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Arlington, Virginia-based Brickstream on Monday launched its Brickstream System, which links the company's software to computer hardware and in-store cameras in an effort to examine in-store browsing and buying behaviors.. . .
One of the world's leading telecommunications gurus warned colleagues at the annual meeting of the Pacific Telecommunications Council Tuesday that unless they found ways to adapt cutting-edge technology so that it helped reduce the so-called digital divide, democracy itself would be . . .
Gov. Gray Davis' proposal to let state and local police obtain roving wiretaps on suspected criminals was dropped from the legislation containing it Tuesday after the legislative counsel's office concluded that it was illegal. The proposal, a centerpiece of Davis' State . . .
Privacy and civil liberties advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said that it asked a federal court Monday to order the release of records that detail the sale of personal information to law enforcement agencies. EPIC said in its complaint . . .
State motor-vehicle offices will propose that drivers' licenses incorporate biometrics. Is that the same as a national ID card? Calls for creating a national ID card system, which advocates say would make it harder for terrorists to move undetected within U.S. . . .
It's a privacy-busting boogeyman to civil libertarians, an anti-terror panacea to lawmakers. And now Carnivore, the FBI's infamous Internet surveillance program, has become an inspiration to a group of the Web's leading artists. In a collaborative art project called, creatively . . .
A group of consumer privacy groups launched an online guide for protecting security and privacy on the Internet Tuesday, hoping to reach consumers making purchases online as the busy holiday shopping season comes to a close.. . .
New counter-terrorism measures pushed by a government "run out of control" will see more Australian agencies able to intercept e-mails for routine investigations, according to civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers of Australia (EFA).. . .
Antivirus software vendors said Monday they don't want to create a loophole in their security products to let the FBI or other government agencies use a virus to eavesdrop on the computer communications of suspected criminals. Under a project code-named "Magic . . .
SafeWeb is considering bringing its anonymous surfing service back from the dead in response to calls from enthusiastic users. A victim of the economy or a victim of war? The company shut down its free service last month because of the . . .
Palmer is the CEO of ICaughtYou, a private Bonita Springs, Fla.-based company that allows corporations to monitor their employees' Internet usage. His company has been one of the unsuspecting beneficiaries of the terrorist attacks. Even before Sept. 11, the downturn in . . .
A federal magistrate is expected to decide this month whether wiretap evidence collected by Canadian agents can be used against people charged with smuggling cigarettes to help finance a Lebanese guerrilla group. The issue takes on added importance as the United . . .
This is an update from the status conference held today in the case against Dmitry Sklyarov (a visiting Russian programmer arrested in the US for allegedly violating the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act by writing, in Russia, software that is legal . . .
Ever since the FBI confirmed the existence of their Internet wiretapping device -- a device they named Carnivore -- cyberprivacy activists have been up in arms. Carnivore promised to be their worst nightmare: a technology that could track and record every . . .
Network Associates has been snared in a web of accusations over whether it will place backdoors for the U.S. government in its security software. Since Network Associates (NETA) makes popular security products, including McAfee anti-virus software and Pretty Good Privacy . . .
Hints and speculations about the true nature and capabilities of these "all ears" spacecraft have reached folkloric proportions. Some reports suggest that cell phone traffic, ground line chats and faxes, telexes and satellite telecommunications links, as well as Internet emails . . .
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked telecommunications companies to make changes in their state-of-the-art networks to make it easier for the FBI to conduct surveillance, according to a report. The FBI, which hopes to gain the same access to voice . . .
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. sent in a timely press release about the availability of their Anonymizer service. "Anonymizer.com today announced that more than 1 billion Web page views have been protected with the company's Anonymous Surfing service since its launch in . . .
While pushing a joint privacy management product to enterprises Monday, Watchfire Corp. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) also raised a new specter for the holiday e-buying season. New York-based PwC along with Watchfire, in Ottawa, said their product, WebCPO, can help companies . . .
Along with the recent government hysteria over terrorists, we've seen legislative measures and 'emergency powers' inviting law-enforcement agencies worldwide to conduct Internet surveillance on an unprecedented scale. But because the state-of-the-art of electronic dragnets makes it difficult if not impossible to . . .
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