Updated: 2010-07-30 02:50:22
In April, Apple Ditched Google And Skyhook In Favor Of Its Own Location Databases:
This article reports on Apple’s admission that they are building their own location database to replace Skyhook (which is a WiFi location database).
Many of us are now walking around with devices that monitor our environments and report back to the mother ship [...]
Updated: 2010-07-29 20:03:19
BBC News - Details of 100m Facebook users collected and published
Ron Bowes wrote some software which scanned through Facebook to capture any unprotected personal information from the website.
The collected data has been compiled in to a huge file which is available over BitTorrent among other free channels.
While the program did not access any protected information, [...]
Updated: 2010-07-29 19:50:08
UK ISP TalkTalk Monitoring its Customers Online Activity Without Consent − ISPreview UK:
Here we go again with an ISP monitoring users without consent and collecting information about their activities.
In this case the ISP claims to be doing so as part of a project to improve some future security and parental control services. They say that [...]
Updated: 2010-07-29 15:21:58
Privacy Digest reports on a new White House proposal to extend the powers of FBI “national security letters” to include gathering of “electronic communication transactional records”. While this may appear to be a small change, the potential impact is huge.
These records include all the header information from emails: To:, From:, Time, and often Subject:.
It may [...]
Updated: 2010-07-28 16:05:29
A colleague lent me his most recent copy of IEEE’s Computer magazine. Inside was an article entitled A Web 2.0 Model for Patient-Centered Health Informatics Applications (IEEE membership required to read). Some possible benefits of their proposed approach were listed, including:
Run deeper analytics across physicians groups and facilities, which can include relevant patient data…
Provide a [...]
Updated: 2010-07-21 20:52:10
Due to the way Android requires SD cards to be formatted in VFAT, it leaves a bit of a hole when it comes to security for files stored here. VFAT is an old standard that doesn’t support the access controls of Linux, so data stored here is unprotected. Because of this, all storage here is [...]
Updated: 2010-07-18 18:55:36
In order to help develop better information about public perceptions of on-line privacy, I am posting information about an academic research survey to study just this. I encourage you to fill it out.
Updated: 2010-07-16 21:21:55
Details of this month’s Patch Tuesday updates here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-jul.mspx
This month, we get a fairly light load of patches for Windows and Office, but there are a few remote code execution vulnerabilities that are addressed. So, if you run Windows and/or Office, apply these patches as soon as possible. If you’re running Windows XP or Windows [...]
Updated: 2010-07-09 04:35:21
For authentication, newer versions of Oracle (11g+) use a session agreement and key exchange scheme known as O5Logon. It has some of the same weaknesses of authentication as the O3Logon used in previous versions of Oracle.
An example transcript of the default auth process:
1) Client connects to Server:
2) Client sends Username to Server
3) Server generates a [...]
Updated: 2010-07-02 15:33:20
We discovered a major security hole in Facebook almost by accident. The exploit is so trivial I can’t justify calling it hacking. Any time you are on an open WiFi and accessing Facebook, anyone else on the same network can easily grab your credential and access Facebook as you with full access to your account.
We [...]
Updated: 2010-07-02 15:28:39
We are working hard to improve our website and would welcome your suggestions and feedback on how to improve it.
One new addition is our Knowledge Center where we are trying to share information about privacy and security issues. Within the Knowledge Center we have a section we call “The Lab” (click the tab in the [...]
Updated: 2010-06-29 18:44:10
Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source | Onion News Network: “”
Finally a viable solution to the privacy problem!!!
Updated: 2010-06-28 21:34:08
Lawmakers To Introduce New Internet Privacy Bill : NPR
Rick Boucher (D-VA) has released draft legislation to significantly increase required privacy notifications for Internet users.
Many websites are fighting the proposed bill, claiming it would hurt their business. I am unsympathetic to complaint that their business would suffer if people actually knew what they were doing with [...]
Updated: 2010-06-28 20:40:23
The European Parliament appears to be trying to create a regulation to require search engine companies to retain total information about their user’s searches for a period of years. If you are in the EU area, I strongly encourage you to reach out to fight this.
Declaration29: “A group of members of European Parliament is collecting [...]
Updated: 2010-06-07 19:11:14
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