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• Why Search is the Biggest Online Privacy Risk
  AOL made one of the biggest online privacy blunders in the history of the web when they released massive amounts of user search data. Eventually The New York Times linked Thelma Arnold to search number 4417749. Searcher 17556639 searched for things like how to kill your wife. While privacy is important, should data that could imply [...]
• Firefox a Privacy Safe Haven? Or Not?
  Firefox, the popular open source browser, gained much of it’s popularity and market exposure by being open and allowing developers to create useful extensions. One of the more popular extensions is called Adblock Plus, which allows surfers to turn off most traditional web based advertisements. But Firefox, which is helping users remain private on some [...]
• Job Site Databases for Sale
  Some people believe that there is no harm in always having your CV available online, just in case a good opportunity comes about. That line of thinking recently proved false, with Channel Register reporting: A Russian gang called Phreak has created an online tool that extracts personal details from CVs posted onto sites including Monster.com, AOL [...]
• Did Your ISP Sell You Out?
  Phorm, a behavioral ad targeting firm, signed deals with large British ISPs British Telecom, Virgin Media and TalkTalk to target ads to consumers across the U.K. The Wikipedia page on Phorm details their frightening evolution. They originally started as an opt out operation, but the Information Commissioner Office warned they must be opt in. [...]
• Blogs & Social Sites Ripe for Data Mining
  As far back as 2002 blogs started playing a role in employment. Both as a way for companies to find people they would like to hire, and as a means for employees to get fired! Heather Armstrong, who writes the popular blog Dooced was fired for a satyrical account of work at her dot com [...]

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Date Submitted: 18-Jul-2008