The Central District of California has overruled company privacy policies. So beware that even if a web site says it's not tracking you, it may be anyway. The ruling came in Columbia Pictures v....
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ISPs used to protect their subscribers. No more. When they start selling entertainment and get in bed with Hollywood, you the consumer are back to sleeping on the floor with the dogs. AT&T, the...
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MediaDefender, which provides anti-piracy technology and services, set up a web site at MiiVi.com to entice web visitors and P2P users to commit copyright infringement. The company has stepped up...
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A recent controversy over Microsoft Windows Media Center has highlighted the perils of DRM (Digital Rights Management). DRM uses secured formats that can cause incompatibilities with other hardware...
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While they say will do not evil, be wary of Google. Microsoft does a better job in protecting you. Slightly. So says Privacy International in A Race To The Bottom: Privacy Ranking Of Internet...
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In The iTunes Plus Scam I shared how Apple and EMI are placing your name and email address in unsecured AAC files, risking your privacy and a lawsuit. There is a solution if you want to protect...
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Not to be outdone by Apple and EMI's scam (see The Apple iTunes Scam), LaLa and Warner are upping the ante on your personal surveillance even further. Forget claiming that some third-world hacker...
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apple itunes Plus is here. I recommend that you run away. Fast. It was announced with a big bang and the promise of free and open music. See Open Format Files Rate a 30% Premium. It went downhill...
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With Apple and the major recording labels integrating your name and address into digital music files, it's only a matter of time before the encryption is broken or they or others start tracking...
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RIAA is taking a new tactic in its fight on pirates of all stripes - jump on the Bush administration bandwagon to create a police state. The Bush administration, fresh on the heels of its success on...
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) report "filesharing Programs and Technological Features to Induce Users to Share" attacks P2P software for causing consumers to inadvertently...
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Coming soon if RIAA has their way ... "AT&T - Your World. And Your Privacy. Delivered." RIAA launched a new tactic in its war of terror against file sharers. It's trying to make...
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ISP GoDaddy become the Internet's largest domain registrar through strong pricing, customer service, and sexy Super Bowl commercials. I use them. It's time to reconsider after this chilling...
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New DVD formats HD-DVD and Blu Ray use DRM to prevent disc copying. It's been cracked with BackupHDDVD. The video formats use AACS encryption. Computer security experts Ed Felten and Alex...
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It was only a matter of time. The U.S. Supreme Court created a cause against file sharing developers for "active inducement." That was used for the basis of the recording industry suing the...
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Edward Hasbrouck, author of The Practical NOMAD, recounts a sad story of U.S. Government paranoia. He was retained by police at Dulles Airport. When he tried to access his files through the Freedom of...
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I wrote previously about the open source project Tor in Tor: Anonymity Comes of Age. Now there is a mozilla browser that integrates Tor called Torpark. eWeek reviewed it and like what they saw in...
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