Politicos Dig Deep for Your Data
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This election year, activist groups are targeting undecided voters through consumer databases. But veteran campaigners say no magic formula can predict how people will vote based on where they live and what they buy. By John Gartner.
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As Congress looks into "pretexting," CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh asks if politicos are really in favor of our privacy.
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Oct. 27, 2004 - Political junkies of all stripes have gotten much of their news and political commentary during this year&#39;s campaign from online sources, and a new survey finds the Internet is contributing to a wider awareness of political views.
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Science & environment: Political differences might be explained by a fundamental variation in how our brains are 'wired' to process information, study says.
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Political dirty tricksters in the United States are finding the Internet is fertile ground for launching attacks against opponents.  A growing number of political operatives are manipulating e-mail, videos and search engines to deceive voters, Politico.com reported.
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Young operatives focus on Web 2.0 tactics and Long Tail concepts to retool the Republican Party's political machine.
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More than 40% of wired Americans have used the net for information about the US election, a study finds.
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Check out a new free market data service.
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A top House Democrat who is investigating allegations of voting irregularities on Election Day wants the media to show him the confidential, "raw" data from the exit polls of voters they did this year.
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Are some of our senators taking advantage of their inside scoop?
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The FBI's Internet wiretaps after retiring "Carnivore" appear to involve compiling massive databases of information on thousands of users at a time.
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Applying some of the same brain-scan technology used to understand Alzheimer's and autism, scientists are trying to learn what makes a Republican's mind different from a Democrat's.
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The search engine is good for more than just scouring the Web. It's also a powerful tool for the shadier side of online data collection.
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Also: Paul Allen project maps the brain. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Okay, wonks: Think you know how the political game works?
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Worried that Google and other search sites know too much about you --- and that the feds can subpoena that data? Fear not -- we've got seven steps you can follow to keep your search history to yourself.
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Hobbyists uncover some of the deepest of the governmentâs secrets and share them on the Internet.