Protect Your Web Privacy

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SpyBloc - Protect Your Privacy

SpyBloc - Protect Your Privacy 09/17/2004 06:04 AM
Ad - http://www.eblocs.com Sep 16 2004 11:59PM GMT

Privacy Committee Grapples With Need To
Know Vs. Need To Protect

Privacy Committee Grapples With Need To
Know Vs. Need To Protect 04/10/2005 11:42 PM
Information Week Apr 11 2005 2:47AM GMT

"Ten ways in which you can protect your
privacy as a consumer"

"Ten ways in which you can protect your
privacy as a consumer" 12/30/2004 05:02 PM

Libraries Trying to Protect Privacy in
RFID Environment

Libraries Trying to Protect Privacy in
RFID Environment 10/30/2003 10:19 AM

Vendors Say RFID Doesn't Compromise Privacy

"In comments to the San Francisco Public Library regarding RFID (radio frequency identification) checkout system, Lee Tien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) commented, 'a 'mandatory kill' policy is the only measure that would allow RFIDs to be used by the library internally, while giving the public the necessary time to consider whether and to what extent they want RFIDs to proliferate.' RFID vendors, however, say that's what's happening. Scott Hackstadt, director of technology, Vernon Library Supplies, said that the only information on the RFID chip is the barcode number of the item and sorting information: 'We have an on-off bit on the tag. If it's been turned off, it can go through the gate. When it's gone, there's no mechanism for the tag to be read when it's out of the building.' " [Library Journal]

I don't blindly believe these claims because I don't work with RFID and can't test them for myself and, well, they're vendor claims. However, I think it's safe to say that of all of the various organizations implementing RFID, libraries are being the most careful and thoughtful about privacy concerns. Hopefully SFPL will continue releasing specific information to address this issue. Has anyone seen confirmations from other libraries that have implemented RFID systems?

Shocker: Spammers Don't Protect Privacy
Of Buyers

Shocker: Spammers Don't Protect Privacy
Of Buyers 03/19/2005 03:17 AM
There are more stories every day about various companies not doing an adequate job protecting people's privacy. However, at least those companies act like they wanted to keep the data private. At the other end of the extreme are spammers, who are gleefully s elling all of the private info they have collected from those ignor ant people who buy from spam. There are, of course, those who believe that anyone stupid enough to buy from a spammer deserves whatever else happens to them, but it's unlikely those people realize that their data is getting passed around. While the old wisdom was that people who bought from spammers had just their email addresses put on "suckers lists" that got sold around, today's spammers are giving up all sorts of info, including "home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Internet protocol (IP) addresses, and prescription histories." One more reason (as if you needed any more) to avoid buying from spam. That last link also includes the idea that any time a spammer is successfully caught -- anyone who bought from that spammer should be publicly humiliated. Might be one way to cut down on spam buyers -- though, probably not a particularly legal one.

Identity chips could protect health, but
hurt privacy, some say

Identity chips could protect health, but
hurt privacy, some say 12/28/2004 05:37 PM
Jewish World Review Dec 28 2004 9:16PM GMT

Don't just protect the unconceived:
protect the inanimate!

Don't just protect the unconceived:
protect the inanimate! 05/09/2004 02:30 PM
Fafnir of Fafblog has written a good think-piece explaining the logical next step in the Bush administration's campaign to protect the rights of the unconceived: protecting the rights of the inanimate.

This is yknow a huge step backwards for women's health and for contraception and the prevention of abortions. But it is a huge step forward for what we at Fafblog like to call the "rights of the unconceived," which is just a few short steps from what we are really lookin forward to which is the rights of the inanimate.

I have personally spent hours an hours talkin to cans, waffle irons, boxes, printer cartridges and forks and they all dream of one thing: no longer bein treated as second-class citizens in the United States.

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Creating a Privacy Policy Compliant with
the New Online Privacy Protection Act

Creating a Privacy Policy Compliant with
the New Online Privacy Protection Act 12/12/2003 07:51 PM
IRMI Dec 12 2003 6:22PM ET

EFF Privacy Coalition Presses Congress
for Hearings on Air Traveler Privacy

EFF Privacy Coalition Presses Congress
for Hearings on Air Traveler Privacy 02/17/2004 02:34 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundations Feb 17 2004 6:22PM GMT

Protect yourself!

Protect yourself! 12/02/2002 01:17 PM

Protect and Survive

Protect and Survive 09/06/2004 07:18 AM
Twenty Years Ago, The BBC produced a topical drama called Threads - little did they know the furore it would go on to create. [more inside]

How to protect yourself if you use
Windows

How to protect yourself if you use
Windows 09/16/2004 03:05 PM

Integrate and protect

Integrate and protect 09/24/2004 09:16 AM
Express Computer India Sep 24 2004 1:42PM GMT

That's Why You Protect /etc/passwd

That's Why You Protect /etc/passwd 07/03/2004 09:23 PM

Think MD5 is good enough to keep all of your passwords secure? There's a reason that modern UNIX systems recommend you use shadow passwords, and this is it:

This project is dedicated to crack md5 hashes online through web interface. At the moment we can crack md5 hashes in this character range: a-z;0-9 [8] which means we can break almost all hashes (99.56%) which are created from lowercase plaintext with letters and/or digits up to length of 8 characters.

Apparently the site is cracking around 150 hashes a day. This really changed my attitude towards MD5. I'll double or triple-crypt MD5 hashes from now on, or maybe switch to Blowfish .

Via SlashDot.

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Protect Your Certificates

Protect Your Certificates 08/15/2004 11:31 AM

Protect Yourself From Key Loggers

Protect Yourself From Key Loggers 07/09/2004 10:03 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 10 2004 2:14AM GMT

How to protect your notebook PC

How to protect your notebook PC 06/30/2004 12:56 PM
PC Magazine UK Jun 30 2004 5:54PM GMT

Protect Yourself from Sasser

Protect Yourself from Sasser 05/25/2004 02:37 PM
“Microsoft teams have confirmed that the Sasser worm (W32.Sasser.A and its variants) is currently circulating on the Internet. Microsoft has verified that the worm exploits the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) issue that was addressed by the security update released on April 13 in conjunction with Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011.”

Protect Your PC Against Viruses

Protect Your PC Against Viruses 07/27/2004 12:28 AM
G4 Tech TV Jul 27 2004 5:08AM GMT

Re: protect your children

Re: protect your children 12/17/2002 02:45 PM
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"?Protect Your Banana!?"

"?Protect Your Banana!?" 04/21/2004 10:19 AM

The Committee to Protect Bloggers

The Committee to Protect Bloggers 02/07/2005 01:37 AM
The Committee to Protect Bloggers recently launched their first campaign. In related news Joe Gordon has a new job (via CT).

Red Hat to Protect Linux Customers

Red Hat to Protect Linux Customers 01/22/2004 02:54 AM
On the eve of a LinuxWorld Expo in New York city, the number one distributor joins other Linux companies in offering a kind of warranty against lawsuits.

Password-Protect Your Website

Password-Protect Your Website 09/17/2004 10:22 PM
G4 Tech TV Sep 18 2004 1:49AM GMT

Password protect your Pocket PC

Password protect your Pocket PC 08/30/2004 02:54 AM

Protect Data In Panther

Protect Data In Panther 06/09/2004 07:27 AM
By Kirk McElhearn, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Protect Your PC from Spyware and Trojans

Protect Your PC from Spyware and Trojans 07/13/2004 03:44 AM
PC Tools has released Spyware Doctor v2.0, a powerful Windows spyware detection and removal utility that cleans thousands of potential Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Keyloggers, Spybots, and tracking threats from your PC. [PRWEB Jul 13, 2004]

eBlocs - Protect Your PC From Spyware

eBlocs - Protect Your PC From Spyware 07/10/2004 01:25 PM
Ad - http://www.eblocs.com Jul 10 2004 6:25PM GMT

Cut kids' TV 'to protect health'

Cut kids' TV 'to protect health' 07/15/2004 10:05 PM
Children should watch no more than two hours of TV a day to protect their future health, scientists have warned.

Password protect your bl0g

Password protect your bl0g 08/14/2004 02:53 AM

I’ve got a new project, let’s call it Project X, and one of the things I needed to do was set up a password-protected blog on an existing installation of Movable Type. Everyone that has a user account in MT needs to be able to view the blog. I also needed to use basic HTTP authentication so that the RSS feed could be password protected but still be accessed by feed readers that know the password.

I created a single PHP file that is included at the top of each page in the blog, including the RSS feed. In order to get the PHP included, each page needs to be processed by PHP. You’ll need to use all .php file extensions (even for the RSS) or get your Web server to process HTML and XML files for PHP as well. (See the end of this article for information on doing that in Apache.)

Your Web server will now ask for a username and password before it will serve any page that includes the file. The username and password are then checked against MT’s database to see if you have the correct credentials. If you do, you won’t be asked to log in again until you close your browser.

Read on for the code. Keep in mind that this only works if you are using MySQL for a database, use PHP to output your site, and want your blog to be available to any user who can log into your copy of MT.

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How to protect yourself from e-mail
scams

How to protect yourself from e-mail
scams 01/18/2004 10:25 PM
ZDNet Jan 19 2004 2:15AM GMT

Protect your network traffic

Protect your network traffic 06/08/2002 10:39 PM
CNET Jun 8 2002 10:10PM ET

Protect Your Wireless Network

Protect Your Wireless Network 03/06/2004 02:05 AM

5 Steps To Protect Yourself From Spyware

5 Steps To Protect Yourself From Spyware 05/02/2004 11:57 PM
About.com Internet Security May 3 2004 3:48AM GMT

TV guidelines to protect children

TV guidelines to protect children 07/14/2004 11:32 AM
New guidelines to protect children from sex and violence on TV are drawn up by media watchdog Ofcom.

Vacation tip: Protect your computer

Vacation tip: Protect your computer 05/15/2004 05:20 PM
MSNBC May 15 2004 8:54PM GMT

How To Protect Yourself From Vandals And
Viruses

How To Protect Yourself From Vandals And
Viruses 09/16/2004 10:56 AM
Walter S. Mossberg, in Wall Street Journal: The single most effective way to avoid viruses and spyware is to simply chuck Windows altogether and buy an Apple Macintosh... There has never been a successful virus written for Mac OS X, and there is almost no spyware that targets the Mac.

Terrorism: How do I protect myself at
home?

Terrorism: How do I protect myself at
home? 03/20/2003 11:55 AM
Shafts of wisdom from uk.gov

Helping Users Protect Themselves

Helping Users Protect Themselves 07/25/2004 08:43 PM

Some soundbites rom The weakest security link?  It's you, a recent News.com article:

People are the weakest link.

Education is the first line of defense.

People are still not thinking before opening an (e-mail) attachment.

The big problem with educating employees on security issues is being able to track whether you're getting through to people.

Everyone knows about viruses, for example, but half the people don't have antivirus software.

While I agree that people are the weakest security link and even the world's strongest lock is useless if not used, I don't think that training employees about security and tracking security policy compliance is enough to fix the problem.

What's the missing ingredient?

Helping users protect themselves.

Just as training drivers all about driving hazards is useless if the driver is a blind, users can't protect themselves if they are not fully aware of what is going on around them.  Was there any suspicoius activities involving my account since last time I signed-in?  Is there someone accessing my online bank account at the same time I am?

If a hacker broke into your computer remotely and used it to send phishing e-mails or spams, how would you know?  Unexpected blinking network connection lights?  Something is wrong when it's easier to keep track of friends logging into their computers than strangers logging into our computers.

Unfortunately, most designers of today's security products see the user only as an input device: I'll give you access to these if you give me this and that.  This mindset encourages people to be more concerned about lossing access than gaining protection.  This is why people reuse passwords and write them down in easy to find places.

Security companies need to start thinking more about helping users protect themselves by providing more information about what is going on and letting them play an active role in security.  If something suspicious is going on, don't let the information sit until probability crosses some security policy thresholds.  Inform the user rightaway.  Remember that, to the user, no news is good news so they'll think what they are doing is all right unless they are warned away from dangerous edges.

There are ways to inform the user without getting in their way too much or making them paranoid.  For example, if an e-mail message has executable or unknown file attachements, mark it visibly as potentionally dangerous.  Hyperlinks should always clearly present the destination URL to the user instead of hiding it behind a possibly bogus text.

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