Press release: “U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced the introduction of legislation to prohibit a variety of surreptitious practices that result in spyware, adware and other unwanted software being placed on consumers computers. The bipartisan SPYBLOCK (Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge) Act, introduced with Senator Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), would prohibit the installation of software on a computer without the owners notice and consent. The legislation also requires reasonable uninstall procedures for all downloadable software. Spyware, adware and other hidden programs often secretly piggyback on downloaded Internet software without the users knowledge, transmitting information about computer usage and generating pop-up advertisements. Frequently such software is designed to be virtually impossible to uninstall.”
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Daily Archives: March 21, 2005
Competitive Advantage Cited In Successfully Turning Aside Phishing Attacks
Dan Farber’s posting, An antidote for phishing you can’t have, references comments by Symantec’s CEO on how an unnamed bank had successfully implemented a strategy to combat phishing, but it will remain proprietary. Related reference: Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Highlights Rise In Threats To Confidential Information Continue Reading
Free Credit Report Website Unblocked
As previously documented, there has been an ongoing controversy associated with website blocking of links to free annual credit reports, resulting in the requirement that users had to actually type the requisite URL into their respective browsers. Today EPIC reported that due to the efforts of advocacy groups and the support of Congressman Barney Frank,… Continue Reading
New Search Engine Profiles 25 Million People
ZoomInfo, which has a free search engine as well as fee-based services, provides users with search options to: Find Person by Name, Find Employees by Company, Find Alumni by University, and to Find People Mentioned on a Specific Website [see this Advanced Search page]. Data retrieved on individuals varies in regard to its scope, consistency,… Continue Reading
CDC Study Indicates Country Lags on E-Health Records
Press release: New Study Shows Limited Use of Electronic Medical Records: “Less than a third of the nation’s hospital emergency and outpatient departments use electronic medical records, and even fewer doctors offices do, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…The use of electronic records in health care… Continue Reading
President’s IT Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations on Cyber Security
The President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee report, Cyber Security: A Crisis of Prioritization, released March 18, 2005 (72 pages, PDF) Related news from the New York Times, Study Criticizes Government on Cybersecurity Research Continue Reading
“Enterprise Blogs” Make Their Mark
As a follow-up to my recent posting about Dennis Hamilton’s new article, Internal Blogs: So, Are They Different From External Blogs?, I suggested the monikers enterpriselogs, enterlogs, or even enterpriseblogs to describe blogs behind the corporate firewall. MrDave’s Blog! has a related posting I recommend, IntraBlog – the next wave?. Other suggestions welcome! [thanks Claudia] Continue Reading
