Privacy vs. Piracy?

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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

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

Actual piracy on rise, response
orthagonal to RIAA's response to
"piracy"`

Actual piracy on rise, response
orthagonal to RIAA's response to
"piracy"` 01/27/2004 07:32 PM
Actual piracy is on the rise. That is to say, more people are boarding more ships with more guns and shooting more people and taking more cargo, all the while uttering more horrible cries of "ARRRRR."

Strangely, the shipping industry's response isn't to keelhaul passengers who don't tip well on ocean cruises, or to hull random pleasure boats, or to demand special bow-mounted lasers that vaporize any ship that gets within a hundred miles.

Around the world, more than 20 sailors are known to have been murdered by pirates last year.

Seventy are missing, presumed dead.

Other trends are also emerging: ships are now less likely to be hijacked for their cargo; attackers, possibly from militant groups, are seizing ships and ransoming their crew.

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The war on privacy, Act II

The war on privacy, Act II 03/16/2003 03:12 AM
You talk to your spouse on the cell phone, and the government eavesdrops and writes down your conversation. In the privacy of your home you Google. ...

"Privacy"

"Privacy" 07/02/2004 08:10 AM

One pie, no privacy

One pie, no privacy 04/27/2004 07:18 AM
USA Today Apr 27 2004 11:37AM GMT

LNR Wants Privacy

LNR Wants Privacy 08/31/2004 01:58 PM
Cerberus Capital Management's purchase shows the dangers for minority public shareholders.

On Piracy

On Piracy 01/02/2004 01:09 PM

Many people who use pirated products justify it by claiming they're only stealing from rich mega-corporations that screw their customers, but this conveniently overlooks the fact that the people who are hurt the most by piracy are people like me.

Shareware developers are losing enormous amounts of money to piracy, and we're mostly helpless to do anything about it. We can't afford to sue everyone who steals from us, let alone track down people in countries such as Russia who host web sites offering pirated versions of our work. If you visit a few public "warez" sites, you're unlikely to find software from companies such as Microsoft who can afford to prosecute pirates - instead you'll find hundreds of shareware products written by people like me.

Some would argue that we should just accept piracy as part of the job, but chances are the people who say this aren't aware of how widespread piracy really is. A quick look at my web server logs would be enough to startle most people, since the top referrers are invariably warez sites that link to my site (yes, not only do they steal my software, but they also suck my bandwidth).

A couple of years ago I wanted to get an idea of how many people were using pirated versions of TopStyle, so I signed up for an anonymous email account (using a "kewl" nickname, of course) and started hanging out in cracker forums. After proving my cracker creds, I created a supposedly cracked version of TopStyle and arranged to have it listed on a popular warez site.

This cracked version pinged home the first time it was run, providing a way for me to find out how many people were using it. To my dismay, in just a few weeks more people had used this cracked version than had ever purchased it. I knew piracy was rampant, but I didn't realize how widespread it was until this test.

(As an aside, the only thing that prevented me from having this fake cracked version erase the user's hard drive was a sense of ethics - the same thing that's apparently missing from those who steal my software. This does illustrate, though, that you never know what you're getting when you download warez. Folks, if you're downloading pirated software, you're trusting EXEs hosted by people who brag about being criminals!)

Software crackers should be listed alongside spammers, virus writers and script kiddies as scourges of the Internet, because they make software more expensive and more invasive. Trust me: shareware developers such as myself really don't want to resort to things like software activation since it adds to our already oversized workload, but when we see thousands of people stealing from us, we're willing to do pretty much anything (wouldn't you?).

piracy

piracy 06/25/2004 05:12 PM
McKinsey Quarterly Jun 25 2004 7:13PM GMT

Cox Vies for Privacy

Cox Vies for Privacy 08/03/2004 01:07 PM
If you're not satisfied with your current stock price, why not just buy out your company?

Prove you believe in privacy

Prove you believe in privacy 12/10/2003 12:44 PM
vnunet.com Dec 10 2003 12:11PM ET

Privacy Resources

Privacy Resources 02/15/2004 07:42 AM
Privacy Resources
http://www.PrivacyResources.in fo

PrivacyResources.info is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis for privacy resources. We always welcome suggestions of additional sites and resources to be added to this comprehensive listing and please submit by clicking here. This site has been developed and maintained by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.. Additional links and resources by Marcus are available by clicking here.

Canadian Privacy Act

Canadian Privacy Act 02/13/2004 06:31 PM

Privacy Forum

Privacy Forum 02/13/2004 07:01 AM
Privacy Forum
http://www.vortex.com/privacy/

The PRIVACY Forum includes a moderated e-mail digest (and archive of those digests and related documents) for the discussion and analysis of issues relating to privacy (both personal and collective) in the information age. Topics include telecommunications, information and database collection and sharing, and a wide range of other privacy issues, as pertains to the privacy concerns of individuals, groups, businesses, government, and society at large. The manners in which both the conventional and the controversial concerns of business and government interact with privacy considerations are also topics for digest discussions. There is no charge to receive the digest.

Privacy Is in the House

Privacy Is in the House 02/11/2004 05:44 AM
The House is considering a bill that would require government agencies to explain how citizens' privacy might be affected by new regulations. After years of erosion, privacy may again be in fashion in D.C. By Ryan Singel.

Privacy in the Woods?

Privacy in the Woods? 05/11/2004 06:01 PM

A price in privacy

A price in privacy 05/21/2004 07:06 PM
International Herald Tribune,France-10 minutes ago ... That's why Google's new Internet e-mail service is causing such a ruckus. ... The third is Google's easy interface and smart searching capabilities. ...

Privacy Eraser v3.0

Privacy Eraser v3.0 11/05/2003 01:26 PM
Protect your privacy by cleaning up your browser's cache, cookies, history, typed URLs, index.dat, autocomplete memory and erasing your tracks of past Windows activity with the easy-to-use and powerful privacy protect tools. [Shareware $29.95 30 Days 838 KB]

A question of privacy

A question of privacy 05/25/2004 11:41 PM
Computer Times Asia May 26 2004 4:07AM GMT

RFID Privacy Gap?

RFID Privacy Gap? 06/10/2004 06:13 PM
InternetNews.com-24 minutes ago ... to take charge of engineering and keep informed of how engineering may affect consumer privacy, according to Nicole Wong, senior compliance counsel for Google. ...

"Privacy Statement"

"Privacy Statement" 11/16/2003 08:31 PM

Privacy: What CEOs Need to Know

Privacy: What CEOs Need to Know 04/13/2004 01:58 AM
Business Week Apr 13 2004 6:16AM GMT

Protect Your Web Privacy

Protect Your Web Privacy 07/19/2004 11:21 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 20 2004 3:41AM GMT

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy 12/25/2003 08:07 AM
privacy

help.xanga.com/about/privacypolicy.htm
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How Much Is Privacy Worth?

How Much Is Privacy Worth? 12/03/2003 06:19 AM
The Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the government is automatically on the hook for illegally releasing private data. The feds say individuals must prove harm before claiming compensation. By Ryan Singel.

No privacy in the skies

No privacy in the skies 09/22/2004 02:44 AM
USA Today Sep 22 2004 6:52AM GMT

The Privacy Place

The Privacy Place 07/28/2004 06:11 AM
The Privacy Place
http://theprivacyplace.org/

The Privacy Place is committed to disseminating information in the form of research results and relevant technical privacy developments in an effort to aid policy makers, software developers and American citizens. The Privacy Place is staffed by a inter-disciplinary team of researchers at North Carolina State University's Computer Science and Business Management departments as well as the Georgia Tech College of Computing, the Purdue University Computer Science Department and the University of Lugano Communication Sciences department. This has been added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Cameras, Privacy And The Law

Cameras, Privacy And The Law 02/17/2004 06:31 PM
Found over at Alan Reiter's Camera Phone Report is this story written by a Kansas City Star columnist talking about how everyone's overreacting to the "dangers" of camera phones by worrying about a specific technology, rather than the misuse of that technology. The writer lists a bunch of other devices (including watches and MP3 players) that include cameras, but which no one is calling to ban. However, his overall point is that technology trumps privacy - and on top of that, technology trumps the law. The issue we should be focusing on, according to the article, is making laws that protect privacy, not ones that outlaw technology. Then, if someone is using the technology to violate someone's privacy, you go after them for breaking the privacy law - not the law banning the, otherwise useful, technology. Makes sense. Of course, if you then combine it with another article (found at Smart Mobs), it raises other questions. This is a case where a man with a wireless security camera system realized that he was getting video from a neighbor's security camera instead of his own - and witnessed the neighbor abusing her foster children. He called the police and the woman was quickly arrested, which is clearly a good thing. However, where does the law stand on video like that, which is accidentally intercepted? Is it only a privacy violation if the voyeurism is intentional? Clearly, there are a lot of new legal and privacy issues raised by new technologies - and trying to simply outlaw technology or cram new technologies into old laws isn't going to cut it.

Defining privacy

Defining privacy 02/01/2005 09:19 PM

tins ::: Rick Klau's weblog

Bonus goofy news item of the week: Paris Hilton’s Blackberry was hacked.

Quoth the source for this bombshell:

“It’s one thing to have people looking at your sex tapes, but having people reading your personal e-mails is a real invasion of privacy.”

Clearly, different people have different definitions for invasion of privacy.

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Privacy is a Pandora's Box

Privacy is a Pandora's Box 03/19/2005 02:38 AM

Privacy erosion

Privacy erosion 01/26/2004 07:33 PM
CNET Asia Jan 26 2004 9:49PM GMT

Privacy is not a Crime!

Privacy is not a Crime! 01/11/2004 10:11 AM
http://www.privacyisnotacrime.com/ Privacy is not a crime, plain and simple yet it seems that our given rights to maintain privacy are being shredded away from us left and right constantly. What does it take to maintain our rights to privacy, and how far will we go giving up our rights? Sometimes a simple reminder such as this site will help us all remember what privacy is, and what we can do to protect our privacy both in every day life and online. Our statement is simple, privacy...

Privacy and XML, Part 2

Privacy and XML, Part 2 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

RFID Privacy

RFID Privacy 12/29/2003 11:56 PM

RFID News has an excellent analysis of a recent USA Today column on hypothetical nightmarish privacy violations by companies utilizing RFID tags. The gist of the analysis is that USA Today is sensationalizing the concept. Companies, governments, and individuals already have far easier and more effective ways of gathering information about you than RFID can provide.

One example of the "sky is falling" reporting is their scenario of marketers watching what you are interested in:

A department store’s RFID system recognizes that you’re carrying an item you bought there last week. Now it knows who you are. And if there are readers scattered about, it knows where you’re going. Come home to a phone call, "Mr. Kantor, we noticed you were shopping for a television…"

Retailers are smarter than that. They tend to avoid behavior that consumers are going to find creepy. When I worked for a telecomunications company I found that when someone called our call center, the systems automatically looked up the phone number of the incoming call (this was before caller ID was popular or widespread), looked up the corresponding account, and displayed the account details on the operator’s screen.

They had initially experimented with answering the phone, "Thank you for calling us Mr. Johnson. How can we help you today?" Callers understandably found this a little spooky, so the operators began answering the phone as if they had no idea who was on the other end.

If a retailer were to use RFID or any other method of identification to discover who was browsing for what products, they would likely use this information in a way that was much less overt. Email offers sent would magically include deals on products that the consumer was interested in. Direct mail would be targeted with products that a large number of people in a particular zip code had shown interest in.

It’s also important to note that, at this point at least, most companies don’t have their databases integrated to the point that they can target marketing in this method. Retailers spend billions of dollars on products that don’t sell, merchandising that doesn’t work, and marketing that falls flat. Many of these companies have the data that could have prevented these problems but are unable to properly analyze it to extract valuable information.

At least right now, that’s what’s going to prevent wholesale intrusions into our privacy—the inefficiencies and ineptitude of corporate data operations. Companies are already drowing in data. Turning that data into useful information is a lot harder than it sounds.

Goodbye to Privacy

Goodbye to Privacy 04/09/2005 08:54 PM
In the past five years, what most of us only recently thought of as "nobody's business" has become the big business of everybody's business.

U.S. May Get a Privacy Czar

U.S. May Get a Privacy Czar 05/21/2004 05:31 AM
Congressional representatives introduce a bill that would require the federal government to create a chief privacy officer position. Every federal department and agency also would get a privacy head. By Kim Zetter.

U.S. passport privacy: Over and out?

U.S. passport privacy: Over and out? 12/25/2004 05:00 PM
finally gains government approval

iht.com/articles/2004/12/22/news/passport.html
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Weighing the Value of Privacy

Weighing the Value of Privacy 01/28/2004 10:17 AM

Piracy Paranoia

Piracy Paranoia 07/09/2004 01:12 PM
Fear and hope in a scare sheet from the movie industry.
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