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The same technologists who protest against the NSA’s metadata collection programs are the ones profiting the most from the widespread surveillance of students.
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) decries confirmed reader data breaches by Adobe and calls for immediate corrective action to encrypt and protect reader information. The plain text
The publishing world may finally be facing its “rootkit scandal.” Two independent reports claim that Adobe’s e-book software, “Digital Editions,” logs every document readers add to their local
It came to light on Monday that the latest version of Adobe Digital Editions is sending metadata on ebooks that are read through the application to an Adobe server — in clear text. I’ve perso…
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Digital Editions even tracks which pages you've read. It might break a New Jersey Law.
The participating companies are publicly committing themselves not to sell information on kindergartners through 12th graders.
A new generation of invisible tracker has replaced the traditional internet cookie – and it knows everything about you, writes John Naughton
How librarians became one of the loudest voices in the surveillance debate.
An artist tests whether New Yorkers will give away their mother's maiden name or part of their Social Security number for a homemade cookie.
Web advertisers are stealthily monitoring our browsing habits—even when we tell them not to
This year has seen a number of sexual assault and domestic violence issues make the headlines. Of course, the National Football League and the accusations that it covered up, or at least diminished awareness of and penalties for, widespread domestic violence continue to garner media attention....
With the advent of smartphones and tablets - devices users often carry with them everywhere they go - collected location data became a valuable source of
Warrant canaries are now illegal?
Thanks to a Dutch man who volunteered to let researchers snoop on his mobile phone, we now have a glimpse of the type of information that can be squeezed from what officials would have us believe i…
DO NOT USE WEB BUGS IN OPACS. SRSLY PPL WTF.
Librarians in Massachusetts are working to give their patrons a chance to opt-out of pervasive surveillance. Partnering with the ACLU of Massachusetts, area librarians have been teaching and taking…