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Lay Off The Tiger

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Moral Values, Infidelity, Tiger Woods Affair, Adultery, Easy Virtue, Tiger Woods Scandal, Privacy, Christian Hypocracy, Tiger Woods, Living News
W. Hunter Roberts

I know we have a legal right to comment on the private loves of public figures, but must we always do so? Whatever happened to good taste?

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Smart Grid: Classic Struggle of Reward vs. Risk

Leslie Harris | Posted 12.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Security, Efficient Energy Use, Smart Meter, Law, Smart Grid, Technology, Privacy, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology News
Leslie Harris

The transition to the "Smart Grid" holds great promise for consumers, such as lowered energy costs, increased use of "green" technology and improved security from malicious hacking and outages.

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Elin and Tiger: A Just Invasion of Privacy

Ruth Fowler | Posted 12.08.2009 | Sports

Read More: Sexting, Bill Clinton, Infidelity, Invasion of Privacy, New Jersey Wiretap Laws, Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren, Facebook Privacy, Ruth Fowler, White vs White, Spitzer Text Messages, Cheating, Privacy, David Letterman, Sports News
Ruth Fowler

There is a huge difference between the woman who snoops on her man because of her own insecurity, and the woman who snoops because she knows something is wrong.

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Yahoo's 'Secret' Guide To Getting Users' Private Data LEAKED

businessinsider.com | Nicholas Carlson|Dec. 7, 2009, 10:05 AM | | Posted 12.07.2009 | Technology

Read More: Yahoo User Data, Yahoo Data, Yahoo Data Leak, Yahoo Spying, Yahoo Privacy, User Data, Privacy, Yahoo, Technology News

On December 23, 2008, Yahoo (YHOO) created a "complicance [sic] guide for law enforcement," detailing what kinds of user data the company keeps and fo...

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Hey, Tiger, Lack of Privacy Is Part of the Deal

Harry Shearer | Posted 12.03.2009 | Sports

Read More: Privacy, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Mistress, Tiger Woods Affair, Tiger Woods Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods Car Accident, Sports News
Harry Shearer

Memo to Tiger: if you really wanted your privacy, maybe you should just have played championship golf, lived on the prize money, and gone home.

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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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Yahoo, Verizon: Spying Abilities Would 'Shock,' 'Confuse' Consumers

wired.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Spying Abilities, Verizon Spy, Verizon, Phone Companies Spy, Spying, Internet Companies Spy, Online Privacy, Privacy, Yahoo, Yahoo Spy, Technology News

Want to know how much phone companies and internet service providers charge to funnel your private communications or records to U.S. law enforcement a...

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TV Everywhere! Or Big Brother: The Beta Version

Eric Lurio | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pay-Tv, Digital TV, Digital Media, Tv, Uhf, Privacy, Big Brother, Cel Phones, Entertainment News
Eric Lurio

A few days ago, I was at DigitalWire's conference on the "Future of Television" and what I heard chilled me to the bone. The right to privacy is goin...

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Google: Swiss Privacy Watchdog To Sue Google Street View

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google Swiss Lawsuit, Google, Google Privacy, Google Privacy Issues, Google Privacy Concerns, Google Streetview, Privacy, Google Sued Swiss, Google Street View, Google News, Google .Com, www.google.com, Sue Google Street View, Street View Google Sued, Technology News

GENEVA — Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object – Switzerland's strict tradition...

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Celebrity Spotting at Spinning in Los Angeles

Lisa Guest | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Exhibition, Fame, Freedom, Inhibition, Paparazzi, Exercise, People Watching, Balance, Celebrity, Spinning, Class, Privacy, Living News
Lisa Guest

When Ms. Celebrity entered the mirrored room, I was stunned. It's only because she's been famous her whole life that most people would recognize her.

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EU Has its Finger on the Internet Privacy Button

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: European Union, Online Advertising, Clickz, Privacy, Internet Advertising, Phorm, Technology News
Jarvis Coffin

The European Union is dangling the online advertising industry outside a window and threatening to drop it on its head over the issue of privacy.

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A Patriot's PATRIOT Act

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act, John Conyers, Bobby Scott, Jerry Nadler, Supreme Court, Privacy, Politics News
Rep. John Conyers

Good intentions are not enough to preserve our liberty, and the current PATRIOT Act simply grants too much unchecked authority to our government.

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Conservatives for Privacy, Where is the Left?

J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bradley Jansen, Liberty and Privacy Network, First Amendment, Paul Weyrich, Ronald Reagan, Center for Financial Privacy and Human Rights, Guidelines, Fbi, Obama, Free Congress, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Politics News
J. Bradley Jansen

The best way to keep us safe and free is eternal vigilance--no matter which party is in office. So, let's hold our friends on the left accountable when it's needed.

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Red Pandas At Chicago Zoo Receive Donations To Get It On

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Red Panda, Donate, Privacy, Sex, Wishlist, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Impact News

The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago posted an online wishlist recently to get a few extra perks for the their park's animals. Now, one item has caught loc...

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Living In the Real World

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Ad Networks, Wall Street Journal, Online Advertising, Advertising, Privacy, Internet Advertising, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

Advertising must live in the real world. Occasionally, that means dealing with the abuses of the unscrupulous. At some point, it also has to mean dealing with reality.

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Google Books Is Not a Library

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Google, Media, Copyright, Privacy, Books, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

Unlike the Alexandria library or modern public libraries, the Google Book Search (GBS) initiative is a commercial venture that aims to monetize millions of out-of-print books.

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Remember Privacy?

Tamar Abrams | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: MacKenzie Phillips, Entertainment Tonight, Oprah Winfrey, Twitter, Kathy Griffin, David Letterman Extortion, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Jon and Kate, Skype, Facebook, Technology, Privacy, David Letterman, Media News
Tamar Abrams

It's one thing to voluntarily relinquish all pretense to one's one privacy, but totally different to spill the most intimate details of the lives of others, particularly if they aren't around to defend themselves.

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Privacy vs. Power in Gov 2.0

Gadi Ben-Yehuda | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Gov 2.0, Privacy, Web 2.0, Health Care, Information Technology, Media News, Government and the Web, Media News
Gadi Ben-Yehuda

One of the goals of Gov 2.0 is to increase citizens' power over their own lives by participating in their own governing.

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8 Ways to Prevent Business Social Media Identity Theft

Robert Siciliano | Posted 12.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Social Media, Computer Hackers, Identity Theft, Twitter, Internet Security, Facebook, Social Media Networks, Privacy, Technology News
Robert Siciliano

Social media is still in its infancy and its security has been an issue since its inception. Users are tricked into clicking links. Viruses enter the network when employees simply visit an infected page.

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What's Privacy in the Age of Facebook?

Marc Rotenberg | Posted 11.24.2009 | Technology

Read More: Facebook, Online Privacy, Facebook Privacy, Twitter, Privacy, Technology News
Marc Rotenberg

The new terms of service at Twitter are all about modern-day privacy, digital identity, the control of personal information, and the brewing battle between what we post and its commercial value.

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New iPod Banned In MN Gym

mashable.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: New iPod Nano, Gym, Privacy, Technology News

The new iPod Nano is also one of the world's smallest video cameras. We think it could be a game changer. As it turns out, it could also create a new ...

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Facebook Blues and the Death of Privacy

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Narcissism, Facebook Privacy, Online-Affairs, Big Brother, Privacy, Living News
Wael Nawara

People just put their real names and photos online and stepped into the global village, where anyone can know everything about anyone else.

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A "Personal" Invitation from Newt Gingrich

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: General Industry, Newt Gingrich, Online Advertising, Behavioral Targeting, Internet Advertising, Privacy, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

A fax sent by Newt Gingrich is unsolicited -- and possibly unlawful.

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Obama Gets Failing Grades From Privacy Advocates

Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Online Medical Records, President Obama, Electronic Surveillance, Privacy, Online-Marketing, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

President Obama earns poor to failing grades from privacy advocates who claim that his administration is neglecting privacy and civil-liberties issue...

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