TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
Verizon and MySpace scored a zero out of a possible six stars in a test of how far 18 technology service providers will go to protect user data from government data demands.
By Tim Greene | 30 April, 2013 22:06
Even without cookies, popular browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox give Web sites enough information to get a unique picture of their visitors about 94 percent of the time, according to research compiled over the past few months by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
By Robert McMillan | 19 May, 2010 04:15
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to review a controversial patent issued in 2001 that is claimed to cover much of the technology underlying VoIP.
By Stephen Lawson | 08 February, 2010 08:42
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has created an on-line tool that details the wealth of information a Web browser reveals, which can pose privacy concerns when used to profile users.
By Jeremy Kirk | 01 February, 2010 08:46
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the University of California, Berkeley's Samuelson Clinic have filed a lawsuit (PDF document) against six government agencies, seeking information on their use of social networking sites for data collection and surveillance.
By Jaikumar Vijayan | 03 December, 2009 12:43
Last week Gen. David Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned in response to what has turned out to be a much bigger scandal than it first appeared.
By Mark Gibbs | 20 November, 2012 15:44
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