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dantynan
Member since: March 2010
Follow Dan on Google+Author Dan Tynan has been writing about Internet privacy for the last 3,247 years. He wrote a book on the topic for O'Reilly Media (Computer Privacy Annoyances, now available for only $15.56 at Amazon -- order yours today) and edited a series of articles on Net privacy for PC World that were finalists for a National Magazine Award. During his spare time he is part of the dynamic duo behind eSarcasm, the not-yet-award-winning geek humor site he tends along with JR Raphael.
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Are you an open sharer or a proactive protector? Do you simply interact or do you shop til you drop? How you surf the Net says a lot about how much you care about privacy.
3 days 21 hours ago
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Are you an open sharer or a proactive protector? Do you simply interact or do you shop til you drop? How you surf the Net says a lot about how much you care about privacy.
3 days 23 hours ago
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LexisNexis, Kroll, and Dunn & Bradstreet have been thoroughly pwned by identity stealing hackers. Who pays the price? You and me.
1 week 3 days ago
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Its new Audience Operating System combines your online and offline identities into one -- the better to sell you stuff. UPDATE: Acxiom responds
1 week 5 days ago
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Tracking cookies are so five minutes ago. The new privacy boogiemen? Google's AdID and browser fingerprinting.
2 weeks 3 days ago
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The Epic browser gives you all the privacy tools you could want in one easy package. Hope it's not a secret NSA plant in disguise.
2 weeks 5 days ago
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As online services incorporate facial recognition and other biometric technologies to identify users, the notion of participating online using a name not found on your government-issued ID may become a quaint relic of the early Internet.
2 weeks 6 days ago
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AboutTheData.com lets you peel back the cover of the data mining giant and look inside. You may be surprised what you find there.
3 weeks 3 days ago
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By building a fingerprint reader into the next gen iPhone, Apple has ushered in the golden age of biometric IDs – for better and worse.
3 weeks 4 days ago
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You probably have a good idea about who your enemies are. But what about your frenemies?
3 weeks 6 days ago
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It's hard to get a good job in IT these days, but it's all too easy to lose one.
3 weeks 6 days ago
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Everyone knows the smartphone industry is apps driven by apps. Soon, your car may also be ‘driven’ by apps. Is that a good thing? It depends.
4 weeks 3 days ago
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Young teens and tweens aren't supposed to have LinkedIn accounts, but they do -- thanks in large part to LinkedIn's aggressive email policies. Update: LinkedIn responds.
5 weeks 5 hours ago
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The Times got hacked via the one security flaw it's nearly impossible to avoid: Human gullibility
5 weeks 3 days ago
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Who says our nation's spooks aren't down with the kids? The NSA has just launched a new "transparency hub". Can you figure out which one it is?
5 weeks 5 days ago
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To some, the uber WikiLeaker is a hero. To others, he's just a raging egomaniac who's no longer relevant.
6 weeks 3 days ago
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Intimidating reporters, destroying their computers, detaining them under false pretenses -- it's all in a day's work for today's modern spy agency.
6 weeks 5 days ago
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And the world's largest social network is doing almost nothing to stop them. It's time to take matters into your own hands.
7 weeks 3 days ago
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The City of London has trashed those recycling bins that track cell phones. But what other creepy inanimate objects are recording your movements?
7 weeks 5 days ago
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Secure Webmail provider Lavabit has elected to shut down rather than hand over data to the US government.
8 weeks 2 days ago
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Secure Webmail provider Lavabit has elected to shut down rather than hand over data to the US government.
8 weeks 3 days ago
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Hope the legal system catches up with them before they catch up with you.
8 weeks 5 days ago
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It all depends on where you are. Get stopped in Texas or California, and they can have their way with your mobile -- no court order required.
9 weeks 3 days ago
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It all depends on where you are. Get stopped in Texas or California, and they can have their way with your mobile -- no court order required.
9 weeks 3 days ago
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A new survey says your personal data is worth more than $100 to private companies. It's time to say 'Lets make a deal'.
9 weeks 5 days ago
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