May, 2011

Online, you are guilty even after being proven innocent

61 comments on this article Posted by Sarah A. Downey in Privacy, Uncategorized on May 20th, 2011 , tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Innocent in the real world, yet still guilty online…


Online fortune teller: How DNA telomeres can put your lifespan on the web

4 comments on this article Posted by Abine Online Privacy in Privacy, Uncategorized on May 16th, 2011 , tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Only a very small number of people are currently using online personal health services today – what do you think will happen to this data?


Michael Arrington is so Naive

8 comments on this article Posted by Abine Online Privacy in Privacy, Uncategorized on May 12th, 2011 , tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Michael Arrington, the TechCrunch founder and and technology muckraker extraordinaire, has just put Facebook over the coals for some anti-Google PR, and he’s acting as if he’s surprised to see such aggressive and underhanded behavior from Facebook. Michael’s naive.   He doesn’t understand how threatening Facebook really is.  Facebook’s behavior threatens everyone, including you. Although Facebook [...]


Masked Emails: An Easy Way to Protect Yourself from the Next Big Data Breach

1 comment on this article Posted by Sarah A. Downey in Privacy, Uncategorized on May 3rd, 2011 , tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , .

First Epsilon, then Playstation Network (PSN)…the question isn’t whether another big breach will happen; it’s when.  But even if big tech corporations like Sony can’t protect your data, you can protect it yourself with a simple trick. Hackers stole the info from over 100 million accounts in two separate data breaches, 77 million on Playstation [...]