Youth privacy is increasingly important, especially in light of how young people adeptly integrate the Internet and online serves into their daily lives. Under the United Nations 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, privacy is a basic human right for everyone under the age of 18. In the United States, the FTC passed the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in 1998, specifically protecting children under age 13. Canadian privacy legislation – the PIPEDA and the Privacy Act – also ensure that children’s privacy is protected in the private and public spheres. The Canadian Privacy Commissioner has made youth privacy one of the issues to focus on for [...]
When Google launched its social networking tool, Google Buzz in February 2010, privacy advocates around the world raised concerns regarding its features. Although Google has since made significant changes, the compromises and intrusions of privacy still remain a troubling characteristic of many Web services and online networking [...]
Original Post on 14-Jun-06 4:50pm
I use “Linked-In” for a social networking, and online contact management tool. It’s quite convenient, nearly a true peer-to-peer instantiation of a friend of a friend tool (at least in the free version) and pretty indicative of most of these sites. In order to connect with someone, you either must have their email address and send them an invitation, or ask someone you’re already connected with for an introduction, all brokered by Linked-In. I say nearly a true peer-to-peer social networking tool, as there are a couple of ways to bypass their system. Take a [...]
Original Post on 12-Jun-06 9:24pm
The Information Assurance (IA) industry is quite small; the same major players are known throughout everyone’s circles. Gene Spafford is the GodFather. His legendary research into the security arena influenced most (read all) computer science/engineering students since before my time, and his contributions through Purdue’s CERIAS department still push IA research. Martin Roesch designed the Snort Intrusion Detection System, considered by most as the only open source IDS deployable in a true operational environment. [...]