Pew Internet has released a new survey that suggests that users are wising up about the privacy concerns with some apps: More than half of mobile application users have uninstalled or avoided certain apps due to concerns about the way personal information is shared or collected by the app, according to a nationally representative telephone…
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2012 Democrat Platform Endorses Internet Privacy – While They Argue in Court Against It?
From EPIC.org: The 2012 Democratic National Platform supports the administration’s Internet Privacy Bill of Rights to protect consumer privacy. Separate provisions in the platform call for privacy protections for broadband deployment, intellectual property enforcement, and cybersecurity laws; the Democratic platform opposes voter identification laws. However, the platform is silent on the Fourth Amendment, and retreats from the 2008 Democratic platform that opposed surveillance of individuals that were…
Researchers Expose Locations of Pirate Bay Uploaders
Ernesto writes: Academic researchers have published information on the individuals and groups who upload torrent files to The Pirate Bay. The data reveals that most torrent files are first seeded from U.S. connections, with Comcast and Road Runner being the top Internet providers. The researchers also reveal the top 100 uploaders to The Pirate Bay…
Privacy, Masks, and Religion
Omer Tene is blogging over on Concurring Opinions. He has an entry that caught my eye in light of a recent item about wearing pixellated masks in public to protect privacy. Omer writes, in part: Absent legal protection, individuals may embrace privacy enhancing technologies (PETs). One such (admittedly low-tech) PET is a mask. In a…