iPhone and SSN (Social security number)
July 05, 2007
Before you activate your iPhone, read this!
Blog entry, Michael Tiemann, July 4, 2007
Apple and AT&T are demanding customers reveal SSNs to activate their iPhones. That should be the lead of every technology and business...
Posted in privacy, society | 18075 Comments
Article: Why ID must keep up with IT (Identity in academia)
July 03, 2007
by Stephen Hoare Tuesday June 19, 2007 The Guardian
Universities have welcomed open access learning platforms that widen student participation, but their arrival has left campus intranets, and all the sensitive details they...
Posted in elearning, academia, privacy | 3878 Comments
The RFID Guardian: a firewall for your tags
July 01, 2007
by Nate Anderson, May, 2007, Ars Technica
Put down that hammer and step away from that microwave—now there's a better way to keep your radio frequency identification (RFID) chips secure.
Posted in RFID, privacy, technology | 978 Comments
How To: Hide Your Identity Online. Some services
June 28, 2007
By: Chris Nickson, Digital Trends, June 26th, 2007
It’s not especially difficult to mask your identity to surf. There are several services that offer the ability for free. All of these are fine if you just want to surf sites....
Posted in services, privacy | 47 Comments
Hitachi designs office big brother
June 28, 2007
By Nick Booth, The Enquirer, Monday 25 june 2007
HITACHI SAID it will develop a system that monitors the state of "interpersonal communication" among its workers.
Sensor-equipped name tags will detect when conversations take...
Posted in monitoring, privacy | No Comments
blogpost: Stalking 2.0: The Websites that Track Your Every Move
June 19, 2007
So, you don’t mind being followed and tracked? You don’t care if your friends can see what websites you’ve been to lately, what software you’ve been running, or even what music you’ve been listening to? Then you’ll love the web’s...
Posted in profiling, privacy, attention metadata, monitoring | 6591 Comments
last eema ENISA Identity conference: security and Social Networking
June 14, 2007
Interestingly, social networking was an important topic of the last eema ENISA Identity conference that took place in Paris beginning of June 2007
Posted in conferences, social networking, privacy | 1224 Comments
Do A Background Check On Yourself
June 14, 2007
Companies can order all sorts of reports on you and make judgments about you, from banks, to landlords to employers. Here's how you can see the data they're seeing and make sure the record is right.
Posted in FIDIS Blog, privacy | 110 Comments