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A German security expert has raised the ire of the cell phone industry after he and a group of researchers posted online a how-to guide for cracking the encryption that keeps the calls of GSM-standard cell phone users secret.
A US financial crime agency's plan to let foreign police and U.S. state and local law enforcement authorities seek information from American banks about their customers is drawing opposition from groups representing US financial institutions.
Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation's ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient's health history during a crisis — and which can immediately text-message loved ones that the person
In renewing only two of the three sunsetting provisions, the House version has defied the White House, quietly pushing Congress to totally renew its predecessor's law.
But unknown to patients, an increasing number of outside vendors that manage electronic health records also have access to that data, and are reselling the information as a commodity.
It’s ChoicePoints business to know about you. The company maintains a database that has information on virtually every U.S. citizen. Its trove of personal data and its estimated 17 billion records includes phone numbers and addresses, credit reports
The bad news is that if you turn the geo features on, there are very few controls available and, yes, Microsoft could easily track your every move. Now you can freak out.
Did you know there was an RFID ink? How about RFID powder? How many people in America are already chipped?
Americans are outraged with the recent introduction of America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. The Internal Revenue Service will enforce fines of $3,800.00 imposed against non- participants of the National Health Care plan.
The formation of PositiveID represents the convergence of a pioneer in personal health records, VeriChip, with a leader in the identity security space, Steel Vault, focused on access and security of a consumer’s critical data.
These confidential documents detail information on an official program for centralized, real-time, interception of Internet traffic in Switzerland. The interception will start on August 1, 2009.
The documents are those referenced yesterday by the Swiss-German weekly newspaper WOZ.
Avoid Privacy Invasions “What’s your ‘Social,’ Mr. Hall?” She might as well have asked for the PIN to our business bank account. “We need your ‘Social,’ Mr. Hall,” she repeated. I glanced up from the Nora Roberts novel I was reading. You’ll get it
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The Indian government has banned the import of mobile phones without an IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number, and has ordered operators to block calls from phones without an IMEI from next month..
The IMEI is a unique code that identifies a mobile device on a GSM network
An anonymous citizen who applied for a city job alerted local media
that he or she had to provide log-in information and passwords for any
and all social networking web sites they use while applying for a job
with the city.
Along with the normal background check, criminal history, education and
employment past, the following is written into the Bozeman city
employment waiver statement:
"Please list any and all, current personal or business websites, web
pages or memberships on any internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or
forums, to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo,
YouTube.com, MySpace, etc."
The National Security Agency
is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance
program, with critics in Congress saying its recent intercepts of the
private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader
than previously acknowledged, current and former officials said.
After years of mismanagement by the Bush administration and months of fumbles by the Obama team, the Census Bureau may be getting back on track for the 2010 count. The Senate is scheduled to hold a confirmation hearing for Obama’s superb nominee to r
Wisconsin police can attach GPS to cars to secretly track anybody's movements without obtaining search warrants, an appeals court ruled Thursday.
Electronic health records need a nudge from the government if the technology is to become widespread, the nation's new health information technology czar said on Thursday. "It is clear that this field has not advanced (enough) ... when le
Children will be tracked by satellite on public transport and encouraged to spy on their friends and report bad behavior, under a pilot scheme by the Welsh Assembly.
If privacy suddenly becomes important to you, this tactic can help you get it back.
Under a shroud National Security secrecy, the Obama administration is negotiating a "New World Order" treaty that would permit the government to search, at will, through personal computers, laptops, and mp3 players.
Figures released using the Freedom of Information Act show 42 local authorities have installed the 'spy' devices in rubbish containers to record how much residents are throwing away.
Google launched its behavioral targeting ad program, which it calls "interest-based advertising." This move has been widely expected once Google completed its $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick one year ago today. The issues with behav
Obviously if you use are a user of Google services you are sharing a lot of your search behavior among other things with Google as well. The E-Justice blog has published an interesting post on 25 Surprising Things That Google Knows About You. Below i
Welcome to the future, where everything about you is saved. A future where your actions are recorded, your movements are tracked, and your conversations are no longer ephemeral.
When you search for information online, you're not the only one who learns something.
Hacker & researcher Chris Paget has demonstrated the ability to read the globally unique serial numbers on RFID chips in passport cards & electronic drivers licenses in the purses & pockets of pedestrians on the street from a passing car, at least 30
Real ID is a direct frontal attack on all American’s freedoms. Twenty-one other states have taken a stand against the tyranny of Real ID and have passed legislation similar to HB 1587 to refuse state compliance. Now, with your help, we can stop in
Beware thieves and other ne'er-do-wells: Those sunglasses and other disguises may soon no longer protect your identity if Professor Yi Ma and his group have anything to do with it.
Privacy on the Internet is increasingly under attack, as searches and visits are routinely recorded and combined into personal and behavioral profiles by the major search engines. While you are searching the internet, these engines register the tim
