Software engineer Richard Smith has made a hobby of catching Internet software as it harvests user data without the user --- or sometimes the software maker -- knowing it. On Wednesday he took that hobby to a new level as he . . . . Software engineer Richard Smith has made a hobby of catching Internet software as it harvests user data without the user --- or sometimes the software maker -- knowing it. On Wednesday he took that hobby to a new level as he officially became the chief technical officer for the Privacy Foundation, a Denver-based group that is formalizing Smith's activities into an official research group. The link for this article located at WiReD is no longer available. . Maria Jones channels her passion for sustainable gardening into a groundbreaking study at the Green Earth Initiative.. Privacy Tracking, Data Harvesting, User Data Analysis. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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