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See a catalog of more than 20 different ways information about people can be recorded during everyday activities and find out which ones apply to you.
FFS FACEBOOK STOP IT.
The recent leak of a million UDIDs has users asking questions about privacy.
If there's anything I've learned from covering this issue for the last 3 years, it's that this—and other privacy-related issues on Facebook—are quite widespread. Users have an exceptionally hard time getting anyone at Facebook to listen to their complaints, too; I know this because they usually Google around, find my old coverage here at Ars, and start begging me for help in finding a real person to answer their inquiries. I have received almost unreal levels of e-mail on just Facebook-related privacy problems over the last 37 months.
The Internet is a wonderful student resource for researching school reports, communicating with teachers, staying in touch with friends, and entertaining themselves. They can literally hit a few keyst...
Digital-book publishers and retailers now know more about their readers than ever before. How that's changing the experience of reading.
I established a Facebook account in 2008. My motivation was ignoble: I wanted to distribute my journalism more widely. I have acquired since then just over…
The big social media properties publish research on their data, but don't release their data.
Facebook and Google privacy policies have been found to be more confusing than complex documents such as government notices, credit card agreements, and bank reward-program rules.
Interesting take on the "personalized library services" discussion.
OMG GOOGLE WHY YOU SHOOT SELF IN FOOT
WIPE COPIER AND SCANNER HARD DRIVES, people. Cripes.
"Basically, if the password is a physical thing she has, than the Fifth Amendment does not protect it. But if the password is deemed to be something the defendant knows, it is protected."
Shows just how easy reidentification is -- even for total amateurs.
Bipartisan bill H.R. 2471 goes to the floor, designed to enable Netflix-Facebook integration. However, the legislation, which has supporters and co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle, is facing detractors, namely one sources say is Rep. Mel Watt of North Carolina.
According to a new study by McCan Truth Central, consumers are concerned about "Privacy", but "privacy" is a complex, multi-dimensional issue that encompasses everything from personal, real-world snooping to sharing data online. When it comes to data sharing, though, one must unpack the issue even further, says the report.