Andy Jordan reports: Applications that let users change or “spoof” their Caller ID are gaining in popularity in mobile phone app stores, even as Congress considers stalled legislation to outlaw particular uses of the technology, and criminals use it to engage in nefarious activity. Caller ID spoofing technology allows a user to change the caller…
Category: Misc
The Other Side of Privacy
Larry Downes writes: After attending last week’s Federal Trade Commission online privacy roundtable, I struggled for several days to make some sense out of my notes and my own response to calls for new legislation to protect consumer privacy. The result was a 5,000 word article—too long for nearly anyone to read. More on that…
EPIC Honors Michael Kirby
From EPIC.org: EPIC presented the 2010 International Privacy Champion Award to the Honorable Michael Kirby for his role in the development of the OECD Privacy Guidelines of 1980. The OECD Guidelines consist of eight principles that have provided the basis for national laws, international agreements, and privacy frameworks that have been adopted around the world….
It’s been 10 years: Why won’t people pay for privacy?
Declan McCullagh reviews some of the history of businesses that tried to sell online privacy services and poses the question as to why people are still generally unwilling to pay for privacy. Read his article here.