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"Don't Be Evil": How Larry Page and Sergey Brin Really Think and Should We Worry About Google's Dominance

Anis Shivani | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Search, Newspapers, Aol, Chrome, Free Content, Content, Copyright, Browser, Mosaic, Eric Schmidt, Adwords, Netscape, Search Engines, Chris Anderson, China, Internet Service Providers, Privacy, Adsense, Google Phone, Sergey Brin, Pagerank, Internet, Portals, Yahoo, Advertising Industry, Gmail, Publishing Industry, Google Android, Richard L. Brandt, Right to Privacy, Search Algorithms, Homepage, Inisde Larry and Sergey's Brain, Goto, Larry Page, Baidu, Magazines, Google, Microsoft, Google Book Settlement, Browser Wars, Death of Newspapers, Bill Gates, Facebook, China Human Rights, Cookies, Accenture, Internet Privacy, Advertising, Internet Advertising, Google Privacy, Iphone, Magazine Advertising, Privacy Concerns, Android, Censorship, Google Algorithm, Book Reviews, Don't Be Evil, Books, Silicon Valley, Books News
Anis Shivani

We shall see if Larry and Sergey's collective brain can keep up with the spontaneous evolution of the Internet.

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The Power of All

Leslie Harris | Posted 12.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Browser, Conusmer Privacy, Ftc, The Intenet, Privacy, Internet Privacy, Technology News
Leslie Harris

It's time to change; it's time that Internet users take back their privacy by becoming active, informed advocates for their own online privacy.

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Search-Engine Keywords Violate Privacy Laws, Suit Claims

AP | DINESH RAMDE | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology

Read More: Adwords, Search Engine Keyword Lawsuit, Search Engine, Search Engine Lawsuit, Internet Privacy, Privacy Laws, Search Engine Keywords, Prviacy Online, Technology News

MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to bo...

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New Bear Stearns Email Reveals Early Fear of "Blow-Up Risk"

Reuters | Grant McCool | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Ralph Cioffi, Google, Internet Privacy, Hedge Funds, Financial Crisis, Bear Stearns, Matthew Tannin, Gmail, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of two former Bear Stearns managers indicted for fraud over the collapse of hedge funds in 2007 feared a "blow up risk" to in...

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Users Demand Internet Privacy, Object To Online Tracking, Study Finds

nytimes.com | Posted 11.30.2009 | Technology

Read More: Internet, Online Tracking, Internet Privacy, Customized Advertising, Tailored Ads, Online Advertising, Internet Advertising, Technology News

Privacy advocates are telling Congress and the Federal Trade Commission that tracking of online activities by Web sites and advertisers has gone too f...

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Sarah Palin Victim of Social Media Identity Theft, LaRussa Drops Suit

Robert Siciliano | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Tony Larussa, Social Media Identity Theft, Sarah Palin, Social Media, Internet Privacy, Twitter, Identity Theft, Facebook, Media News
Robert Siciliano

As we spend more time online, meeting people, posting photos and offering glimpses into our personal lives, here are some action steps to keep Social Media Identity Theft at bay.

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Jason Linkins

Google Posts Advertising 'Spin Document' Online

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital Media, Video, Business News, Transparency, Google Operating System, Privacy, Internet Privacy, Google, Media News

Yesterday, we reported that Consumer Watchdog had obtained, and provided satiric annotations for, a "spin document" that Google had presented as a par...

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Jason Linkins

Consumer Watchdog Takes On Google As Lawmakers Mull Data Privacy Regulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Google, Digital Media, Video, Internet Privacy, Privacy, Google Operating System, Business News

Consumer Watchdog -- which, as the name implies is a consumer watchdog organization -- is raising alarms over privacy concerns that have been brought ...

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Do You Really Believe You Have Internet Privacy??

Mira Veda | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Facebook Privacy, Yahoo, Web, Google, Internet Privacy, Media News
Mira Veda

If you think that you can browse the web anonymously, you can't. There is always someone watching.

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Twitter Tweets Up Brazil's Digital Divide

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Law Berners-Lee, Google, Russia, Globo, Pdsb Steve Jobs, India, Flashmob, Twitter, Berlusconi, France, Serra, Orkut Azeredo, Latin America, Data Mining, Sentiment Mining, Facebook, Twitterati, Internet Privacy, Millenials, Epoca, Lula Edelman, Marketing, David+Weinerger, China, Brazil, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Twitter, the trendy message service that can eat up your privacy faster than a school of piranhas, is flaunting Brazil's tough Internet laws in an effort to mine digital gold.

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Era of Greater Internet Privacy At Hand

Jamie Court | Posted 01.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, Internet Privacy, Right to Privacy, Privacy, Media News
Jamie Court

How hard is it really to put a simple "anonymize me" button on its search engine page to give users the choice of how to control their data?

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Will We Electronically Neuter The President?

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Generation Obama, Blackberry, Politics, Lifestyle, Internet Privacy, Obama's Cabinet, Privacy Law, Obama Transition, Obama, Communication, Politics News
Dwayne Raymond

The Bush administration never reached out via web. In reality, Bush largely disregarded the internet because he didn't comprehend its magnitude. Or perhaps he did?

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Preventing the Next Privacy Disaster

Leslie Harris | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Choicepoint, Internet Privacy, Cabinent, 100 Days, Washington, Disaster, Congress, Ftc, Presidency, Privacy, Commission, Election, Legislation, Law, Technology, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The next president steps into a landscape where the capacity to collect, store and exchange sensitive personal information has outgrown the legal framework that protects that information.

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Sarah Palin's Inbox Reveals Possible Troopergate Smoking Guns

Erik Ose | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Troopergate, Civil Liberties, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Mccain, Sarah Palin Vice President, General Election, Presidential Campaign, Yahoo, Politics News, McCain VP Shortlist, 2008, McCain Vice President, Obama 2008, E-Mail, Palin Inner Circle, Mike Wooten, Technology, Sarah Palin Reaction, Mccain Vice President Palin, Wasilla, Vice President, John McCain, Sarah Palin Vp, Palin E-Mail Hacked, Walt Monegan, McCain VP, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin Mccain Vp, Secrecy, Barack Obama 2008, Internet Privacy, Mccain Palin Ticket, Sarah Palin Running Mate, Sunshine Laws, Sarah Palin, Palin Vp Choice, Alaska, Veepstakes, Hackers, Politics News
Erik Ose

Why the secrecy? Why try so hard to cover up your e-mail trail? What exactly is Gov. Palin trying to hide?

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Google Adds Link To Privacy Policy On Home Page

Los Angeles Times | Chris Gaither | Posted 07.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Internet Privacy, Google Privacy Policy, Google, Business News

Google has made peace with privacy advocates, and it did so without cluttering up its famously sparse home page. The search giant had drawn criticism...

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