Cecilia Kang reports: The Commerce Department has drafted broad recommendations for Internet privacy oversight in a widely anticipated report that could set the stage for tighter regulation of Web firms. Among its 10 policy recommendations, the report calls for strengthening the Federal Trade Commission’s rule-making powers and enacting legislation requiring Internet companies to inform customers…
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No hiding place – facial biometrics will ID you, RSN
David GW Birch writes: There’s going to be some fallout, if you ask me. Here’s why: You have no control over what pictures of you other people post on the Internet. Suppose there’s a picture of me in a mosque somewhere or coming out of the Social Workers’ Party bring ‘n buy sale or heading…
Joshua Simon Ashby gets 4 months in jail for posting naked photo of ex-girlfriend on Facebook
Michael Sheridan reports: A New Zealand man looking to get back at his ex-girlfriend by posting a naked photo of her on Facebook is heading to jail. Twenty-year-old Joshua Simon Ashby will serve four months in jail after he pled guilty to a charge distributing indecent material on Friday, an act which was described as one of “irresponsible drunken rage”…
New software traces illegal downloads on campus
Sam Raffield reports: VSU has new software that traces student use of illegal downloading systems to individual computers. Over this past summer, “Ares,” a new P2P program/protocol became popular among college students. Ares allows its users to evade school network controls that limit P2P use. The University System of Georgia increased efforts to identify the…