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Stephen Colbert strikes back…at Google CEO Eric Schmidt‘s notion that everyone may need to be entitled to change their name to avoid their embarrassing online gaffes [TechCrunch]
Bad news for our west coast friends – Despite infamous Judge Kozinski’s protest, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agrees with the 7th Circuit – police can track your movements using GPS without a warrant. Of course, this probably only applies until the Supreme Court inevitably rules on the issue, since a seperate decision in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals went the other way, creating a circuit split. Nevertheless… [Time via Yahoo! Tech]
Sometimes, recapping things visually is the best way to go. Today, Mashable does just that with Facebook’s six year history of Privacy “problems” [Mashable]
Notable Technologist (or something like that) Tim O’Reilly has voiced his concern that Congressional involvement in consumer privacy may stifle future innovation. While I see his point (and do agree that it’s become kind of a “witchhunt”), I don’t think at the very least a set of industry guidelines would really hurt… [The Hill]
And finally, you often hear it asked, but seldom can get a definitive answer – what is “privacy harm?” Privacy violation is one thing, but when does a violation (or even where there has been no privacy violation) actually harm a user’s privacy… [WSJ]
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