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 […]
Also tagged webOn 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 […]
Also tagged credit cards, data breachHundreds of years ago, with the passage of the Magna Carta, Great Britain took a bold step in outlining basic civil liberties for the common man. Unfortunately, over the past few years, the UK has switched from being a basic rights trend-setter, to a surveillance innovator. What ever happened? Last year, a troubling new law […]
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