Kudos to Christopher Soghoian for his public and effective advocacy on the issue of opt-out cookies. As an update to his efforts, Chris writes on Slight Paranoia: One week ago, I published an open letter to the Network Advertising Initiative, in which I complained that the behavioral advertising opt-out cookies offered by many NAI members…
Apple releases fix for iPhone security flaw
Apple Inc. released a free software update that corrects a security flaw in the iPhone, a day after a researcher showed how hackers could exploit the vulnerability to seize control of the device. “No one has been able to take control of the iPhone to gain access to personal information,’’ Tom Neumayr, an Apple spokesman,…
A hard case makes bad law
What case did Debbie Purdy win on Thursday? I am sure that most people believe that, as Channel 4 News put it, she won “a landmark ruling allowing her husband to travel with her to Switzerland where the MS sufferer plans to end her life”. That is how most of the media, who seem to…
UBS, Swiss reach pact on tax battle
UBS and the Swiss government, rocked by months of embarrassing details about bank secrecy and guilty pleas for UBS clients, agreed to settle a tax-evasion probe with US authorities. The agreement appears to signal that thousands of US client accounts, hidden in offshore shadows, will be turned over to US revenue agents. The settlement, announced…