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A wildly unscientific and faintly humorous look at what Google tells us about web searchers' relative (dis)interest in security topics. Google has a nifty tool called Google Trends. It allows you to plug in two or three phrases and see which one is used more often in web searches. Thought I'd check in on current topics and see the degree to which security is fitting into the discussion online.. . A wildly unscientific and faintly humorous look at what Google tells us about web searchers' relativ. wildly, unscientific, faintly, humorous, google, tells, about, searchers', relativ. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Oct 20, 2009 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Security Projects
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AOL Data Release Sparks Privacy Issues Linked to User Searches

In early August, officials at America Online released information about searches being conducted by AOL members and users of the AOL search tool. This historical data was released onto the Internet by several AOL officials, to demonstrate how useful such data could be for tracking patterns, uses and interest of AOL members. The data was anonymized, with members being assigned random ID numbers instead of userid. Privacy laws, both in the United States and abroad generally protect the collection, dissemination and use of The link for this article located at is no longer available. . Privacy laws, both in the United States and abroad generally protect the collection, dissemination a. early, august, officials, america, online, released, information, about, searches, being. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Aug 30, 2006 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Privacy
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Exploring User Monitoring And Privacy Rights In Online Behavior

I’ve been spending a little too much time thinking about snooping lately. Actually, I’ve been thinking about snooping in all its various guises: personal, corporate, government, and extra-governmental. I’ve never been a big fan, really, even when my duties have required me to snoop. As an ex-corporate guy, my personal expectations of privacy in the workplace are what you’d expect: Never send an email you wouldn’t want to see on the front page. Seven-plus years in a Fortune 100 shop left me with a healthy dose of paranoia, and a strong aversion to sending anything of personal value via email or IM. I encrypt most of what I send from home, twitch when I’m riding wireless networks, and look over my shoulder as I type. . Thus, it's been interesting this year to see my peers wrestling with the double-edged sword of monitoring users' online behavior. We all work at private schools, and rely on varying degrees of traffic control, filtering, and/or monitoring to keep our networks running in-bounds. By and large, we lean heavily toward support of civil liberties and privacy advocacy; all of our institutions have robust privacy policies that are generally much nicer than corporate boilerplate. Many of our online and offline discussions have dealt with the degree of monitoring needed to keep our constituencies safe from outsiders (and, arguably, from themselves). The link for this article located at Dark Reading is no longer available. . Thus, it's been interesting this year to see my peers wrestling with the double-edged sword of monit. spending, little, thinking, about, snooping, lately, actually. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 May 01, 2006 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Privacy
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Top Five Approaches to Ensure Data Privacy in Today's Digital Era

Data curmudgeons feel like that about their personal information flowing into the "Bytegeist" of the burgeoning Internet. There are five strategies that people seem to employ to tackle the personal data privacy problem. In addition to the Curmudgeon, there is the Ignorer, the Avoider, the Deceiver and the Aggressor.. . .. Data curmudgeons feel like that about their personal information flowing into the "Bytegeist" of the burgeoning Internet. There are five strategies that people seem to employ to tackle the personal data privacy problem. In addition to the Curmudgeon, there is the Ignorer, the Avoider, the Deceiver and the Aggressor. Ignorers think that there is no problem; Avoiders go out of their way to not be in a situation where they have to give information; Deceivers deliberately give false information whenever possible; and Aggressors get indignant and talk about lawsuits or write nasty letters. Most people seem to respond as a combination of all of the above, depending on their mood and the circumstances. Curmudgeons are principled--although it's easier for them to lie, they won't. They could avoid activities that they know might be a hassle, but they don't. Their personalities are wired in such a way that although they're obsessive about protecting their own information, they don't feel any need to organize other people. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . Data curmudgeons feel like that about their personal information flowing into the 'Bytegeist' of the. curmudgeons, about, their, personal, information, flowing, 'bytegeist'. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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