Privacy

http://www.wikileaks-forum.com/index.php/topic,19310.0.html original PRISM docs from wikileaks

http://www.wikileaks-forum.com/index.php/topic,19310.0.html original PRISM docs from wikileaks

http://ashkansoltani.org/docs/respawn_redux.html

http://ashkansoltani.org/docs/respawn_redux.html An article that describes a method to create a permanent cookie based on If-Modified and Etag HTTP headers. Currently this is used in “the wild” by several banner and add networks. The method is possible because of the simplified implementation of If-Modified implementation in all modern browsers (browsers do not validate values of if-Modified as DATE)

http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Apr-19.html “This announcement means that Dropbox never had any mechanism to prevent employees from accessing your files, and it means that Dropbox never had the crypto smarts to ensure the privacy of your files and never had the smarts to only decrypt the files for you. It turns out, they keep their keys on their servers, and anyone with clearance at Dropbox or anyone that manages to hack into their servers would be able to get access to your files. " – ehh, a way to go dropbox :-( / noted at https://lwn.net/Articles/438401/ ...

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/08/a_taxonomy_of_s_1.html social network user data categorization by Bruce Schneier (useful)

http://panopticlick.eff.org/index.php?action=log&js=yes a project from Electronic Frontier Foundation. Tests your web browser’s signature by checking user-agent string, browser plug-ins, HTT_ACCEPT, etc

http://volokh.com/2010/03/15/eleventh-circuit-decision-largely-eliminates-fourth-amendment-protection-in-e-mail/ excellent article that covers recent 11th-circut decision about privacy protection of email communications and possible implications.