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Consumer groups launch Net privacy guide

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A group of consumer privacy groups launched an online guide for protecting security and privacy on the Internet Tuesday, hoping to reach consumers making purchases online as the busy holiday shopping season comes to a close.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 20, 2001

Australia pushes for e-mail interception

New counter-terrorism measures pushed by a government "run out of control" will see more Australian agencies able to intercept e-mails for routine investigations, according to civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers of Australia (EFA).. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 20, 2001

Antivirus firms: FBI loophole is out of line

Antivirus software vendors said Monday they don't want to create a loophole in their security products to let the FBI or other government agencies use a virus to eavesdrop on the computer communications of suspected criminals. Under a project code-named "Magic . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 12, 2001

Web privacy outfit makes comeback bid

SafeWeb is considering bringing its anonymous surfing service back from the dead in response to calls from enthusiastic users. A victim of the economy or a victim of war? The company shut down its free service last month because of the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 11, 2001

Plugging security over privacy

Palmer is the CEO of ICaughtYou, a private Bonita Springs, Fla.-based company that allows corporations to monitor their employees' Internet usage. His company has been one of the unsuspecting beneficiaries of the terrorist attacks. Even before Sept. 11, the downturn in . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 07, 2001

Judge considers use of wiretap evidence

A federal magistrate is expected to decide this month whether wiretap evidence collected by Canadian agents can be used against people charged with smuggling cigarettes to help finance a Lebanese guerrilla group. The issue takes on added importance as the United . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 05, 2001

EFF Update on Sklyarov Case

This is an update from the status conference held today in the case against Dmitry Sklyarov (a visiting Russian programmer arrested in the US for allegedly violating the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act by writing, in Russia, software that is legal . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 30, 2001

Confounding Carnivore: How to Protect Your Online Privacy

Ever since the FBI confirmed the existence of their Internet wiretapping device -- a device they named Carnivore -- cyberprivacy activists have been up in arms. Carnivore promised to be their worst nightmare: a technology that could track and record every . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 30, 2001

'Lantern' Backdoor Flap Rages

Network Associates has been snared in a web of accusations over whether it will place backdoors for the U.S. government in its security software. Since Network Associates (NETA) makes popular security products, including McAfee anti-virus software and Pretty Good Privacy . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 28, 2001

Project Echelon: Orbiting Big Brother?

Hints and speculations about the true nature and capabilities of these "all ears" spacecraft have reached folkloric proportions. Some reports suggest that cell phone traffic, ground line chats and faxes, telexes and satellite telecommunications links, as well as Internet emails . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 22, 2001

FBI eyeing Carnivore for telecoms?

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked telecommunications companies to make changes in their state-of-the-art networks to make it easier for the FBI to conduct surveillance, according to a report. The FBI, which hopes to gain the same access to voice . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 21, 2001

Anonymizer.com Celebrates "1 Billion Pages Protected" Milestone

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. sent in a timely press release about the availability of their Anonymizer service. "Anonymizer.com today announced that more than 1 billion Web page views have been protected with the company's Anonymous Surfing service since its launch in . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 19, 2001

Watchfire, PwC unveil tools to help with privacy

While pushing a joint privacy management product to enterprises Monday, Watchfire Corp. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) also raised a new specter for the holiday e-buying season. New York-based PwC along with Watchfire, in Ottawa, said their product, WebCPO, can help companies . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 17, 2001

Do-it-yourself Internet anonymity

Along with the recent government hysteria over terrorists, we've seen legislative measures and 'emergency powers' inviting law-enforcement agencies worldwide to conduct Internet surveillance on an unprecedented scale. But because the state-of-the-art of electronic dragnets makes it difficult if not impossible to . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 14, 2001

Researcher scans the security scene

Privacy is still important -- it's just that other things have become more important since Sept. 11, says Richard Smith, who has become a leading researcher on how technology invades our privacy. Smith, 47, is leaving his post as chief technology . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 07, 2001

Privacy expert resigns to focus on security

Well-known privacy watchdog Richard Smith said Wednesday that he is leaving his post at the Privacy Foundation to research security issues following the Sept. 11 attacks, one sign of the country's shifting focus from protecting privacy to ensuring safety.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 31, 2001

Space-based Big Brother tracks workers

Employees who work in risky situations could benefit from mobile technology that uses satellites to pinpoint the location of remote staff. Anglo Communication's Advisor uses global positioning system (GPS) technology to locate a worker's GSM phone and reports its position to . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 31, 2001

Bug Watch: UK ID cards OK?

With the debate surrounding identification cards firmly back on the news agenda, what exactly are the logistical issues associated with their potential compulsory implementation? The current debate seems to centre on civil liberty groups protesting that the cards are a breach of human rights. But how much of the discussion has addressed the processes and make-up of the cards?. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 27, 2001

Jam Echelon Day a "rousing" success

An international day of protest designed to jam the US-led communications spy system Echelon was a "rousing" success according to its organisers, who claim that the cyber-demonstration helped to raise public awareness about the surveillance system. Jam Echelon Day took . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 26, 2001

Web giants back launch of content labeling scheme

The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA), backed by Microsoft Corp., AOL Time Warner Inc. and Yahoo Inc., presented its Web content labeling scheme in the U.S. The labels allow users to restrict access to Web sites based on their own criteria and the information in ICRA labels.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 25, 2001

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