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Spyware: Research, Testing, Legislation, and Suits - http://www.benedelman.org/spyware
Original research on methods and effects of spyware, and index to recent legislation and lawsuits seeking to block spyware. |
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EPIC Carnivore Litigation - http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/
Legal documents presented by the privacy group seeking the release of all FBI records concerning Internet monitoring. |
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Glen Robert's Full Disclosure - http://www.glr.com/
Glen exposes sites that disclose private information such as names, addresses, and social security numbers. |
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AntiPolygraph.org - http://antipolygraph.org/
Dedicated to exposing polygraph waste, fraud, and abuse, and seeking the abolishment of polygraph testing from the American workplace. |
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About.com: Carnivore - http://compnetworking.about.com/library/weekly/aa071900a.htm
Describes the networking sniffing software and the surrounding controversy. |
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Keep your Secrets - http://www.keepyoursecrets.com/
Maintain your privacy and keep your secrets, with effective techniques of verbal deception, evasion, lying, cover-story, and misdirection. Online examples and suggestions for evaluating risks of secrecy as well as suggestions for hiding physical objects as well as hiding activities. |
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Privacy Times - http://www.privacytimes.com
Privacy Times (Newsletter) covers information law and policy, including Internet privacy, Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, financial, medical and communications privacy, and EU Directive. |
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No Place to Hide - http://www.noplacetohide.net/
"No Place To Hide" is a multimedia investigation into the marriage between private data collection and the US government's vastly expanded surveillance authorities in the wake of September 11. |
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NYC Surveillance Camera Project - http://www.mediaeater.com/cameras/
New York City has been installing cameras throughout the city. Has lots of information, including camera locations. |
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Guardian Special Report: Privacy on the Internet - http://www.guardian.co.uk/netprivacy/
Continuing coverage of news, analysis and commentary, including the RIP Act, plus links to government sites and international information and pressure groups. |
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Prime recent and proposed attacks on civil rights in the United Kingdom - http://www.magnacartaplus.org/civil-liberties/attacks.htm
Document shows a detailed list of those rights of UK citizens challenged and the consequences. |
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The Surveillance Society - http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/199911/15_newsroom_privacy/
Americans enjoy unlimited benefits from new technologies in a wired world. But those wires send information in two directions, and the access to our personal data has never been more open for abuse. Online resource for on-air features. |
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Web bugs - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-243077.html
Article concerning Web bugs (1-pixel gifs), similar to cookies, that track Internet surfing patterns. |
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World Wide Wiretapping / Eavesdropping Problem - http://www.snapshield.com/Problem_www_fs.html
Every week updating unique list of wiretapping and eavesdropping cases around the world, abuse of phone lines for commercial espionage, financial fraud, invasion of security and assaults on privacy. |
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Wired: Separating Equifax from Fiction - http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/3.09/equifax_pr.html
Simson Garfinkel writes about information conglomerate Equifax. Best known as a credit bureau, the company also has its fingers in check approvals, insurance claims, and medical records. [Wired] |
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Privacy South Africa - http://privacy.4mg.com/
List of privacy violators in South Africa with links. Also FAQs on how to protect yourself. |
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About Your Address - http://www.strangepages.net/address.html
Under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts anyone can request your personal details from any US government agency. Information about the rules and instructions on how to get the information. |
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National I.D. Cards - a threat to liberty - http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/issues/abuseofpower/natidcard.html
Information and links to articles exposing the dangers of National ID Cards. |
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Privacy Digest - http://www.privacydigest.com/
Covers the items directly and indirectly impacting your privacy such as cryptography, wiretaps, free speech, DNA and genetic testing, and database tracking in general. Archive goes back to 1997. |
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HowStuffWorks: How Facial Recognition Systems Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/facial-recognition.htm
Article on FACEIT software. |
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HowStuffWorks: How Wiretapping Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/wiretapping.htm
Article on how wire-tapping works. Links to a variety of other privacy issues such as Carnivore. |
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PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law - http://pipeda.blogspot.com
Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to PIPEDA and other Canadian and international privacy laws |
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NYTimes.com - Net Users Try to Elude the Google Grasp - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/circuits/25GOOG.html
The combined power of the Internet, search engines and archival databases can enable almost anyone to find information about almost anyone else. As a result, people are trying to reduce their electronic presence and discovering that it is not as simple as it would seem. [Requires free registration to view.] |
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Topix: Privacy - http://www.topix.com/rss/news/privacy.xml
News about privacy, collected from various sources on the web. |
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Screen for genes - http://www.vic.tadd.btinternet.co.uk
A site concerned with the impact of the Human Genome Project and particularly maintaining genetic databases. Links to various related sites. |