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One-use credit cards ease e-security woes

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Concerns about on-line credit card security and privacy of personal information are often listed as the major reasons for this lack of Internet purchasing. According to Visa Canada Association, in 1999, 67 per cent of Canadian shoppers didn't see the Internet . . .

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Net Scams and Fraud

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MSNBC has done a nice job of putting together many of the most significant Net scams and fraud jobs in recent times. About a dozen stories, each of which point out a specific scam, extortion attempt, stock manipulation, the paypal scam, . . .

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Activists Attack Porn Bill

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Free-speech organizations quickly denounced the passing of a controversial bill that would require schools and libraries to install pornography filters in order to continue receiving federal funding for computers or Internet access. On Friday Congress approved the controversial Children's Internet Protection . . .

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Privacy, is it real?

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In our daily lives a persons privacy is violated countless times. So many in fact, we tend to catch less and less of them as we become more desensitized. In the making of this article, I decided to document the different . . .

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Peacefire tosses Web-filter grenade

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Porn-blocking Web filters from Net Nanny, CyberSitter, and five other companies can be disabled with a program released Monday by anti-filtering group Peacefire, the group claims. The program, available as a free download at the Peacefire Web site, was released in . . .

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Security Against Compelled Disclosure

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"Various existing and pending legislation can be used to force individuals and organizations to disclose confidential information. Courts may order a wide variety of data to be turned over by either party in civil and criminal cases. Government agencies are explicitly . . .

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Another glowing review for Carnivore

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An independent review board said Thursday that a controversial FBI electronic wiretap tool was appropriate for law-enforcement use, changing little from its draft report released last month. In its final report to the U.S. Justice Department, a group of researchers at . . .

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Internet Privacy Concerns Due To Explode

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Existing Internet privacy concerns stemming from online "profiling" and other e-business data mining activities are "trivial" compared to the privacy-related issues that will face the world in the years ahead, IBM Chairman Lou Gerstner has said. "What are the implications for . . .

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Massive online credit card fraud

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A hacker called 'chad' leaves the online credit card clearing house hanging after exposing more than 55,000 credit card numbers. The FBI is investigating Creditcards.com was the victim of an extortion attempt by a cyberthief accused of hacking . . .

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Internet security seen having long way to go

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Systems designers have a long way to go to protect online privacy but the spread of so-called smart cards holds promise, the new head of a Internet technical coordination body told a government-sponsored conference on Monday. "We are far from demonstrating . . .

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Cache attack: Timing is everything

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A technique that exploits the way in which Web browsers store recently viewed data could compromise privacy by allowing an attacker to check what sites a Netizen has visited recently. Called a "timing attack," the exploit allows an unethical Web site . . .

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UK Police To Publish Online Survival Guide

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British police have announced plans to publish an "online survival guide" in January, which aims to advise online newbies on how best to protect themselves against viruses, hackers and other security problems when they log on to the Internet. Sponsored by . . .

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