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Article | 21/09/2010 Internet privacy conflicts
The Wall Street Journal just published the sixth article in its excellent series about Internet privacy, or the lack of it.
Article | 23/07/2010 Greens slam 'extraordinary' OzLog secrecy
Greens communications spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam has described as "extraordinary" a decision by the Federal Attorney-General's Department to bl...
Article | 15/07/2010 Surveys: Social-networking users worry about privacy
Privacy remains a concern for a significant portion of people who use social-networking sites, if the findings from two recent surveys are any indicat...
Article | 9/07/2010 Google Wi-Fi gaffe breached Privacy Act: Commissioner
Australian Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis today said her investigation into Google's inadvertent collection of Wi-Fi payload data through its Stree...
Article | 3/07/2010 Facebook targets face-tagging in photos
Facebook, whose members upload more than 100 million photos every day, is testing a feature designed to streamline and increase the tagging of people ...
Article | 15/06/2010 Privacy add-ons merged to create powerful tool for Web browsers
A browser extension for Firefox has been combined with a set of privacy applications that give users more control over how their personal information ...
Article | 16/06/2010 How Will Facebook Make Money?
For many of people, Facebook is the first stop in any Web surfing session. It has developed into a highly engaging combination of online bulletin boa...
Article | 27/05/2010 Microsoft researcher calls for information literacy
While governments and other organizations are stepping up efforts at providing more information for public consumption, they should also provide tools...
Article | 27/05/2010 Facebook earns praise for privacy changes
Facebook's decision to offer end-users simpler options to configure privacy controls on the social-networking site has received an initial thumbs-up f...
Article | 27/05/2010 Internet privacy worries are eroding, Pew finds
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's vision for a less private Internet is slowly coming to fruition, a survey by the Pew Internet & American Li...
Article | 19/05/2010 MySpace's new privacy pitch: Too little, too late
MySpace is using Facebook's privacy fiasco for a little free publicity, announcing a one-click privacy feature that seems more like an attention grab ...
Article | 19/05/2010 Facebook fixing embarrassing privacy bug
Facebook is fixing a Web programming bug that could have allowed hackers to alter profile pages or make restricted information public.
Article | 15/05/2010 Facebook privacy: mea culpa reality check
The villagers have pitchforks and torches in hand and everyone seems to be converging on Facebook--the scourge of all things private and personal. I a...
Article | 14/05/2010 Facebook unveils new security features
Facebook took the wraps off Thursday on two new security features aimed at protecting users from phishers and other online scammers.
Article | 14/05/2010 Mum's the word from all-hands Facebook company meeting on privacy
Right out of the gates, Facebook is staying mum about what went on during its all-hands-on-deck company privacy meeting late on Thursday.

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