Privacy in Singapore - 9 views
http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN002553.pdf There is no general data protection or privacy law in Singapore. The government has been aggressive in using surveill...
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Online data privacy - 12 views
I think another question has to be brought up: Is the information meant to be public or private? If the information is public, then users should know they are risking identity theft by putting in...
Top Internet Threats: Censorship to Warrantless Surveillance - 4 views
Article Summary: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/03/wireds-top-inte/ The article talks about several Internet threats comprising government surveillance and the loss of users' privacy throu...
Web tools help protect human rights activists - 7 views
1) I think it depends what is being censored. I think things like opinions should not be censored because it is violating the natural rights of a human. However, one can argue that online censors...
Online privacy concerns arise as website lists personal data - 5 views
The link : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/448207/1/.html Case Summary: Red Nano is a people-search engine which allows others to find you in the public int...
Users Poke Facebook With Lawsuit Over Privacy Policies - 3 views
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67888.html This article discusses the violation of privacy laws as well as misinformation with regards to users' personal information. It was reported that Face...
Air travellers on 'naked' scanners - 3 views
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8303982.stm Latest security scanner that produces "naked" image of air travelers is now being tested at Manchester Airport. Air travelers no longer have to rem...
Echelon threatens privacy - 0 views
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BNO/is_2000_Sept/ai_64769669/ The post-911 obsession with eliminating risks and threats has produced an architecture of mass surveillance where national sec...
Warning over 'surveillance state' - 9 views
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7872425.stm The article effectively speaks of how CCTV cameras and DNA database are threats to privacy. Though many states have reasoned them for being...
Workplace Surveillance - 5 views
Link: http://news.cnet.com/Judges-protest-workplace-surveillance/2100-1023_3-271457.html Summary: A panel of influential judges are taking a closer look at the issue of electronic monitoring at ...
A different kind of "human flesh" search engine - 13 views
Someone told me that some guys take pictures of random pretty girls on the street, post them up on the online forum hardwarezone, and together they pool their resources to identify who she is. =) ...
Identifying homosexuals through Facebook. - 11 views
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/09/20/project_gaydar_an_mit_experiment_raises_new_questions_about_online_privacy/ A group of students from MIT actually wrote a program to pr...
Google applying double standards? - 6 views
We all know that Google revealed the blogger who called model Liskula Cohen a skank, and everyone in the web community was up in arms because it seems that Google has breached its duty to protect i...
Are the Feds Stalking Your Cell Phone? Lawsuit Seeks Answers - 1 views
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63668.html?wlc=1252493244 Two legal groups have filed a lawsuit to get more information on whether the Federal Government may be using Americans' handphones to l...
Facebook 'will fight' privacy lawsuit - 4 views
The problems of protecting privacy - 4 views
TJC Stomp Scandal - 34 views
This is a very interesting topic. Thanks, Weiman! From the replies for this topic, I would say two general questions surfaced. Firstly, is STOMP liable for misinformation? Secondly, is it right for...
Cyber Cold War? - 1 views
The following websites relate to "Cyber Warfare" that is conducted over cyberspace. 1) http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90780/91343/6699021.html (China) The above article first starts off by de...
Copyright Chief Lines Up With Google Book-Deal Opponents - 1 views
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68095.html In summary, there were protests over Google scanning and selling books online. This includes out-of-print books. Google rivals Microsoft, Amazon and ...
In pursuit of email security - 2 views