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| Battling ‘cyber-slackers’ at work |
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A look at new technology
that enables employers to better control where their employees can
surf. By Gary Krakow. |
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| Congress targets privacy issues |
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Privacy issues swirled
around nearly every aspect of our lives this year and hit the
national stage like a hungry trout hits a fresh fly, with flash and
furry, refusing to let go. Lawmakers tried to medicate the problem
by introducing nearly a 100 privacy related bills this year. But by
year’s end, Congress still had a nagging cough and privacy rights
still hang in the balance. |
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| Your federal privacy rights |
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Despite the ever-looming
specter of “big brother,” there is actually a fairly robust law that
protects your privacy and the sanctity of the personal information
collected by the federal government. |
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| NAPOLI: For sale: Your information |
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Sleuthing out
information about loved ones former and current has taken on a new
dimension in the digital age. Clearly, private information isn’t so
private anymore. Lisa Napoli investigates
herself. |
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| Big boss is watching you |
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In today’s workplace,
high tech or not, nearly every move a worker makes while on the job
is subject to some kind of snooping. Brock N. Meeks examines the
issue. |
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| Is privacy possible in the digital
age? |
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“Privacy is dead, deal
with it,” Sun MicroSystems CEO Scott McNealy is widely reported to
have declared some time ago. Privacy in the digital age may not be
as dead and buried as McNealy believes, but it’s certainly on life
support. |
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| Alliance needed for security war? |
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A “digital Pearl Harbor”
might be in the offing for the U.S. government — or even more
likely, Internet companies, say participants in a Microsoft-led
gathering on online privacy and security. So technology leaders need
to immediately set aside their differences and begin swapping war
stories. |
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| Whose life is it anyway? |
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Since the story aired,
Scott Lewis tells “Dateline NBC” he has been offered several jobs
and has a “chance at a new life.” |
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| Online privacy fears are real |
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The Net’s threat to
personal privacy can’t be dismissed as mere paranoia. There are a
lot more people tracking you than you think. “We as consumers don’t
have any knowledge of what really goes on out there,” one privacy
advocate says. By Bob Sullivan. |
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| Five ways to protect yourself |
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Being secure on the
Internet requires a profound modification of computer habits. Here
are five suggestions on how to make the Internet experience a safer
one. |
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| Software to secure your computer |
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Here are three of the
most popular and useful Internet security products on the market
today, along with an easy way to test your computer’s
defenses. |
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| Online privacy: your stories |
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Most people have a fuzzy
idea that they don’t like sharing personal information while they’re
online, but they do it anyway. Eventually, that leads at least to
unsolicited e-mail, and maybe worse. What’s your experience with
online privacy? |
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| Hospital hacked |
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A Seattle-area hospital
has confirmed that a computer hacker broke into its systems and
downloaded thousands of private medical records earlier this
year. |
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| More
on Privacy |
| Archive |
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Experts: Carnivore
review toothless |
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How powerful is
Carnivore? |
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FBI’s Carnivore has
partners |
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Carnivore review: A
‘stacked deck?’ |
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White House Net security
summit |
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Federal sites still
tracking users |
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Growing threat to
privacy worldwide |
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Most federal sites fail
privacy test |
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Weak privacy
policies |
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Carnivore
review |
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Privacy expert finds
issue with Word |
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Justice requests
Carnivore review |
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Privacy group accused of
hypocrisy |
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Carnivore to get new
name |
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Surfers want
protections |
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Verizon Web
glitch |
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Real privacy
concerns |
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GeoCities’ privacy
problem |
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So much for
privacy |
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Exporting
encryption |
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Carnivore review
nears |
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Reno to check on
Carnivore review |
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Cyber-snooping now legal
in Britain |
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Stop
‘Carnivore’! |
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McCain introduces Net
privacy bill |
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New Net snooping
tools |
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Secret workplace
snooping |
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ACLU seeks computer code
on Internet wiretap system |
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Industrial
spying? |
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Privacy
pitch |
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Opening door on Web
privacy |
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