Privacy

Net anonymity firms seek their market

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As an Internet user and online shopper, you may have more in common with your friendly neighborhood spook at the CIA than you think - both you and the agents who look out for your national security are concerned about remaining . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 21, 2001

VeriSign has been selling customer data for a year

Officials for VeriSign Inc., the oldest and largest seller of Internet domain names, confirmed that the company is selling parts of its massive customer list to marketers, but contended that the sale does not violate the company's posted privacy policy. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 20, 2001

Domain database sale--marketers delight, privacy nightmare?

At issue are millions of entries in the domain-name database operated by the Network Solutions unit of VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN), Mountain View, Calif. It is, essentially, the master address book for the Internet. Since the dawn of commerce on the Web, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 19, 2001

SafeWeb's Triangle Boy enters CIA civil service

Anonymous Web browser company SafeWeb of Oakland, Calif., got more than just a box of candy hearts from the Central Intelligence Agency in time for Valentine's Day - it got a $30 million investment from the CIA's non-profit venture capital arm, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 17, 2001

Network Solutions sells its database

The Internet's phone book is up for sale - and though the listings may represent a treasure trove for marketers, the move also risks a serious privacy backlash. At issue are millions of entries in the domain-name database operated by the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 16, 2001

Name change doesn't impress Carnivore's critics

The FBI's name change for its Internet wiretapping program, from Carnivore to DCS1000, wasn't the alteration one of the application's most vocal critics wanted to see. "The only thing we've seen come out of the FBI or the Justice Department . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 15, 2001

Tails 6.2 Improves Security, Expands Multilingual Support

Tails 6.0 Released with Critical Security Updates, Big Improvements

Tails 5.22 Released with Various Updates & Security Fixes

Net anonymity firms seek their market

VeriSign has been selling customer data for a year

Domain database sale--marketers delight, privacy nightmare?

SafeWeb's Triangle Boy enters CIA civil service

Network Solutions sells its database

Name change doesn't impress Carnivore's critics

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