Google’s announcement Tuesday that it is developing an open-source operating system raised questions among privacy advocates about the amount of personal data Google will be able to collect. Google already collects private data through products like its search engine and its Gmail e-mail service, as well as its AdSense advertising service. The Chrome operating system,…
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Son of Dead Sea Scrolls scholar pleads not guilty
Lawyer Raphael Golb, son of Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Norman Golb, pleaded not guilty to charges that he stole his father’s professional rivals’ identities and used them to discredit them. Some of the alleged victims include Dr. Lawrence Schiffman, Stephen Goranson, and Jonathan Seidel. In a press release issued in March, Manhattan District Attorney Robert…
Oregon teen arrest in extortion “prank”
The Associated Press reports that an Oregon teenager hacked into two female college students’ social networking accounts and then demanded nude photos to unlock the accounts. The unnamed youth may face computer crime and theft by extortion charges. The boy reportedly admitted hacking into the accounts of the two women, both of whom he grew…
Can’t spell “Ixquick?” Try “Startpage”
IxQuick, which bills itself as “the world’s most private search engine,” has changed its name to the much-easier-to-remember Startpage. Startpage is a meta search engine that’s tried to differentiate itself from the pack by using privacy as a marketing feature. In 2006, shortly before the mistaken release of three months of AOL search data, the…