Unless you have installed a couple of specific firefox extensions to protect yourself, the owners of any website you visit can tell whether you have visited any other website. It has been known since 2006 that is it possible for any website to query whether you have visited any of a list of other websites […]
Tagged privacy, webIn 2006, an AT&T engineer named Mark Klein revealed a secret room inside a major Internet hub that was only accessible to engineers with NSA security clearance. His revelation was written up in the New York Times as part of its larger coverage of NSA wiretapping of domestic communications. Among the documents revealed by Klein […]
Tagged narus, nsa, surveillanceOn August 26, 2008, the Sunday Herald reported that a hacker had broken into the Best Western reservations system and stolen personal and financial data about eight million Best Western customers, including credit card numbers. According to the report, the thief had installed a virus on the machine of an employee of a local hotel […]
Tagged credit cards, data breach, privacyI recently spent a surprisingly difficult afternoon trying to figure out the current status of CALEA (Computer Assistance for Law Enforcement Act), the 1994 law that requires telecommunications companies to build tools into their telephone networks that allow them to respond quickly and fully to law enforcement requests for wiretaps. CALEA is a hugely important […]
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