Google's Privacy Problems
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Google's Privacy Policy
Google's Privacy Policy
08/05/2002 10:45 PMTara points out that Public Information Resource, as part of their
Google Watch project has put up a page about Google's Privacy
Policies. They point out that Google's persistent cookie (it expires
in 2038) can be used to track Google users. I've refused Google's
cookies for a long time for this reason. It's annoying because Google
forgets my language and SafeSearch preferences, but since I search
Google for so many things I'm especially concerned about my privacy. I
wish Google would switch to a cookie that only stored specific
preferences, rather than identifying information. I hope Google will
respond with the reasons for their current cookie system. [Finally, a
note on the weblog format. I feel safe in publishing negative comments
like this because I know that most if not all readers check the site
periodically, so there's little chance of someone getting incorrect
and not seeing the correction.] Interestingly, they point out that
Matt Cutts, a Google employee, spent a year at the NSA. Food for
conspiracy theorists....
Other News: Privacy Problems
Other News: Privacy Problems
05/11/2004 09:13 AMThe government isn't exactly being careful with individuals' data on
the Web....
Google's Gmail Is Great -- but Not for
Privacy
Google's Gmail Is Great -- but Not for
Privacy
04/26/2004 04:58 AMBusiness Week Apr 26 2004 9:18AM GMT
Google's Brin Talks Privacy and More
Google's Brin Talks Privacy and More
04/24/2004 06:31 PMMy older, wiser brother Steve has posted an
interview with Google's Sergey Brin. Interesting stuff.
Google's Gaggle of Problems
Google's Gaggle of Problems
01/14/2003 02:16 AMIn the past three years, Google has rocketed from tiny startup to the
top of the
Internet search heap, beloved by both the public and its many partners
for its ...
Google's memory stirs privacy concerns
Google's memory stirs privacy concerns
06/05/2005 11:18 PMSydney Morning Herald Jun 6 2005 3:34AM GMT
Privacy issues continue to dog Google's
Gmail
Privacy issues continue to dog Google's
Gmail
04/15/2004 02:15 PMSince announcing Gmail two weeks ago, Google Inc. has been forced to
defend the planned Web-based e-mail service against accusations that
it may violate users' privacy. In the face of the attacks, especially
vociferous in Europe, which has strict privacy regulations, Google has
begun to express willingness to be flexible about how it offers the
service.
Google's Gmail stirs up privacy concerns
Google's Gmail stirs up privacy concerns
04/16/2004 04:55 AMIT-Analysis.com Apr 16 2004 9:23AM GMT
Problems hits Google's UK service
Problems hits Google's UK service
07/26/2004 12:18 PMStaff at net search engine Google are trying to find out why some UK
users are experiencing search problems.
Attempt made to block Google's Gmail
over ad privacy
Attempt made to block Google's Gmail
over ad privacy
04/14/2004 03:50 AMRevolution Apr 14 2004 8:11AM GMT
Google's Gmail faces trademark, privacy
challenges
Google's Gmail faces trademark, privacy
challenges
04/09/2004 03:55 PMThe gigabyte storage capacity and long memory of Google Inc.'s planned
Web-based e-mail service are making it a big target for privacy
campaigners -- and the name, Gmail, could soon be the subject of a
trademark dispute, too.
Google's Blogger faces performance
problems
Google's Blogger faces performance
problems
03/19/2005 03:16 AMGoogle is working to address performance problems that slow down its
popular Blogger service.
Read My Mail, Please - The silly privacy
fears about Google's e-mail service. By
Paul Boutin
Read My Mail, Please - The silly privacy
fears about Google's e-mail service. By
Paul Boutin
04/16/2004 02:15 AMRead My Mail, Please .. GMail: No worries .. don't understand ..
boutin on gmail .. reviewed
slate.msn.com/id/2098946
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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 PMElectronic 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 PMIRMI Dec 12 2003 6:22PM ET
Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches.
Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches.
03/13/2003 10:26 AMThis excellent piece by Steven Johnson touches on some of the bigger
ideas few people have been thinking about in all the Blogger/Google
speculation and analysis.
One pie, no privacy
One pie, no privacy
04/27/2004 07:18 AMUSA Today Apr 27 2004 11:37AM GMT
The war on privacy, Act II
The war on privacy, Act II
03/16/2003 03:12 AMYou 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. ...
LNR Wants Privacy
LNR Wants Privacy
08/31/2004 01:58 PMCerberus Capital Management's purchase shows the dangers for minority
public shareholders.
"Privacy"
"Privacy"
07/02/2004 08:10 AMProve you believe in privacy
Prove you believe in privacy
12/10/2003 12:44 PMvnunet.com Dec 10 2003 12:11PM ET
Protect Your Web Privacy
Protect Your Web Privacy
07/19/2004 11:21 PMG4 Tech TV Jul 20 2004 3:41AM GMT
U.S. passport privacy: Over and out?
U.S. passport privacy: Over and out?
12/25/2004 05:00 PMfinally gains government
approval
iht.com/articles/2004/12/22/news/passport.html
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Privacy Eraser v3.0
Privacy Eraser v3.0
11/05/2003 01:26 PMProtect 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]
The Privacy Place
The Privacy Place
07/28/2004 06:11 AMThe Privacy Placehttp://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.
A question of privacy
A question of privacy
05/25/2004 11:41 PMComputer Times Asia May 26 2004 4:07AM GMT
A price in privacy
A price in privacy
05/21/2004 07:06 PMInternational 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 Policy
Privacy Policy
12/25/2003 08:07 AMprivacy
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 AMThe 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.
Cameras, Privacy And The Law
Cameras, Privacy And The Law
02/17/2004 06:31 PMFound 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.
RFID Privacy Gap?
RFID Privacy Gap?
06/10/2004 06:13 PMInternetNews.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. ...
Cox Vies for Privacy
Cox Vies for Privacy
08/03/2004 01:07 PMIf you're not satisfied with your current stock price, why not just
buy out your company?
Privacy in the Woods?
Privacy in the Woods?
05/11/2004 06:01 PMNo privacy in the skies
No privacy in the skies
09/22/2004 02:44 AMUSA Today Sep 22 2004 6:52AM GMT
"Privacy Statement"
"Privacy Statement"
11/16/2003 08:31 PMRFID Privacy
RFID Privacy
12/29/2003 11:56 PMRFID 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.
Privacy vs. Piracy?
Privacy vs. Piracy?
03/14/2005 05:27 PMThe entertainment industry certainly loves to raid ISPs these days.
Perhaps it's payback for all those recent court rulings saying that
ISPs shouldn't just roll over and hand out private data every time the
entertainment industry suspects wrongdoing. Last week, they raided an
Austra
lian ISP and a Swedish one. The Swedish one was with the help of
authorities (the Australian one wasn't), but it was still organized by
the entertainment industry. However, in raiding the ISP and carting
away lots of info, some are wondering if the raid
violated
strict data privacy laws in that country. It certainly raises
some interesting questions in the light of all of the many, many data
leaks over the past couple of weeks. If your data happens to be
stored on the same server as someone who is breaking the law, does
that mean your data is open to review from private sources?
Goodbye to Privacy
Goodbye to Privacy
04/09/2005 08:54 PMIn 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.
Privacy is a Pandora's Box
Privacy is a Pandora's Box
03/19/2005 02:38 AM Grok Description matches for Google's Privacy Problems
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oRTP 0.7.0 (Default branch)
oRTP 0.7.0 (Default branch)
03/23/2005 05:17 AM
oRTP is a library implementing the Real-time
Transport Protocol (RFC3550), written in C. It is easy to use and
provides a packet scheduler for sending and receiving packets on time,
adaptive jitter compensation, and automatic sending of RTCP compound
packets. It works with IPv6.
Changes:
This version adds support to send RTCP compound
messages, improvements to send messages in more
efficient way, and many bugfixes.
DARK TRANQUILLITY - New Album Track
Available For Download, Video Message
Online
DARK TRANQUILLITY - New Album Track
Available For Download, Video Message
Online
12/24/2004 01:06 PMBravewords.com - Fri Dec 24, 05:52 am GMT
download a people like us track
download a people like us track
07/20/2004 04:05 PMwide range of recordings available for download .. at her
site
peoplelikeus.org/dnload.htm
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DownloadComment - Track Safari download
URLs
DownloadComment - Track Safari download
URLs
01/03/2005 02:58 PM
The macosxhints Rating:[Score: 10 out of 10]
Developer: Ecamm Network / [Product Page]
Price: Free
A quick and simple PotW this week (got to start slowly and pace myself
into this new year, right?). I download a lot of apps...
SMS Installer Tip: Distributing SMS
Installer-compiled Executables to
Windows XP Computers
SMS Installer Tip: Distributing SMS
Installer-compiled Executables to
Windows XP Computers
07/06/2004 06:46 PMKonqueror Compiled For OS X, KOffice
Next
Konqueror Compiled For OS X, KOffice
Next
12/30/2003 01:19 AMscishop writes "Benjamin Reed has just compiled Konqueror for OS X
after porting the KUniqueApplication class. A screenshot of the
running program can be found ...
Konqueror Compiled For Mac OS X; KOffice
Next
Konqueror Compiled For Mac OS X; KOffice
Next
12/30/2003 04:08 PMSlashdot Dec 30 2003 2:09PM ET
Custom Compiled Mozilla Apps
Custom Compiled Mozilla Apps
03/27/2005 10:29 AMMOOX :: Welcome to my
Werxshop...: This guy custom compiles Mozilla apps for various
platforms. If I'm reading his analysis (PDF)
correctly, he's claiming 10-20% rendering speed increases for various
Intel processors.
I am currently releasing four versions, or "M" builds — M0,
M1, M2, and M3, of the Firefox browser, Thunderbird email client, and
the Mozilla Suite. Each M version is designed to exploit features of
particular processors and/or instruction sets and is thus limited in
its compatibility with other processors.
List of Mozilla Books Compiled by mozdev
List of Mozilla Books Compiled by mozdev
06/05/2005 11:15 PMFaithful Track Questions, Answers and
Minutiae on Blogs
Faithful Track Questions, Answers and
Minutiae on Blogs
03/14/2005 06:16 PMThere is a growing number of religion-oriented blogs, many of them
irreverent and contrarian, and all serving as a meeting point for the
like-minded.
FAQ | Stop multiple memory checks
FAQ | Stop multiple memory checks
12/21/2003 09:36 AMPhiladelphia Inquirer Dec 21 2003 8:30AM ET
Red Flag Delivers First Commercial
Version Of Linux Compiled With Intel
Compiler
Red Flag Delivers First Commercial
Version Of Linux Compiled With Intel
Compiler
08/03/2004 12:26 PMPhysOrg.com Aug 3 2004 5:15PM GMT
Pentagon Can't Even Keep Track Of The
Systems That Keep Track Of Stuff
Pentagon Can't Even Keep Track Of The
Systems That Keep Track Of Stuff
07/08/2004 12:33 PMThe Pentagon certainly isn't known for efficiency in their business
processes, and no one ever said they needed to be run in the same
manner as a profitable business, but the fact that they
can't
even track the thousands of different databases and logistics
systems that are supposed to keep track of all of their purchases
and assets is a bit worrisome. At the very least it's a huge recipe
for fraud, with plenty of already greedy enough defense contractors
clearly abusing the system for great profit to themselves -- at the
expense of our own tax dollars.
On*Track Project 1 Beta Released
On*Track Project 1 Beta Released
01/07/2004 05:19 PMAnd you thought your software project
was off-track!
And you thought your software project
was off-track!
02/01/2005 09:15 PMThe New York Times reports the F.B.I. believes its $170 million
systems overhaul may be a total failure: F.B.I. May Scrap Vital
Overhaul of Its Outdated Computer System. Recognized as a critical
component to fighting terrorism, the FBI sought to develop a paperless
solution with many customized features. From the following description
of their current situation, it sure sounds like they need some
upgrades:
As it stands now, the bureau's counterterrorism files are largely
online, but investigators often may not have immediate access to data
from other parts of the bureau. So, for instance, an agent may not be
immediately aware of information from an investigation into
credit-card fraud that could be relevant to a terrorism case. In
addition, the bulk of the internal reports and documents produced at
the bureau must still be printed, signed and scanned by hand into
computer format each day, officials said.
Anyone who's been involved with critical, large-scale software
development projects knows how hard they can be to complete
(regardless of whether they're on time and/or budget). In a statement
that will resonate with clients and consultants everywhere, a senior
official from the FBI stated:
"I did not get what I envisioned" from the project...But he said the
F.B.I. today had a better understanding of its computer needs and
limitations as a result of the effort. "The lesson we have learned
from this $170 million is invaluable," he said.
Jeez, it seems like you could have figured that out for a lot less
than $170 million! A better use of the funds would have been $11.53
for The Myth of the Paperless Office, $33.24 for the classic The
Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, and $33.95 for the
excellent Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams.
So $170,000,000 - $78.72 leaves $169,999,921.28 to put towards
requirements definition, prototyping, and ultimately programming.
Surely overhauling such a massive system is a daunting, difficult
challenge, but as Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont said, "Bringing
the F.B.I.'s information technology into the 21st century should not
be rocket science." When projects are this critical, and this
expensive, they cannot be allowed to fail.
Virginia MagLev Project Back on Track
Virginia MagLev Project Back on Track
04/18/2004 08:17 AMSlashdot Apr 18 2004 12:21PM GMT
Using Inch-Pebbles to Track Project
State
Using Inch-Pebbles to Track Project
State
02/16/2004 05:23 PMHow to break projects down into small parts to monitor progress toward
milestones.
If this is the right track, don't show
us the wrong track
If this is the right track, don't show
us the wrong track
09/23/2004 08:02 PMOne of the more fascinating moments of today's
White House press conference with Bush and Allawi came when the
president, who claims to pay scant attention to public opinion polling
(that's something Clintons do), referred to "right track/wrong track"
polling in Iraq like he was George Gallup himself:
Microsoft Lists Programs Incompatible
with SP2 August 16 - 7:12 PM ET
Microsoft has compiled a list of incompa
Microsoft Lists Programs Incompatible
with SP2 August 16 - 7:12 PM ET
Microsoft has compiled a list of incompa
08/17/2004 12:09 AMBetaNews Aug 17 2004 4:16AM GMT
XP SP2: Download and Save For
Installation on Multiple Computers
XP SP2: Download and Save For
Installation on Multiple Computers
08/10/2004 12:00 AMTech-Recipes Aug 10 2004 3:13AM GMT
Windows XP SP2 Still On Track
Windows XP SP2 Still On Track
08/04/2004 10:14 PMWindows enthusiast site Neowin.net has posted what it claims to be the
release schedule for Windows XP Service Pack 2. According to Neowin,
the Service Pack will be released to manufacturing August 4th, with a
release to the web the following day. A general public release is due
August 25th.
Staffordshire County Council IT project
on track to deliver GBP2.5million saving
Staffordshire County Council IT project
on track to deliver GBP2.5million saving
06/23/2004 01:13 AMPublicTechnology.net Jun 23 2004 5:47AM GMT
Wales traffic management centre uses GPS
technology to track massive lorries
Wales traffic management centre uses GPS
technology to track massive lorries
09/23/2004 04:42 AMPublicTechnology.net Sep 23 2004 8:40AM GMT
Time Track 2.0 for Macintosh and Windows
Time Track 2.0 for Macintosh and Windows
08/28/2004 11:36 AMNEW YORK, N.Y. - - August 27, 2004 - - Trinfinity Software released
today an update to Time Track, it's popular time tracking software,
designed for consultants and freelancers to minimize the time spent
logging hours and to enhance billing accuracy.
Time Track for Palm OS has been released and Time Track 2.0 for
Macintosh and Windows is required in order to share log files among
the three platforms. Users can choose between using the original log
format or the new Palm compatible log format. There are also new
export options to convert between the two formats. Macintosh users can
now synchronize their log files with Time Track for Palm OS using the
Time Track Conduit. A conduit for Windows is currently under
development.
Broken project download links fixed
Broken project download links fixed
11/19/2002 09:15 AMJust fixed the download links on these projects: RssDisplay,
ShowReferers, GoogleToRSS. Just took me awhile to circle back around
to it, ugh. So if you were ever interested in those projects, please
try grabbing them again for ridicule. :)...
New Blog Allows Readers to Track a
Criminal and Geographical Profiler
Working On a Real Murder Case
New Blog Allows Readers to Track a
Criminal and Geographical Profiler
Working On a Real Murder Case
06/05/2005 11:39 PMFor the first time ever, a blog that lets the public keep daily track
of an expert criminal and geographical profiler as he develops the
psychological picture of the predator and predicts where he is likely
to live at. Track the geographical profile of a real murder case.
[PRWEB Jun 3, 2005]
Google offering remains on track
Google offering remains on track
08/16/2004 05:48 PMSan Francisco Chronicle Aug 16 2004 9:21PM GMT
TROELS BOOKMARKLETS (free): Another
great stash of bookmarklets, including
some to help manage links, web page
layout, web navigation, site
development, search-translate, and a
bunch of experimental bookmarklets to
try out
TROELS BOOKMARKLETS (free): Another
great stash of bookmarklets, including
some to help manage links, web page
layout, web navigation, site
development, search-translate, and a
bunch of experimental bookmarklets to
try out
03/13/2003 10:26 AMACLU Represents Student in Download Case
ACLU Represents Student in Download Case
12/02/2003 01:22 PMAP via Newsday Dec 2 2003 12:13PM ET
Google Stock Offering Remains on Track
(AP)
Google Stock Offering Remains on Track
(AP)
08/16/2004 04:40 PMAP - Google Inc.'s stock market debut appeared to be on track for
later this week after the Internet search company asked regulators to
give final approval of the paperwork required for the sale.
Google's Privacy Problems
