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emailGenerational Views On Privacy, Facebook, and Geo-Tagging: Who Owns Our Personal Information?
Posted on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 by Rex Davis
An article from Private WiFi’s CEO, Kent Lawson, raised interesting points about online privacy attitudes among younger people.
The article presented some interesting thoughts from Ella Hickson, a young playwright.
Ella notes she is more aware of the value of privacy and puts forth the idea that most of the younger generation thinks in terms of an “inner circle of friends” and “our public self.” Read More
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In Sweden, Personal VPN Use Explodes Amid Personal Privacy Concerns
Posted on Friday, May 4th, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
There’s a big demand for virtual private networks in Sweden, according to this article.
Due to rising levels of cyber surveillance in Sweden, the number of Swedes who have started using personal VPNs has jumped 40% in the past few years. In an attempt to anonymize their data and shield their online behavior, the number of Swedes using paid VPNs has risen from 500,000 to 700,000. Read More
Virginia Law Enforcement to Hold Identity Theft Summit
Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
Know any law enforcement officials in the Virginia area? If so, pass along the details of an upcoming identity-theft summit later this week at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy.
This free training will provide hands-on strategies for dealing with identity-theft crimes, recognizing prime targets, dealing with victims, individual and organized crime activity, investigative strategies, problems and approaches, as well as preventive measures. Read More
Social Media Security: Strict Privacy Settings Are the Norm, Regardless of Age
Posted on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
Strict privacy settings are now the norm for social media users, regardless of age.
That’s just one of the results from an online sample of 1,021 Internet “experts” in a recent Pew Internet Project. The survey also showed that attention to privacy issues has increased while profile “pruning” and unfriending people is also on the rise.
Among the 63% of adults who maintain a social networking profile, survey results show that: Read More
Is the Online Reputation Score the New FICO?
Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting perspective on something called an online reputation score. Read More
CTIA Wireless Recap: Tablets, Trinkets, and Technology
Posted on Monday, March 28th, 2011 by Kent Lawson
Back from the recent CTIA Wireless conference, CEO Kent Lawson tackles the trends and technologies shaping our future. He says things such as cloud computing are moving so quickly that “we will soon be accustomed to very large-scale capabilities which we will be carrying around in our pockets or purses.” Read More
More Erosion of Online Privacy: Your Browsing History and the Footprints of Web Feet
Posted on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
There is a new crop of websites that automatically track personal browsing histories for public viewing, a trend the New York Times likens to “another crack in the eroding wall between public and private life.” But what about privacy? Success may be built on trust, perhaps: none of the sites will share links to secure sites, and tracking software can be turned off at will. The NYT article quotes the founder of one of the sites, VoyURL.com, who says it’s like “holding up a mirror to a reflection that I don’t think people knew they had.”
PRIVATE WiFi’s New ‘Second Life’ Storefront Attracts Privacy-Savvy Virtual Customers
Posted on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 by Elaine Rigoli
Ever heard of Second Life, the 3-D virtual world that lets users live a life without boundaries? Second Life is an economic hub whose marketplace supports millions of U.S. dollars in monthly transactions. The Second Life “Linden dollar” currency can be converted to U.S. dollars through online currency exchanges. Dozens of multinational corporations like IBM, Dell, and Verizon — and now Private Communications Corp — have flocked to Second Life. Read on to find out all about our virtual presence in Second Life and the privacy-savvy customers who are drawn to the Private WiFi software. Read More
2011: Year of Epic Hacking
Posted on Monday, January 31st, 2011
Not even one complete month into 2011 and we’re already seen an “epic” amount of computer hacking. A Computerworld blog post points out the many accounts of security breaches around the globe, alluding to the fact that “perhaps 2011 will be the year of the cracker, filled with all kinds of hacks and breaches?” Check out which high-profile companies (i.e., Domino’s Pizza, Lush Cosmetics) have been victimized, as well as various other privacy intrusions that have happened around the world this month.