engines to check out people they meet at parties. Neighbors are profiling neighbors. Amateur genealogists are researching distant family members. Workers are screening co-workers.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 25, 2002

Linux Privacy - Page 59

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