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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

Android OEMs will need to use Google Location Service

Could the slogan of "openness and choice" use a bit of tuning? Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2010 11:19 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Wifi, Location

Non-Personal Information - like where you live?

The notion that location information tied to random identifiers is not personally identifiable information is total hogwash. Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2010 4:56 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Minimal Disclosure, Digital Rights, Ethics, Identity, Wifi, Location

Trusting Mobile Technology

Influential European ICT expert Jacques Bus on my posts about MAC addresses and their use by Google and Apple Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 07 2010 9:19 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Linkage, Digital Rights, Identity, Wifi, Mobile, in I

“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

Update to iTunes comes with privacy fibs

As the personal phone evolves it will become increasingly obvious that groups within our best tech companies have built businesses based on consciously crafted privacy fibs. Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 07 2010 3:31 AM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Digital Rights, Ethics, Identity, Wifi

What Could Google Do With the Data It’s Collected?

Google should change its FAQs about WiFi data collection to line up with what its PR people are telling journalists. Read More...

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

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Minimal Disclosure, Blog, Ethics, Wifi

The Consumerist: Apple is Watching

"Privacy Change: Apple Knows Where Your Phone Is And Is Telling People" Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 06 2010 6:21 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, 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

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

Latitude privacy policy doesn’t fess up to what Google stores

Simply untrue: "If you hide in Latitude, we don't store your location." Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 06 2010 10:42 AM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Ethics, Wifi, Spoofing

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

“We could all be wrong about the way 802.11 works…”

Even many experts don't understand that with network encryption enabled, the sender's and recipient's MAC address are in the clear. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2010 12:02 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Minimal Disclosure, Wifi

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