Prosecutors claim a man on trial in connection with the killing of his wife did a Google search for the words: "neck snap break" and "hold" before she was killed. Apparently the case doesn't hinge only on the defendant's search…
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AdAge: Search Engine Ad Technologies Raise Privacy Concerns
Advertising Age is reporting[registration req'd] on a recent industry panel disucssion on the privacy concerns with personalized search and targeted advertising. As Yahoo and Microsoft roll out more sophisticated search-advertising services relying on heavier use of personal data, they are…
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MIT Tracks Students’ Movements Via Network Connections
MIT seems to like to experiment with ways of tracking its students. LawMeme reports that MIT has granted students access to information about its network traffic perviously available only to network administrator's. Students can now log in and view the…
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Concerns Over the Corporate Nature of Google
Peter Rock-Lacroix questions whether we should place faith in Google to "do no evil" when it comes to protecting copyrights (an argument I think can also be extended to their role in the protection of the privacy of its users):Google's…
Panel: Don’t Be Evil: Political, Culture and Ethical Aspects of Google
NYU's Department of Culture & Communication (my department) is holding its annual Graduate Student Conference on November 11, 2005, where I will be on a panel on Google: Don't Be Evil: Political, Culture and Ethical Aspects of Google Google has…
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Symposium on “Regulating Search?”
The Yale Information Society Project is hosting a symposium on "Regulating Search: A Symposium on Search Engines, Law, and Public Policy": Search is big business, and search functionality increasingly shapes the information society. Yet how the law treats search is…
Maryland Will Begin Photographing Vehicles That Don’t Use EZ Pass Toll System
Maryland will reportedly spend $183 million to make changes to the EZ Pass electronic toll collection system. Under the system, toll booths would be replaced by overpasses under which motorists could drive without slowing down. Sensors would deduct tolls from…
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Google Files for Behavioral Targeting Patents
Search Engine Journal reports that Google recently filed two patents dealing with ad targeting based on user search history behavior and personalization in what seems an attempt to leverage their Gmail/personal search/toolbar data, reminding us that all those free tools…
A Luddite at Wired
Wired has launched a new column called "The Luddite", written by Tony Long. To get a sense of his (needed) perspective, here's an excerpt from his first column, "Dark Underbelly of Technology":[...] the reason for this column: to lend a…
Google Earth as Terrorist Tool?
Indian president Abdul Kalam has expressed concern over the potential use of satellite image and mapping software - such as Google Earth - by terrorists:At a meeting Saturday of top police officials in Hyderabad, Kalam said he worried that "developing…
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