Kevin J. O’Brien reports on the European reaction to Google’s disclosure that it had inadvertently collected personal data while collecting WiFi data as part of its Street View data collection. Germany had already been introducing legislation to curb Google, and this latest disclosure has seemingly just fanned the flames: … But in Germany, Google’s collection…
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg: “Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity”
Michael Zimmer takes Mark Zuckerberg to task – not for allegedly calling people who share information with him “dumb f*cks” but for saying that people who manage their identities lack integrity: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has a history of speaking his mind on privacy, and what he speaks is often fraught with problems, ignorance, and arrogance……..
Gruesome death photos are at the forefront of an Internet privacy battle
Christopher Goffard reports: Three weeks after his 18-year-old daughter sped away in his Porsche and swerved to her death in Lake Forest, Christos Catsouras understood why he had not been allowed to see her body. Photographs of the Halloween 2006 crash, taken and leaked by the California Highway Patrol, were proliferating on the Internet. The…
Gizmodo iPhone Warrant Affidavit Released, Impropriety of Search Confirmed
Matt Zimmerman of EFF provides a legal analysis of the affidavit in the Gizmodo/iPhone case. The affidavit was unsealed yesterday, as reported here previously. Today, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan ordered the release of the previously-sealed warrant affidavit that led to the search of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s house. As expected, the…