In a report released today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) documents how your location information is collected by various popular electronic devices and services, and argues for concrete technological solutions that would allow you to enjoy these systems’ benefits without sacrificing your privacy in your everyday life. “There are nifty new location-based technologies like electronic…
Corps bans Facebook, similar Web sites
Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are officially off limits for Marines — at least while they’re at work. Marine administrative message 458/09, issued Monday, calls the social networking sites “a proven haven for malicious actors and content,” and officially prohibits Marines from accessing them from work computers unless a waiver is granted. “The very nature of…
CDT report on privacy controls for browsers
From CDT.org: CDT today released an update to the browser report it issued in October of 2008. The report includes updated information about privacy tools available in five Web Browsers ?€? Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 8, Google Chrome, Safari 4, and Opera 10. The report compares browser offerings in three key areas: privacy mode, cookie…
Camera Surveillance in Canada: A Research Workshop
January 14-16, 2010 Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada Cameras have been appearing for some years in the streets, shopping malls, airports, train stations, arenas, educational institutions and even convenience stores and taxicabs, yet no one has undertaken a systematic survey of what’s happening in the Canadian context. A Report on Camera Surveillance in Canada prepared…