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Open-Source Carnivore Clone Supports ISP Compliance with Law Enforcement

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Internet service providers looking to sidestep the controversy surrounding the FBI's Carnivore system for sniffing Internet communications will soon be able to use an open-source program that also conforms to the needs of law enforcement.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

Comprehensive Online Privacy Tools Guide From U.S. Senators

This is a great 40-page document by Orrin Hatch that describes what the government is doing about privacy, tools that can be used to protect your privacy, and a commendation to the public sector for what it's done to date to . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

Discovering Privacy Solutions That Empower User Control Over Data

A slew of privacy software applications are hitting the market or are in final testing to address the growing concerns of Internet users about how their data is collected. Some of the tools highlighted at a Commerce Department conference Tuesday . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

Exploring SDMI Options for Independent Artists in Music Industry

This is a good discussion of the issues surrounding the different perspectives of SDMI. "Music-sharing Net-freaks and digital rights management mongers have begun an epic battle to choose the replacement for the much-maligned 20th century record company system. Both sides offer . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

Exploring the FBI's Carnivore: Understanding Data Collection Mechanics

This is great document that serves to clarify some of the rhetoric and misunderstandings regarding Carnivore. "Carnivore is a computer-based system that is designed to allow the FBI, in cooperation with an Internet Service Provider (ISP), to comply with court orders . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2000

Analysis Of Hacking Incidents And Firewall Threats Summary

If you're keeping score, here's the tally from this week: three international Web sites hacked; two damning reports regarding Internet privacy standards released; and one shocking statistic published, claiming that nearly one-third of e-businesses don't even use firewalls.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2000

Privacy Foundation Advocates Standards For Web Bug Disclosure

Companies and online advertisers that use information-gathering "Web bugs" on their Web sites should plainly disclose the presence of the technology to users, according to a Denver-based privacy group that proposed a set of standards on that topic this week. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2000

Consumer Privacy Groups End Association With Amazon Over Policy Concerns

Charging that Amazon.com's new privacy policy does not adequately protect customers' personal data, two consumer privacy groups have ended business relationships with Amazon. The Electronic Privacy Information Center and privacy advocate Junkbusters said they wanted to call consumers' and legislators' attention . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 17, 2000

Government Report Marks 97% Failure Rate in Federal Website Privacy

A staggering 97 percent of federal Web sites fail to adhere to the four basic privacy principles that the Federal Trade Commission has recommended be made mandatory for all private sector Web sites, according a government report scheduled for release Tuesday.The . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 12, 2000

New OMB Policy Update on Cookies for Website Personalization

The Office of Management and Budget last week amended its privacy policy to allow agencies to use certain types of technology to personalize their Web sites for visitors. Privacy has become one of the overriding concerns of agencies, Congress and citizens . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 12, 2000

E-commerce: Privacy Awareness Decline Threatens Data Protection

Signs are multiplying that online privacy is fast becoming a moot point - at least for shoppers. Americangreetings.com, the second largest retail site on the Web, has a click-through rate on its privacy policy link of 0.009 percent, or 9 in 100,000 visitors. The company had 8.1 million unique visitors in August.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 11, 2000

Proposed Wiretap Bill: Strengthening Digital Privacy Rights

The proposed wiretap bill would make it more difficult for prosecutors to obtain court permission to monitor the telephone numbers dialed by a suspect. The bill would require the same standard of evidence now needed for permission to tap a telephone conversation. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 11, 2000

E-Business Survey Reveals Security Concerns Over Privacy Priorities

E-businesses place privacy low on their list of priorities and appear most worried about hackers and other security issues, a survey has found. The survey, part of the Cutter Consortium's E-Business Trends, Strategies and Technologies report released Wednesday, pegged security, cost . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 08, 2000

Impact of High-Profile Research Withdrawal on Carnivore Systems

Five groups of researchers have bowed out of the competition to evaluate the so-called Carnivore Internet surveillance system. And that likely will dash Justice Department hopes that a major university would validate its controversial eavesdropping device, participants said Tuesday.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 08, 2000

Legislation Aims To Protect Employee Email and Internet Privacy Rights

A bill proposed earlier this summer that would prohibit companies from secretly monitoring their employees' e-mail messages and Internet usage could get key congressional subcommittee approval next week as lawmakers rush to finish up business before adjourning early next month. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 07, 2000

FBI Defends Carnivore Email Spy Tool During Congressional Hearing

The FBI vigorously defended its controversial "Carnivore" email spy tool Wednesday during Congressional hearings probing the balance between law enforcement needs and privacy rights. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told the assembled senators and witnesses that . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 07, 2000

FBI Carnivore Monitoring System Threatens Academic Audits

Academic institutions will likely pass up the chance to audit the federal government's Internet monitoring system, citing strict controls that would prevent an independent review, researchers said Wednesday.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 06, 2000

IKEA's Online Catalog Closed Following Major Data Exposure Incident

Home furnishings retailer IKEA closed its online catalog order site last night after a privacy breach made the personal information of tens of thousands of its customers available online. The information had been exposed since at least Monday morning, when . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 06, 2000

Amazon Affiliate Data Leak: Web Bug Exposes Email Addresses

Just days after Amazon.com tightened its privacy policy, a bug in one of its Web pages exposed numerous email addresses of the site's Affiliate members. Dave English, who runs a software quality assurance company in New Hampshire, discovered the problem . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 06, 2000

LA: New A-TIP Internet Protocol Enhances Police Surveillance Efforts

According to the FBI, Los Angeles is the bank robbery capitol of the world. In its effort to keep up with the bad guys, one of the smaller police stations in the area, Seal Beach, is trying a new technology called . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 06, 2000

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