Regular readers have probably noticed that I never joined in on the hype about Diaspora after posting a link to one news story about it a few months ago. And in light of the recent brouhaha over the media’s role in elevating Haystack to a status it certainly did not deserve in light of subsequent…
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Constitution Day
It’s the 223rd anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Have you looked at it recently. Here’s a great resource for information with educational games to help teach your children about it: http://constitutioncenter.org/ncc_progs_constitution_day.aspx You can also discover your ‘inner Founding Father” by taking this quiz to see who you’re most like: http://constitutioncenter.org/FoundersQuiz/
Recommended: The politics of privacy
Christopher Wolf, founder of the Future of Privacy Forum and an attorney with Hogan Lovells, comments about recent political conflicts over privacy protection involving Israel and then takes it to a broader level. He writes: International cooperation to promote privacy, which is essential in our information society, used to be fairly immune to politics. Clearly,…
Lawsuit Targets Mobile Ad Company Over Sneaky HTML5 Uncookies
David Kravets writes: A New York-based mobile-web advertising company was hit Wednesday with a proposed class action over its use of an HTML5 trick to track iPhone and iPad users across a number of websites, in what is believed to be the first privacy lawsuit of its kind in the mobile space. The company, Ringleader Digital,…