Jeff Roberts reports: Popular video site Metacafe has joined Quantcast, Interclick and a host of other firms in settling a lawsuit over its use of Flash “super-cookies” – tracking tools that regenerate even after internet users clear their browser. But despite an offer of $250 to compensate the plaintiffs, no one should hold their breath…
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“Facebook will no longer tell you everything it knows about you” – when did they ever??
Lisa Vaas writes: In the face of an ocean of users demanding their personal data as required by European Union law, Facebook has sharply constricted the amount of data it’s handing over. Instead of sending CDs, Facebook is now directing users to a page where they can download a personal archive, but that archive is…
The Surveillance Catalog: Where governments get their tools
From the WSJ: Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal open a rare window into a new global market for the off-the-shelf surveillance technology that has arisen in the decade since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The techniques described in the trove of 200-plus marketing documents include hacking tools that enable governments to…
Hewlett-Packard Computers Underpin Syria Surveillance Project
Vernon Silver reports: Hewlett-Packard Co. equipment worth more than $500,000 has been installed in computer rooms in Syria, underpinning a surveillance system being built to monitor e-mails and Internet use, according to documents from the deal and a person familiar with the installation. The gear made by Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett- Packard would run a…