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...
Could the slogan of "openness and choice" use a bit of tuning? Read More...
The notion that location information tied to random identifiers is not personally identifiable information is total hogwash. Read More...
Influential European ICT expert Jacques Bus on my posts about MAC addresses and their use by Google and Apple Read More...
Microsoft Identity Guru Accuses Apple, Google of trying to bury privacy alive Read More...
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...
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...
Google should change its FAQs about WiFi data collection to line up with what its PR people are telling journalists. Read More...
"Privacy Change: Apple Knows Where Your Phone Is And Is Telling People" Read More...
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...
There is a difference between understanding something theoretically and right in the gut. Read More...
§ 3121. General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace device use; exception Read More...
Simply untrue: "If you hide in Latitude, we don't store your location." Read More...
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...
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...