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Computers, databases and networks have connected us like never before, but at what cost?
August 18, 2008 |
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An experiment that includes a little digging on social networks, blogs and Internet search engines shows how you can put together information about people like pieces of a puzzle--And it's not a pretty picture for security or privacy
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Protesters, terrorists and warmongers have found the Internet to be a useful tool to achieve their goals. Who will bring law and order to cyberspace?
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Introduction to SciAm's issue on Privacy. Our jittery state since 9/11, coupled with the Internet revolution, is shifting the boundaries between public interest and "the right to be let alone"
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ScientificAmerican.com, with help from our international colleagues, highlights privacy and security issues in China, Japan, the Middle East, Russia and the U.K.
Looking back at the surveillance all around us--from wiretapped phones to security cameras
Google, Microsoft and other providers of Web-based services for managing health care information promise to keep it secure, but privacy policies vary from site to site
State Department shows off Cold War-era electronic eavesdropping gadgets
Eight years after the controversial 2000 presidential election, electronic voting systems still fail to deliver on their promise of accuracy and security
President scores victory in effort to widen scope of federal government's warrantless recon power
A new biometrics system uses the blood network in the palms of your hand to ID individuals
Although a cyber war has yet to be declared, there have been plenty of online skirmishes
Deep Siren technology would let submarines communicate with ships and shore without compromising stealth
Edward Davidson reportedly shot his wife and daughters before turning the gun on himself after escaping from minimum-security prison
Does a scheme for stealing personal information from Mac OS X users mean that a few bad Apples are about to spoil the bunch?
Researchers outline project to send long-distance, ultrasecure messages on Earth via the International Space Station
Researchers warn that implantable medical devices could be vulnerable to cyber strikes
Efforts to untie AT&T's exclusive service-provider agreement with Apple's iPhone are an interesting exercise to prove it can be done. But how many iPhone customers will take advantage of this?
This time, a thief made off with a computer containing unencrypted details of about 2,500 participants in an NIH clinical trial
Introduction to SciAm's issue on Privacy. Our jittery state since 9/11, coupled with the Internet revolution, is shifting the boundaries between public interest and "the right to be let alone"
Scientific American editor-in-chief John Rennie discusses the future of privacy and security, the subject of the September single-topic issue of Scientific American magazine. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned in this episode include www.sciam.com/sciammag; www.snipurl.com/sciamfootball
ScientificAmerican.com's Larry Greenemeier talks about your privacy and the threats to it. See our privacy package online at SciAm.com, as well as the September special single-topic issue of Scientific American. Steve Mirsky reports
In this episode Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Latanya Sweeney talks about the changes in privacy due to data collection and approaches to protect privacy in the future, with Scientific American contributor Chip Walter. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned in this episode include privacy.cs.cmu.edu; www.chipwalter.com
With less than three months before the presidential election, the hotly contested state, Ohio, along with others, continue to have problems with E-voting technology
Can Lancaster University's Isis Project keep children safe online without invading our privacy?
Facebook, Yahoo, and Google come under fire for allowing advertisers to follow online consumer behavior to create targeted messages
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