Politology: “…this weblog is specifically about both politics and technology, including (but not limited to) the intersection between the two subjects…In addition, we’ll be using this site specifically to launch new political technology media. Whether it is animations, interactive web applications, graphics, offline publications, or even games, it’s likely to pop up on these pages… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2005
New Services Respond to Growing Consumer Concern With ID Theft
From Internetnews.com, this article on soon to be released fee-based products providing consumers with tracking and alert services on fraudulent activities associated with their personal data. Continue Reading
Medical Record Privacy Breach Controversy Involving Blog
140 Kaiser patients’ private data put online: “In a troubling episode involving medical privacy in the digital age, Kaiser Permanente is notifying 140 patients that a disgruntled former employee posted confidential information about them on her Weblog.” Continue Reading
Microsoft’s Security Top 10 List
“Here at the Microsoft Security Response Center, we investigate thousands of security reports every year. In some cases, we find that a report describes a bona fide security vulnerability resulting from a flaw in one of our products; when this happens, we develop a patch as quickly as possible to correct the error. In other… Continue Reading
Proposal to Better Regulate Information Privacy
A Model Regime of Privacy Protection, by Daniel J. Solove, George Washington University Law School, and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, EPIC, March 10, 2005 (14 pages, PDF). “Privacy protection in the United States has often been criticized, but critics have too infrequently suggested proposals for reform. Recently, there has been significant legislative interest at both the… Continue Reading
Gallup Poll on Blogs Shows Limited Impact on General Public
Blogs Not Yet in the Media Big Leagues – Very few Americans read them with any frequency: “Three-quarters of the U.S. public uses the Internet at work, school, or home, but only one in four Americans are either very familiar or somewhat familiar with blogs. More than half, 56%, have no knowledge of them. Even… Continue Reading
FTC Testimony on Data Security and Identity Theft
“The Federal Trade Commission testified…before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs about the reach of existing federal laws that require certain information providers to safeguard sensitive information and to ensure that the information doesnt fall into the wrong hands. The Senate Banking Committee is examining recent developments involving the security of… Continue Reading
Online Video Poised to Make Big Impact on Little Blogs
From The Globe and Mail (via Connie Crosby), this article describes how video clips drive considerable traffic to even small blogs. In addition, it notes the potentially significant impact of vlogs on e-commerce, political discourse and news in general. And don’t forget the video search engines as well. Also from The Globe, see Multimedia blogs… Continue Reading
More on the FEC and Regulating Bloggers
From Roll Call today (subscription req’d) this article abstract: “FEC May Exempt Bloggers – Amid a growing hysteria sweeping the Internet over the idea that the Federal Election Commission intends to crack down on bloggers, some FEC officials say they are open to creating an exemption for those who maintain Web logs to ensure they… Continue Reading
Can Blogging Assist the Intelligence Community?
We Need Spy Blogs – An Army officer calls for better information gathering. Continue Reading
New Features Allow Users To Customize Google News
What is customized news?: “We’ve made a number of improvements to Google News that allow you to customize your News front page by creating sections that focus on topics you care about…You can also design your custom front page by mixing and matching existing standard sections from the 22 regional editions of Google News from… Continue Reading
Big Time Shredder in Action
On March 2, I referenced several sources advocating destroying hard drive platters as the only reliable means of permanently wiping the data. As a follow-up, take a look at this movie gallery of shredding demonstrations that includes CD’s/floppy discs, computer circuit boards, and whole computers (requires Flash player). [blogdex] Continue Reading
