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New paper on Wi-Fi positioning systems

In a new paper Ann Cavoukian and I argue that when reusing an existing architecture for unintended purposes, we must beware of unintended consequences Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2011 1:03 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Linkage, Digital Identity, Laws of Identity, Wifi, Location, Privacy By Design

Broken Laws of Identity lead to system’s destruction

"The hard drives that held the information on the national identity register have been wiped and they're crushed and reduced to bits of metal so everyone can be absolutely sure..." Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 03 2011 9:50 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Digital Identity, Laws of Identity, Privacy By Design

A Privacy Bill of Rights proposed for the US

"The simple concept of notice and choice is not adequate as a basis for privacy protections" Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2010 8:39 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Laws of Identity, Location

Blizzard backtracks on real-names policy

Blizzard relents on plan to betray user privacy but clings to demented Facebook fantasy Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2010 8:25 AM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Digital Rights, Digital Identity, Laws of Identity

How to anger your most loyal supporters

Stupid anti-privacy strategy mobilizes players against World of Warcraft Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2010 6:20 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Linkage, Minimal Disclosure, Digital Identity, Laws of Identity, Business Model

“Microsoft Accuses Apple, Google of Attempted Privacy Murder”

Microsoft Identity Guru Accuses Apple, Google of trying to bury privacy alive Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 9:52 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Digital Identity, Identity, Laws of Identity, Wifi, Mobile

Microsoft identity guru questions Apple, Google on mobile privacy

The current abuse of personal device identifiers by Google and Apple is at least as significant as the problems I discussed long ago with Passport Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 07 2010 1:33 AM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Ethics, Identity, Laws of Identity, Wifi

Harvesting phone and laptop fingerprints for its database

Google says the user’s device sends a request to its location server with a list of all MAC addresses currently visible to it. Does that include yours? Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 06 2010 11:41 AM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Laws of Identity, Wifi

Trip down memory lane

There is a difference between understanding something theoretically and right in the gut. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 06 2010 11:02 AM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Digital Identity, Laws of Identity, Wifi

What does a MAC address tell you?

Mapping the attendees at a conference to home addresses even when they’ve never consented to any such tracking is not going to be hard if you’ve gone to the trouble of scanning every street in every city in the country. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2010 8:19 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Digital Rights, Laws of Identity

Title 18 - Part II - Chapter 206 - § 3121

§ 3121. General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace device use; exception Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2010 2:11 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Linkage, Digital Rights, Identity, Laws of Identity, Wifi

Why location services have to be done right…

49% of testers said privacy and security concerns were the top reason they don’t use check-in services more often Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 06 2010 5:16 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Identity, Laws of Identity

Rethink things in light of Google’s Gstumbler report

The report indicates Google has been purposely collecting a lot of information its defenders couldn't have imagined. Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 06 2010 1:55 AM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Minimal Disclosure, Digital Identity, Laws of Identity

Gstumbler tells all

Google's new report on its activities states, "All available MAC addresses are... written to disk for frames transmitted over both encrypted and unencrypted wireless networks." Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2010 10:09 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Minimal Disclosure, Identity, Laws of Identity, Wifi

It is all Metcalfe’s fault

But the problem of network addresses is "really hairy when dealing with a high mobility environment" Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2010 1:03 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Minimal Disclosure, Laws of Identity

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