(via Google Blogoscoped)Google and the Mission to Map Meaning and Make Money is the title of a new book on Google by Bart Milner. This book is a brief history of Cyberspace and Google's fundamental contribution - a new search…
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(via Google Blogoscoped)In reaction to increasing reports of malicious Google hacks, a new tool called "Google Hack Honeypot" has been released to "provide reconaissance against attackers that use search engines as a hacking tool against your resources."The Google Hack Honeypot…
MSNBC reports that criminals posing as legitimate businesses have accessed critical personal data stored by ChoicePoint. ChoicePoint collects information from public records (they have contracts with at least 35 federal agencies to share data with them) and then combines it…
(via Search Engine Lowdown)This Reuters story looks at the growing problem of sensitive data being readily available via a simple Google search:Hackers have found a handy tool to take control of bank accounts, tap into corporate computer networks and dig…
GW Law professor Orin Kerr has posted a draft of his new (and important) paper "Search Warrants in an Era of Digital Evidence." Here is the abstract:This Article contends that the legal rules regulating the search warrant process must be…
(via PrivacySpot)The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would create a de facto national ID card. The bill mandates that federal employees (think airport security) only accept ID cards (think driver's licenses) that meet certain criteria. The cards must…
Susan Crawford comments on a recent talk by Benjamin Reeve about the impoverished nature of our understanding of information:The thesis...is that Shannon's understanding of information is not helpful -- that information is really differences that "make a difference" by causing…
(via Google Blogoscoped)Google's recent meeting with market analysts introduced the possibility that Google might create a "Premium" service which could require the creation of user accounts to access some of its tools:Google is likely to require its users to begin…
I have been accepted to present at the 14th Biennial International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology hosted by Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management of Delft University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands. The conference theme is…
Received this CFP today from Eszter Hargittai: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Special Issue on The Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Dimensionsof Search Engines Guest Editor:Eszter HargittaiNorthwestern UniversitySearch engines are some of the most commonly accessed Web sites online. Millions of…
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