Data Protection Convention undergoes a rewrite

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Data Protection Convention undergoes a rewrite

Data Protection Convention undergoes a rewrite

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:59 AM PST


A 30-year old international treaty covering data protection is undergoing a partial rewrite to reflect new concerns in the age of the Internet.

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Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST


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Verizon says it doesn't use Carrier IQ software

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 04:34 AM PST


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America's critical infrastructure security response system is broken

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AT&T, Sprint confirm use of Carrier IQ rootkit software on handsets

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:32 PM PST


Amid what's snowballing into a major privacy controversy, AT&T, Sprint, HTC and Samsung today confirmed that their mobile phones integrate a controversial piece of tracking software from a company called Carrier IQ.

2011's biggest security snafus

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:15 PM PST


Perhaps it was an omen of what was to come when the city of San Francisco on New Year's Eve 2010 couldn't get a backup system running in its Emergency Operations Center because no one knew the password.

Cracking MD5 ... with Google?!

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 08:00 AM PST


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