New Research Project on Alternate Web Tracking
EFF has launched a new project called Panopticlick that aims to try to verify how well tracking users may work even if they disable cookies in their browsers. The idea is to catalog a fingerprint, a...
View ArticleLoophole Could Neuter FCC Net Neutrality Rules
Nate Anderson at Ars considers the copyright loophole that EFF has been battling to close. This is the same loophole that EFF put the call out for comments over a week ago urging the FCC to close it....
View ArticleFollowing Up for the Week Ending 1/31/2010
EFF seeking legal fees in Lenz case China accuses US of cyber-warfare EU to consider legality of Virgin’s DPI plans Update on Lords discussion of DEB Canadian MP demands answers about ACTA Canadian...
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EFF 20th Birthday Party
As Cory notes on Boing Boing, EFF will be celebrating its 20th birthday at DNA Lounge in San Francisco on the 10th. Looks like an awesome time, with tons of music and special guests. I am so jealous of...
View ArticleEFF Checklist for Readers Considering Digital Books
This looks like a complementary piece to the EFF’s guide to privacy and e-book readers. Unlike that other guide, this list doesn’t supply answers but rather poses questions consumers should consider...
View ArticleSteve Jackson Games Raid was 20 Years Ago
Bruce Sterling posted details of a commemorative gathering for the event that led directly to the creation of EFF. The story of this event, as well as the surrounding trends and figures, is of course...
View ArticleFollowing Up for the Week Ending 3/21/2010
China warns Google partners as censored results leak through Appeal date set for TPB Judge approves massive award against FB in Beacon suit EU wants ACTA to include tertiary liability for aiding,...
View ArticleEFF, Others Form Coalition for Privacy Law Reform
EFF has the story, that they have allied with privacy groups, think tanks, academics and technology companies (including Googling) to seek reform of the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act. As...
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TCLP 2010-04-21 EFF on the Recent Al Haramain Ruling
This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, a reminder that CopyNight here in DC is next Tuesday. Also, an update on the badge experiment. And thanks to Kevin M. and...
View ArticleEFF Defends Third Party Access to Social Data from Criminalization
I am not sure how I missed the news of Facebook’s suit against Power Ventures. Maybe I am going Facebook-blind from all the stories about its continuing efforts to erode away all of our expectations of...
View Articlefeeds | grep links > Google Explains WiFi Data Gaffe, Findings on Browser...
Google explains WiFi data collection On their own blog, Google confirms the details from the story late last week. It still doesn’t answer my questions about how this could have gone on so long...
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TCLP 2010-05-23 News
This is news cast 214, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, thanks to new monthly donor, John Taylor Williams and his wife, Mia. Thank you to fellow Flattr beta testers who have been...
View ArticlePost Balticon Catch Up
I’ve been home from Balticon for half a day, at least, and still am deeply weary. I promise to write out some more coherent, extensive thoughts on my experiences, all constructive and enjoyable, when I...
View ArticleEFF, Tor Launch Browser Add On to Increase Security
The HTTPS Everywhere add on for Firefox doesn’t encrypt your activities online itself but it does switch your connection on supported sites over to take advantage of SSL. I pay a lot more attention to...
View ArticleSecurity Alerts for the Week Ending 6/20/2010
Social engineering IRC bot Dell claims Ubuntu is more secure than Windows Cloud based key logger Kaminsky offers antidote to injection attacks Microsoft’s workaround instructions being used to exploit...
View ArticleASCAP Seeking Funds to Fight CC, PK and EFF
This is surreal to say the least. Cory has a post at Boing Boing sharing a letter sent to a member of ASCAP. The mind boggles at the suggestion that these public interest and non-profit organizations...
View Articlefeeds | grep links > Another Facebook Competitor, Google’s Curation of the...
Sorry for the brevity of comments on these stories from yesterday. I am trying to quickly catch up. Most of my reading and blogging time was preempted by the June CopyNight event with Cory Doctorow...
View ArticleLessig Responds to ASCAP Fundraising Against CC, EFF and PK
I shared my confusion over ASCAP’s fund raising campaign against EFF, Public Knowledge and Creative Commons. Folks from EFF and PK responded quite reasonably, explaining how the association of music...
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TCLP 2010-08-01 News
This is news cast 220, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, an apology for missing the last two shows, though I had good reason. I will be in San Francisco from August 9th to the 11th...
View Articlefeeds | grep links > Schmidt Steps in It Again, Acting Against Broadening of...
Google’s Schmidt stirs the online privacy pot again Slashdot links to coverage of Schmidt’s speech at the Techonomy event currently going on. The remark in question was specifically about anonymity...
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