instant fake id

"equal opportunity privacy consultant" is the new Pinkerton

guy trying to spy on his girlfriend instead causes malware outbreak in critical hospital equipment

Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer.

"The company says it took the decision because he is 'a real person' - despite him passing away in December 1980 aged 90."

Among about 160 files that Johnson claims contained sensitive data (.pdf) were two spreadsheets containing information on 20,000 patients, which identified four patients being treated for HIV-AIDS, 326 patients being treated for cancer, 201 being treated for mental illnesses and thousands afflicted with various other diseases.

Folders with personal information for numerous clients of a local mortgage broker sat for days at a public recycling site, overflowing from the tops of several bins in an apparently glaring identity theft risk.

If a false entry in a database leads to a unconstitutional police search that reveals illegal drugs, does the government get to hold it against you?

"Now comes word that Anonymous, the fun-loving Internet trouble-makers based loosely around the message board 4Chan, gained access to another Palin email account: gov.palin@yahoo.com." Funny whether it's true or not.

A "credit score" drawn from your prescription drug use is given to health plans. It's used for risk analysis. Nice.

What do you mean it's not okay to dump thousands of people's info in another service?

Sears installs spyware when you join a "community."

fortuny is a dick, and this puts it better than I can

technical brief on why keeping online identities separate is problematic/impossible

here, have 500K user searches before someone realizes this was a mistake

pdf of scholarly paper about data mining social networks, funded by US govt

Get spied on for a whole day at an amusement park, then pay for the DVD of yourself. Finally, shoot yourself in the face.

page to see if you're using Tor

Hacking RFID for SpeedPass and vehicle immobilizers mainly

Oh great. We're going to have permanent surveillance aircraft everywhere.

Cool/Scary app that shows neighbors with phone number etc.