Category Archives: Privacy
Security Review: Ford MyKey and similar systems
Ford Motor Company has stated that the 2010 Focus Coupe will be equipped with a technology called MyKey. Designed for parents wishing to ensure teenagers practice safe driving, the technology restricts certain actions such as driving too quickly. As currently … Continue reading
Security Review: Amazon Kindle
With rumors of Amazon revealing their next Kindle on Monday (an honor Engadget, along with other blogs has already done for them), and as a user of the first Kindle, I figured that with its numerous features, communication methods, and … Continue reading
Police Searches of Personal Electronics
Source: Cnet In June 2008 Florida Highway Patrol officer John Wilcox pulled over Ariel Quintana for speeding, who was then discovered to be driving with a suspended license. The officer also suspected Quintana of being in possession of marijuana, but … Continue reading
Current Event: Biometric Identification Cards Distributed in the UK, But No Readers
A recent article from silicon.com details the recent issuance of £4.7 billion worth of ID cards containing biometric and biographical data to people of the UK. Critics of the plan are quickly pointing out that with no readers in place, … Continue reading
Security Review: ShopAds from Adgregate Markets
In early September 2008 during the TechCrunch50 Conference, there we many companies that came forward presenting ideas on how to change the advertising business. One such company, Adgregate Markets, presented an idea they call the ShopAds widget. This widget can … Continue reading
UW CSE Resources
As an undergraduate student in the computer science department, there are a number of computing resources available for use. A number of these resources are through the web browser, and have private, personal information associated with them (for instance, MyCSE). … Continue reading
Security Review: Google Latitude, tracking friends on Google Maps
A recent article on slashdot purports that Google will soon release new software, dubbed ‘Latitude’ enabling users to broadcast their geographic location via Google Maps. This information can be gathered either from mobile phones, via GPS or local cell phone … Continue reading
Current Event: WarCloning Passport RFID Tags
According to Slashdot, researcher Chris Paget was able to capture many identification numbers from the new passports containing RFID tags while driving around San Francisco. Using $250 of equipment (a RFID reader and an antenna) hooked up to his laptop, … Continue reading
Personal Networks of the Future: The MAGNET project
With the improvement of wireless technologies and a decrease in their cost, more and more devices come with network connectivity built in. From Wifi to Bluetooth to 3G, more and more devices are becoming wireless capable. A recent article from … Continue reading
Current events: Sony Ericsson a victim of its own employee
Issues of stealing physical or intellectual property (physically or electronically) in the context of a malicious company insider are closely interrelated, as some common prevention mechanisms can be adopted for both. According to the recent article by Mikael Ricknas, cell … Continue reading