Tag: privacy

Self-Policing Cloud Computing

By David Talbot | 11/20/2009 | 0 Comments

IBM security tool searches for and destroys malicious code in the cloud.

Privacy Plug-In Fakes out Facebook

By Robert Lemos | 09/09/2009 | 5 Comments

FaceCloak lets users hide sensitive updates from prying eyes, including Facebook's.

A Browser's View of Your Computer

By Erica Naone | 08/07/2009 | 0 Comments

Researchers reveal how attackers may be able to peer into users' computers over the Web.

Mining Social Networks for Clues

By Erica Naone | 07/31/2009 | 0 Comments

A researcher shows how programming tools can be used to track users' real-life movements and behavior.

Privacy Requires Security, Not Abstinence

By Simson Garfinkel | 06/23/2009 | 2 Comments

Protecting an inalienable right in the age of Facebook.

Social Networks Keep Privacy in the Closet

By Erica Naone | 06/11/2009 | 1 Comment

Economics may explain why it's so hard to find and configure privacy settings on many social networks.

Unmasking Social-Network Users

By Erica Naone | 05/06/2009 | 0 Comments

Researchers find a way to identify individuals in supposedly anonymous social-network data.

How to Share without Spilling the Beans

By Erica Naone | 03/02/2009 | 3 Comments

A new protocol aims to protect privacy while allowing organizations to share valuable information.

Borderline Security

By Erica Naone | 10/31/2008 | 3 Comments

RFID chips in U.S. passport cards and some driver's licenses are at risk of being counterfeited or tracked, researchers say.

Tracking Laptop Thieves Safely

By Erica Naone | 09/30/2008 | 0 Comments

New software tracks a stolen laptop without tracking its owner.

"I Just Called to Say I Love You"

By Jonathan Franzen | 08/19/2008 | 12 Comments

Cell phones, sentimentality, and the decline of public space.