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As I am now on the prowl for a new job since I am being laid off from my current one, I'm thinking about all the things that could go wrong. My credit might not be good enough, and is that speeding ticket I got a couple years ago going to be a problem? And what about my online presence
GadgetTrak is a piece of software that you install on your mobile phone or laptop. The software will periodically check in and let you know the physical location of the device. If a camera is present, for example on a laptop, it can even take a photo of the thief and email it back to the owner. The software cannot
The UK's Information Commissioner today confirmed that Google breached UK's Data Protection Act when the Street View cars captured personal data while collecting wi-fi network information. As a result of this, Google will be required to sign an undertaking to take steps to ensure that breaches of the Act don't re-occur. Google will then be audited in nine month's time to
The Lower Merion School (Pennsylvania) has agreed to a settlement with two students involved in the laptop spying case that made national news in February of this year. It seems that the school district, which began distributing laptops to high school students in 2008, had installed remote webcam activation software on the laptops for use when a laptop went missing.
Google has setup the Family Safety Centre to help parents and teachers keep their children safe online. After spending a little time in the resource, it seems to be a good introduction to online safety for children from a parent's point of view. If you need to know more, you can then take it further through some of the links. The Centre has four main sections:
Facebook rolled out Places late on Aug 18, it allows you to check in where you are through Facebook. In its default mode it also allows your friends to check you in. Lifehacker has a good article on how to adjust your privacy settings for Places to a level you are comfortable with.
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has issued a press release on Google's collection of WiFi data that was obtained by the StreetView cars as they drove round. In what appears to be a holding statement, the ICO says that it has reviewed samples of collected data at Google premises and confirms that the samples do not include any "meaningful personal details". Additionally, the