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Microsoft working to eliminate Internet anonymity

Posted on August 20, 2009July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Microsoft researchers have unveiled an anti-hacking concept that can help track hackers or malicious content to origin servers. The Host Tracker program’s goal is to “de-anonymize the Internet” through the ability to host servers with 99 percent accuracy. Host Tracker is designed to unmask would-be hackers who take advantage of anonymizing techniques by cross-referencing Internet…

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MS+Yahoo merger and privacy

Posted on August 1, 2009July 3, 2025 by Dissent

When Internet giants team up, civil-liberties advocates tend to worry that their consolidated power will end up hurting the privacy of average users. An agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo to work together on Web search is no different. But at least one expert thinks it could re-energize a three-year trend that has delivered to consumers…

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Court: IP addresses != PII

Posted on July 6, 2009July 3, 2025 by Dissent

In a ruling that could fuel debate about online privacy, a federal judge in Seattle has held that IP addresses are not personal information. “In order for ‘personally identifiable information’ to be personally identifiable, it must identify a person. But an IP address identifies a computer,” U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones said in a…

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