The Pudding: Eavesdropping to sell you stuff
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The start-up, launching at DemoFall 07, will analyze phone conversations in order to provide contextual ads.
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All that stands between you and seeing your cellphone turned into a conduit for endless sales-pitch intrusions is your mobile provider, who, for now at least, is skittish about violating any privacy laws. That could change, however.
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Insecure and antisocial networking A popular Facebook application that promises users privacy in exchange for opinions on their friends is acting as a stooly by offering the information for others to buy.â¦
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Your cell phone is a potential gold mine for marketers: It can reveal where you are, whom you call and even what music you like.
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When you misrepresent yourself to establish a connection and achieve your real end, you are "pretexting."
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How would you feel about your ISP selling ads on your site and scarfing up your visitors' data without your permission? Network World's Scott Bradner suggests we nip the NebuAd concept in the bud, fast.
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Researchers learn that social network users are willing to sell their personal data for site features.
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From disguising applets to look like part of Windows to co-opting security tools, Web crooks use a variety of methods to bypass your system's safeguards.
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Start-up service Pudding offers free international calls in exchange for targeted advertisements.
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Spammers exploit your Achillesâ heel (or other body part).
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This story can make you money -- if it's true.
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A company finds a sneaky new way to silence security researchers: Claim that defeating its products infringes on patents. Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
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The apparel retailer is using secrecy, but is there anything worth hiding?
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Investors beware: If a wily female, apparently believing she&#39;s calling someone else, leaves a message with you advising of a hot stock tip, walk away. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, it&#39;s a scam.
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It's a hacker's nightmare but a dream for bankers and spies: A computer network so secure that even the simplest attempts to eavesdrop will interrupt the flow of data and alert administrators to the snooping.
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Better health care and fraud protection may sound good, but are they worth the potential privacy trade-offs?
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roundupThere's no question retailers love RFID. But will problems of privacy and unreliability prove to be too great?