Archive for 2011/05/26
EU Commission Proposes New IP Rules, With More Weight On Enforcement & Making ISPs Police The Internet
Posted: 2011/05/26 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, Public PolicyProving that information posted online is indelible and trivial to mine, an academic researcher has dumped names, email addresses and biographical information made available in 35 million Google Profiles into a massive database that took just one month to assemble
Posted: 2011/05/26 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reportsUniversity of Amsterdam Ph.D. student Matthijs R. Koot said he compiled the database as an experiment to see how easy it would be for private detectives, spear phishers and others to mine the vast amount of personal information stored in Google Profiles. The verdict: It wasn’t hard at all. Unlike Facebook policies that strictly forbid the practice, the permissions file for the Google Profiles URL makes no prohibitions against indexing the list.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/25/google_profiles_database_dump/
BT reserves, and makes use of, the right to remotely detect all devices connected to LANs owned by its broadband customers – for their own good, of course.
Google blocks Android movie rentals from rooted devices, blames DRM
Posted: 2011/05/26 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, GoogleA lawyer can’t “shoot first and identify his targets later.”
Posted: 2011/05/26 in Education / Awareness, LitigationExchange Online back to normal after 2 weeks of e-mail glitches
Posted: 2011/05/26 in Education / Awareness, Network SecurityFrance attempts to “civilize” the Internet; Internet fights back
Posted: 2011/05/26 in Education / Awareness, Public PolicyHow will states tax Internet downloads? Congress may decide
Posted: 2011/05/26 in Education / Awareness, Public Policythe great Internet Tax War
