"The proposed settlement bars Facebook from making any further deceptive privacy claims, requires that the company get consumers' approval before it changes the way it shares their data, and requires that it obtain periodic assessments of its privacy practices by independent, third-party auditors for the next 20 years."

"On Tuesday voters in Takoma Park, Maryland, got to try out a new, transparent voting system that lets voters go online to verify that their ballots got counted in the final tally. The system also lets anyone independently audit election results to verify the votes went to the correct candidates."

"Using data from the social network Facebook, they made a striking discovery: just by looking at a person’s online friends, they could predict whether the person was gay. They did this with a software program that looked at the gender and sexuality of a person’s friends and, using statistical analysis, made a prediction."

"Last.fm didn’t hand user data over to the RIAA. According to our source, it was their parent company, CBS, that did it."

"A hosts file (current example) tells your computer what numerical address (209.61.186.253) is associated with what URL (www.everythingisnt.com.) . This file is a very simple hack which takes [advert] server URLs and redirects them to non-existant numeric

"So now we know what the enemy has, and that they have absolutely nothing in terms of intellectual capital to bring to the battle. They do, however, have their bedside connections with the current establishment. That's the major threat to us at this point

"An encryption package that creates an encrypted file which can be decrypted to different plaintexts depending on which decryption key is used."

"The article, calling for decriminalization of all file sharing, has started a loud debate in Swedish media."

"He later admitted to officials that it is common practice amongst civil servants to check up on the financial status of friends, family and acquaintances."

"Their goal is to invent a system whereby a facial image can be matched to your gait, your height, your weight and other elements, so a computer will be able to identify instantly who you are."

"Angelo Lamme, from Motorola, said tracking students on a campus could help during a fire or an emergency." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HAHAHA. HA. Morons.

"We're trying to fight a major war with peacetime procurement rules."

"They closed my office door behind them, sat down, took out notepads and pens, and asked if I had a few minutes to speak with them about Tor."

Interesting article on privicy issues and ways to stop Firefox giving you away.

"They've put a chip /where/?"

"Paul Gibbons, 47, tracked down John Jones using details obtained online after the pair exchanged insults in an internet chatroom, a court heard. He travelled 70 miles to Mr Jones' home in Clacton, Essex, and beat him up with a pickaxe handle in December

Plus it's rather easy to dispose of the evidence :D

Analysis and commentert on AOL's release of search queries.

No. 4417749 conducted hundreds of searches over a three-month period on topics ranging from “numb fingers” to “60 single men” to “dog that urinates on everything”, and search by search, click by click, the identity of AOL user No. 4417749 beca