Tomorrow is the day that Facebook will unveil its latest solution for repairing damage it rendered to customer privacy when it added new features that opted users into sharing more information with little to no control or options for not sharing. Facebook claims to be launching a dramatically simply privacy control interface tomorrow. The privacy problems created were not because customers did not set privacy settings, but that Facebook ignored what customers wanted by changing privacy settings without notice to share user content widely.
LaserCard Corp will be providing the US Citizenship and Immigration Services agency with the new cards to track lawful residents. The State Department made a similar decision regarding the use of RFID in US Passports which was dramatically modified following public resistance to the proposal. War-driving tactics use to exploit unencrypted RFID tags continues to be a privacy threat.
LaserCard Corp will be providing the US Citizenship and Immigration Services agency with the new cards to track lawful residents. The State Department made a similar decision regarding the use of RFID in US Passports which was dramatically modified following public resistance to the proposal. War-driving tactics use to exploit unencrypted RFID tags continues to be a privacy threat.
LaserCard Corp will be providing the US Citizenship and Immigration Services agency with the new cards to track lawful residents. The State Department made a similar decision regarding the use of RFID in US Passports which was dramatically modified following public resistance to the proposal. War-driving tactics use to exploit unencrypted RFID tags continues to be a privacy threat.
UC Davis ended a pilot that could have led the university outsourcing student e-mail to the G-mail service over privacy concerns. The letter to the Google formally ending the pilot project specifically expressed that the campus commitment to privacy of communications was not shared by the company.
Maturity develops wisdom in young people about limiting what other may see about them. Many recruiters, employers, and others are requesting to join the social networking world of young professionals. Steps are being taken by young people to limit what others may see about them. Long time friends and new social networking contacts may be limited to viewing only certain information. The trend reflects how people conduct themselves in the physical world. Control is the foundation of privacy protection so that over time and under certain circumstances information is voluntarily shared.
EPIC filed an FTC complaint on the most recent actions taken by Facebook to compromise user privacy. EPIC also sent a letter to Congress regarding the challenges social networking and cloud computing users are facing in keeping the privacy that companies promise when soliciting new consumers. A glitch discovered by Facebook users last week allowed website to secretly install apps on user pages and another that allowed contacts to secretly view private chats.
New York police made an arrest in relationship to the owner of a vehicle rigged as an explosive device that was parked in Time Square. Police work, when done well, can out perform technology and innovation in many situations related to security. Tens of millions have been spent on video surveillance technology, but its value for law-enforcement for the prevention of terrorism is zero. What has worked is better training and equipping of first responders, and raising awareness among citizens regarding their critical role in preventing successful attacks. Duane Jackson, a street vendor noticing a car parked where it should not have been and alerted a police officer. When they inspected the vehicle they noticed smoke and heard popping sounds. The Police officer immediately closed off the area and sought assistance. The bomb was discovered and neutralized and the investigation beginning with the vehicle led to the arrest.
