Category Archives: Privacy

Security Review: Ford MyKey and similar systems

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Tim Crossley

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 →

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Security Review: Amazon Kindle

Posted on February 6, 2009 by cxlt

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 →

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Police Searches of Personal Electronics

Posted on February 6, 2009 by asekine

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 →

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Current Event: Biometric Identification Cards Distributed in the UK, But No Readers

Posted on February 6, 2009 by seraphim

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 →

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Security Review: ShopAds from Adgregate Markets

Posted on February 5, 2009 by rctucker

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 →

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UW CSE Resources

Posted on February 5, 2009 by ezwelty

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 →

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Security Review: Google Latitude, tracking friends on Google Maps

Posted on February 4, 2009 by jimmy

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 →

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Current Event: WarCloning Passport RFID Tags

Posted on February 2, 2009 by rctucker

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 →

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Personal Networks of the Future: The MAGNET project

Posted on January 30, 2009 by asekine

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 →

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Current events: Sony Ericsson a victim of its own employee

Posted on January 16, 2009 by sal

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 →

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