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Science & Tech News tagged with privacy

Online, Your Private Life Is Searchable
Science & Tech  (tags: privacy, internet, technology, information, photos, profiles, campaign, contributions, society, culture, humans )

Tom
- 116 days ago - latimes.com
Photos, addresses, family ties, court documents, details from MySpace profiles -- the moment information is published online, it can be copied and re-posted, and often is. "Snooper" sites make it easy to assemble the information into a digital portrait.
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Israel's Megaphone Internet/Computer Spying Desktop Tool - Wikipedia,
Science & Tech  (tags: israel internet computer spying, israeli state terrorism, occupied palestine, palestine bloggers, palestine supporters, computer syping, israel internet spamming, privacy, israel megaphone, propogandaNewTechnology )

Cheryl Su
- 285 days ago - en.wikipedia.org
The Megaphone desktop tool is a Windows "action alert" tool developed by Give Israel Your United Support (GIYUS) and distributed by World Union of Jewish Students, World Jewish Congress, The Jewish Agency for Israel, World Zionist Organization, StandWithU
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Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish
Science & Tech  (tags: cookies, internet spying, internet activity, privacy, Adzilla )

RC
- 424 days ago - bits.blogs.nytimes.com
Score a victory for North American computer potatoes. Adzilla provides internet snoop services to businesses & has folded its American operations. Adzilla will now pitch their services in Asia, "where there is a different view of privacy."
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US Internet Seen as Untrustworthy
Science & Tech  (tags: Internet, client information, data, data storage, data transmission, Patriot Act, US government, spying, surveillance, privacy )

RC
- 467 days ago - nytimes.com
Since passage of the Patriot Act, many companies based outside of the United States have been reluctant to store client information in the U.S
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The Kaminsky Hole
Science & Tech  (tags: Kaminsky Hole, domain names, domain name system, email, hacking, privacy, security )

RC
- 488 days ago - nytimes.com
A major vulnerability in the Internet Domain Name System is exposing sensitive information to the not-so-tender mercies of hackers. A Russian physicist was able to hack the system in10 hours, and this flaw could impact email as well as web sites.
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Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs.
Science & Tech  (tags: dangerous technology, survaliance, privacy, department of homeland security, research, science, scientists, technology, humans, investigation, society, Gizmos, interesting )

Anne
- 617 days ago - freedomfighterradio.net
"I look up and I'm like, 'What the hell is that?' They looked kind of like dragonflies or little helicopters. But I mean, those are not insects." "I'd never seen anything like it in my life," 'Is that mechanical, or is that alive?'"
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The Privacy Toolbox: 100 Guides and Resources for Keeping Your Personal Information Safe
Science & Tech  (tags: Security, Identity Theft, Internet, Privacy, Hacking )

Sagar
- 631 days ago - virtualhosting.com
Today's online culture of banking, blogging, social networking and shopping makes it difficult to keep your personal information safe. Here are 100 places to start researching how to keep your information away from prying eyes.
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The Hotel Califronia of Tech
Science & Tech  (tags: Facebook, privacy, social networking, profile, personal information )

RC
- 655 days ago - nytimes.com
Ever try to delete your Facebook account? It's next to impossible. Here's why.
23 comments
Microchips Everywhere: Boon for Retailers, Bane for Privacy Advocates
Science & Tech  (tags: big brother, computers, privacy )

Ralph
- 681 days ago - centralkansas.cox.net
Microchips with antennas will be embedded in virtually everything you buy, wear, drive and read, allowing retailers and law enforcement to track consumer items _ and, by extension, consumers _ wherever they go, from a distance.
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Microchips Everywhere: A Future Vision
Science & Tech  (tags: microchips, tracking people, privacy )

Linda
- 683 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Here's a vision of the not-so-distant future: Microchips with antennas will be embedded in virtually everything you buy, wear, drive and read, allowing retailers and law enforcement to track consumer items -- and, by extension, consumers.
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Fake Craigslist Post Offered Sex for Cash
Science & Tech  (tags: craigslist, internet, fraud, ad, privacy )


- 703 days ago - nydailynews.com
Men hungry for sex besieged a Brooklyn woman with phone calls after spotting a bogus ad on Craigslist that said she was looking to turn tricks to pay off Christmas debt.
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Wikipedia Founder's Google Rival to Launch
Science & Tech  (tags: Wikipedia, open-source, search engine, Wikia, privacy, advertiser, users, technology )

Eduardo
- 725 days ago - technology.newscientist.com
The open-source search engine backed by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales could go live as an early test version as soon as next week. Unlike Google, Search Wikia will not share search data with advertisers, nor invade privacy by storing users' search terms.
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Microsoft Updates Windows Without User Permission
Science & Tech  (tags: abuse, constitution, ethics, freedoms, privacy, computers, internet, technology )

Rick
- 771 days ago - informationweek.com
Over the last few weeks, without user approval, Windows Update has updated nine small executable files in both Windows XP and Windows Vista... In other words, MS has a way into your system without your knowledge. Hackers, NSA, CIA... Privacy? Dream on....
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How to Surf Anonymously Without a Trace/Several Ways to Protect Yourself From the Feds and Others
Science & Tech  (tags: computers, freetools, privacy, security, surfsafe, internet, Anonymously )

Prima
- 976 days ago - computerworld.com
It's easier than ever for the government, Web sites and private businesses to track exactly what you do online, know where you've visited, and build up comprehensive profiles about your likes, dislikes and private habits. MUST READ...filled w/information.
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