Many of the headlines today discuss a story mentioned earlier today on this site — how Twitter got hacked and TechCrunch decided to publish some of the documents they were sent by the hacker. Steve Ragan of Tech Herald provides coverage of the ethical controversy raised by Tech Crunch’s decision and agrees with their stance,…
Category: Misc
Bentham and the Privacy of the Grave
I first met Jeremy Bentham as a newly arrived philosophy student walking through the South Cloisters of University College London. Behind the plate glass of a huge mahogany case, I looked in upon a seated life-size wax figure of a man in an 18th Century coat and knee britches, happily wearing a straw hat. Only…
Snooping through the power socket
Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer. Security researchers found that poor shielding on some keyboard cables means useful data can be leaked about each character typed. By analysing the information leaking onto power circuits, the researchers could see what a target was typing. The attack has been…
Summer reading
Looking to get caught up on recent articles on privacy over the summer? I’ve compiled a list of some recent articles that are available for free online that I’ve been meaning to get to, and I thought I’d post the list here. Many more privacy-related articles can also be found on SSRN. If you know of…