'digital audit trails'
Do we have a right to online privacy?
Related Reports:
Privacy Implications of Fast, Mobile Internet Access
Digital Footprints
'shiny plastic bandwagon'
Stop! Reflection time.If I see one more blog post about "Web 2.0," I’m going to headbutt a sidewalk.
'did not inform customers'
Call to prosecute BT for ad trialRelated previous posts:
snooping and profiling
'fears over the future of the internet'
'violating California law'
Consumer and Privacy Groups Urge Google to Post a Link to Its Privacy Policy from Its Home Page [BBC News]complex choices
Securing Private Data from Network 'Zombies'Related post: from BBC's 'Click' program
'more change lies ahead'
A Portrait of Early Adopters: Why People First Went Online --and Why They Stayedmisdirected comments
GumbabyThe Gumbaby Project is an attempt to gather together a directory of comments posted on blogs (and guestbooks, and other inappropriate places) by people apparently led astray by search engines. Certain threads on some sites seem to attract confusion over and over again. People arrive at a blog, mistake the author for a celebrity, an expert, or an authority, and they begin talking as if that's who was listening.
snooping and profiling
The Phorm 'Webwise' SystemRelated post: 'fears over the future of the internet'
issue is 'privacy' not 'piracy'
Policing internet 'not ISP's job'The head of one of Britain's biggest internet providers has criticised the music industry for demanding that he act against pirates.
Related: ISPs could face piracy sanctions
no privacy here, thank you
Security Lapse Exposes Facebook PhotosBeware of links to other news sites with heavy and/or intrusive advertising.
'fears over the future of the internet'
Web creator rejects net tracking Related:Phorm 'illegal' says policy group
Phorm needs 'better protection'
'forcibly censored' by Swiss bank
Whistle-blower site taken offlineNote: The site is still available here.
a sorry state
StylizedWeb.com:"Everybody’s doing it" is just the right sentence for Google AdSense. Everywhere you look, sites are crowded with AdSense and why shouldn't they if it's easy way to make money.
'community' in corporate poopooland
Sears: Come see the softer side of spyware Related:Sears Exposes Customer Purchase History in Violation of Its Privacy Policy
'some minor bugs' but 'internetty'
The Whole Internet – "a map of the entire Internet"[Ireneo's Memory]
'judgmental nitpickers'
Can You Say Nazi? – "A How To Guide to getting Accepted in the Exclusive World of Web Elitists"'can detect rampant stupidity'
StupidFilter – "Because the internet needs prophylactics for memetically transmitted diseases." (go random) [Ireneo's Memory]lack of 'alt' tags
Lawsuit over web site accessibility for the blind becomes class actionA lawsuit brought in 2006 by a blind student at the University of California-Berkeley has now morphed into a class action case against US retailer Target. A federal judge has just certified a nationwide class in the case, which alleges that Target's web site is not fully accessible to the blind. It's a case that could help establish the ways in which the Americans With Disabilities Act applies to the Internet, and it has already generated a ruling that, in California at least, commercial web sites must be accessible.[Css Globe]
'modern self-portraits'
Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism...Social networking websites may make relationships more reliable, but whether those relationships can be humanly satisfying remains to be seen.[Justin Blanton]
on the 'mini marketing machine'
Go from hellNo damn advertising at all. I don’t care how warm and fuzzy Google is, I don’t want to be tracked like an animal and "targeted" with anything, least of all guesswork about what I want, no matter how educated that guesswork is.
new interactive annoyance format
Google AdWords Introduces Google Gadget Ads, a New Interactive Ad Format'unacceptable intrusion'
German spyware plans trigger row – "German government plans to spy on terror suspects by deploying malicious e-mails have drawn sharp criticism."how secure?
Bloggers battered by viral stormGoogle's Blogger site is being used by malicious hackers who are posting fake entries to some blogs.
The fake entries contain weblinks that lead to booby-trapped downloads that could infect a Windows PC.
company denies security breach
Monster attack steals user dataUS job website Monster.com has suffered an online attack with the personal data of hundreds of thousands of users stolen...
dealing with 'inbox overflow'
"Sentenc.es is a personal policy that all email responses regardless of recipient or subject will be a pre-determined number sentences or less. It’s that simple." (thanks Vasta)
new policy meaningful?
In This Edition of Privacy Theater, Google's Cookie Monster > Six Tips to Protect Your Online Search PrivacyEvil Google? Looks like a duck.
New YouTube Interface for Embedded VideosOn the con side, you’re also opening up your website to changes which you never specifically approved (other than all the general legal approvals you give a site by agreeing to their Terms of Service). If one day you decide that all the interface changes, or ads YouTube rolls out, are becoming too distracting for your visitors, the burden of replacing all embedded code and finding another host (if you kept your video files in the first place!) lies on you.
a place to put a page
page of text . com – "create a new page of text to edit by yourself or with others" [unalog]'open to attack'
Users warned on Windows cursors – "Animated cursors could prove risky for Windows users, Microsoft has warned...."'mixed views'
Brazil rainforest internet plan – "A move to provide free internet access to native Indian tribes to help protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal logging has been announced in Brazil..."killing the music...
Royalties threaten internet radioIn a decision which the internet radio stations say was influenced by the record labels, it has ruled that royalties should rise from .08 cents per track to .19 cents by 2010.
tech predictions
Fragrant future beckons for webWithin a decade the net will be able to deliver smells as fast as it does data, predicts a report.
The forecast came in a wide-ranging survey produced by the South Korean government to find out what consumers will want from future technologies.
good to know...
Debit card versus credit card – "Your federal debit card legal rights are weaker than your credit card rights."simple advice worth repeating...
Security Response Weblog:To protect yourself against these threats, do not trust unsolicited files or documents about “interesting” topics. Do not open attachments unless they are expected and come from a known and trusted source.
security warning - don't click!
Beware you morbid types...It hasn't been long since reports surfaced that videos of Saddam Hussein’s execution are available for download on the Internet. It’s no surprise that enterprising malware creators have latched on to this latest news in an attempt to spread their wares...
caution: plugin vulnerability
When PDFs Attack!We have received reports of a significant problem relating to Adobe Acrobat files and Cross Site Scripting (XSS). A weakness was discovered in the way that the Adobe Reader browser plugin can be made to execute JavaScript code on the client side...See article for details.
You can avoid this problem by implementing a work around in your browser so that it does not use the Acrobat Reader plugin.
Update (1/5/07): A supposedly more secure, new version of Adobe Reader is available. Beware of optional additional software installation, which is checked by default. [BBC]
online thoughts...
On Inconsiderate Commenting – "Unfortunately, not all change is good, and as we become 'more connected,' in many ways we're becoming less connected."restoring the 'promise'
Web censorship 'bypass' unveiled – "A tool has been created capable of circumventing government censorship of the web, according to researchers."promotional press release...
Culver City, California Implements Pornography and Copyright Filtering Technology on Their Public Wireless Network [EFF]intellectual property issues
Fair Use Network – "information & resources for free expression"[EFF: Mini Links]
'that shallow buzzword'
Web 2.0 is Bull, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Web 2.0 [Ample Sanity]'tool of repression'
The Internet and Freedom of Expression: A New Frontier for Human Rights? (.pdf) [context]'ever-escalating cyber war'
Web attacks end anti-spam effort – "A series of web attacks by spammers have forced a security firm to end an initiative to curb junk mail..."says he's 'being persecuted'
US 'spyware maker' fined profitsA man accused of infecting PCs with spyware has been fined $4m.
The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered Sanford Wallace to hand over the money he made by putting the unwanted software on computers.
internet facts (?)
The Institute of Internet History – "Abridged History of the Internet"Ironically, in our research we have found that one of the topics about which information on the Internet is often found to be misleading or inaccurate is the history of the Internet itself. Students and researchers are therefore advised to be vigilant and always check purported facts with multiple, reputable sources.[unalog]
'invasive surveillance'
EFF: Breaking News"The evidence that we are filing supports our claim that AT&T is diverting Internet traffic into the hands of the NSA wholesale, in violation of federal wiretapping laws and the Fourth Amendment," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now."
gone phishing...
European phishing gangs targetedMicrosoft is launching legal action against 100 phishing gangs based in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
By the end of March, 53 cases will have begun said Microsoft, with all 100 filed by the end of June.
'information operations'
US plans to 'fight the net' revealedWhen it describes plans for electronic warfare, or EW, the document takes on an extraordinary tone.[unalog]
It seems to see the internet as being equivalent to an enemy weapons system.
"Strategy should be based on the premise that the Department [of Defense] will 'fight the net' as it would an enemy weapons system," it reads.
The slogan "fight the net" appears several times throughout the roadmap.
new exploit...
New exploit blows by fully patched Windows XP systems[tech.memeorandum]
Related:
Microsoft Security Advisory (912840)
[Scobleizer < Simon Willison's Blogmarks]
Security warning: WMF exploit
Sites exploit Windows image flaw