Scott Granneman, 2005-04-14
The recent string of high profile security breaches doesn't even hit the radar of the average user worried about the privacy of his personal information.
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Privacy From the Trenches
2005-04-14
Anonymous
Anonymous
For really scary, check out the article on SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle) about identity theft - http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/11/M
NGKIC697T1.DTL which details the way buyers and sellers connect to sell card and identity information.
Not sure how real it is versu...
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NGKIC697T1.DTL which details the way buyers and sellers connect to sell card and identity information.
Not sure how real it is versu...
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Privacy From the Trenches
2005-04-15
Anonymous
Anonymous
It's certainly scary enough, but ALL of us need to be concerned about privacy!
The process has been outlined for many years, and it is not a simple one:
1) NEVER give your SSN to anyone that legally cannot require it (such as the IRS and banks).
2) NEVER use your SSN on public documents suc...
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The process has been outlined for many years, and it is not a simple one:
1) NEVER give your SSN to anyone that legally cannot require it (such as the IRS and banks).
2) NEVER use your SSN on public documents suc...
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Privacy From the Trenches
2005-04-17
Anonymous
Anonymous
Every time I read stuff like this, I ask myself, when will someone do what clearly must be done? That is, create the sort of global security architecture that would castrate the bulk of web-based crime outright, and facilitate the identification and prosecution of those responsible for the small but...
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Privacy From the Trenches
2005-04-18
Andrey A. Platonov (1 replies)
Andrey A. Platonov (1 replies)
Very interesting article indeed.
And about unconcerned users: my mother was spammped after she subscribed to a mailing list. Before that all my talk on privacy, security, "all that complex things" remained unnoticed. But then it happened. Now she (sometimes) thinks _before_ submitting, not after....
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And about unconcerned users: my mother was spammped after she subscribed to a mailing list. Before that all my talk on privacy, security, "all that complex things" remained unnoticed. But then it happened. Now she (sometimes) thinks _before_ submitting, not after....
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Privacy From the Trenches
2005-04-19
Ed
Ed
I agree with what you are saying, unfortunatly world politics are such that I am not sure it is possible to make true international headway into this issue. I would like to be wrong, but I think there are too many nations with too much pride to be willing to cooperate with those they percieve as an...
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Zabacadabra, Your Privacy Is Futile!
2005-08-24
Anonymous
Anonymous
http://www.Zabasearch.com (AKA peopledata.com, lists personal/private information such as street addresses, unlisted/listed phone numbers, birth year, maps how to get to your house, satellite photos of people's homes, your family's address/data, etc in USA) seems to be an invasion of mine and your p...
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For all intents and purposes, the Americans who have potentially been compromised are apparently not at all concerned about this.
After the LexisNexis compromise, the company offered a free credit monitoring service to the potentially compromised individ...
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