Earlier today, M. E. Kabay and Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Hassan reported that some Samsung laptops were being sold with pre-installed keylogger software called StarLogger. If you’re using a Samsung laptop, you will probably want to read their report. Bob McMillan of IDG News Service followed up and reports that Samsung is investigating the allegations: Hassan,…
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FTC Charges Deceptive Privacy Practices in Google’s Rollout of Its Buzz Social Network
From the FTC: Google Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social network, Google Buzz, in 2010. The agency alleges the practices violate the FTC Act. The proposed settlement bars the company from future privacy misrepresentations,…
No Privacy on Amazon’s Cloud Drive
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes: Who couldn’t love the idea ofthe new Amazon Cloud Drive? You get at least 5GBs of free cloud-based storage, and its trivial to get 20GBs of free storage on Amazon Cloud Drive. Used in concert with theAmazon Cloud Player you get a fine cloud-based music player that can be used either from…
A Response to Commissioner Rosch on Do Not Track
Jonathan Mayer writes: Late last week FTC Commissioner Rosch penned a column in which he repeated a number of hackneyed criticisms of Do Not Track. Senators McCaskill and Pryor articulated similar concerns at a recent hearing. This piece sequentially deconstructs Rosch’s column and replies to each of his substantive critiques. Read Jonathan’s counterpoint on CIS. …