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[Security Generation] Mobile Web Identity Leakage in HTTP Headers | Security Generation: If a website is so inclined, they can log the headers associated with HTTP requests and then use this information to further track and/or advertise to you. If I were so inclined, I could wait for a mobile browser to leak the visitor’s telephone number and give them a call!

[Micro trend software] echoecho mobile ltd.: Location Privacy Concerns Drive Growth in ...: third parties, the Company also solves this problem for application developers, web developers and

[Kelly Web Sales] Just How Concerned with Privacy Are Facebook Users? | Kelly Web Sales: The firm studied the public’s reaction to Facebook’s open graph-related announcements that set off the majority of the Facebook privacy controversy back in April. The report specifically compares the general public’s (or at least the portion that uses Twitter) thoughts about Facebook privacy with the media sensationalism around the story.

[Boy Genius Report] Facebook adds privacy controls to mobile web site « Boy Genius Report: Yesterday, Facebook announced the addition of an advanced privacy settings customization page that will be available on your mobile handset. In a blog post, Facebook wrote:

[I Luv My Family] Cyber Privacy- Critical & complex | I Luv My Family: These are kind of boys or girl who will make friends on social networking sites then invite their bf/gf to web-cam chat and will ask them strip so that they can record it and distribute in file sharing mediums. Also recording devices are now portable and mobile so you never know where and who might be recording your private moments.And that makes privacy a much more critical issue than ever.My point here is if a person is living a certain kind of life, .

[ZDNet Asia Latest Tech News] China, India leads global surge in mobile Web usage - Internet - News: Doubts about inadequate privacy and poor security remain uppermost in the minds of consumers, Gary Matuszak, global chair of KPMG's information, communications and entertainment division, noted in the report, adding that these concerns could hold back further development of the online platform as a commercial tool.

[Royal Jelly Blog] Advertising | Royal Jelly Blog: they not only tend to work to the advantage of those with the most money, but they also by their very nature emphasize profit over all else”¦.Hence, today the debate is over whether advertising or food labelling, or campaign contributions are speech…if the rights to be protected by the First Amendment can only be effectively employed by a fraction of the citizenry, and their exercise of these rights gives them undue political power and undermines the ability of the balance of the citizenry to exercise the same rights and/or constitutional rights, then it is not necessarily legitimately protected by the First Amendment.” In addition, “those with the capacity to engage in free press are in a position to determine who can speak to the great mass of citizens and who cannot”.[33] Critics in turn argue, that advertising invades privacy which is a constitutional right.

[Committee to Protect Journalists] What should journalists know about BlackBerry fights? - Blog ...: Locating RIMservers in these countries (as many of them have demanded) would give the localauthorities the ability to straightforwardly intercept all but SSL/TLS (https)Web traffic, and would allow local law enforcement to obtain access to stored e-mail.With a better understanding of RIM's infrastructure (obtained either from RIMitself or through independent research), these nations and others could decodeBlackBerry traffic passing over their mobile networks even without local RIMservers.

[The eMarketer Blog] Mobile Meets Retail @ Shopkick's Location-based App - The ...: I think anything, including this app, that can lure shoppers into stores and drive purchases could be helpful to retailers provided that they tie in with smart, relevant offers. The app can be considered a form of multichannel retailing and could, if enough retail chains sign on and enough consumers download the app, become a decent form of in-store communication.

[TRUSTe Blog] TRUSTe Blog » Design considerations for your mobile application ...: The privacy policy and TOS are frequently overlooked by users because of their length or subject matter.  However, the information contained in these documents can reassure users who may have questions or concerns so they feel more confident interacting with your app or mobile web site.  The same best practice principle of progressively displaying features within the application or web can also be applied to these documents.  By reducing the time a user has to spend reading and understanding the information in these documents, they are able to quickly get back to interacting with your app or continue the process of submitting their information and moving on to the next step.  Note: not following these principles could mean that the user fails to complete the registration process out of fear, confusion or frustration.

[ReadWriteWeb] The Web is Undead: At the same time, platform-agnostic tools like blogs dwindle. So, let's bid a fond adieu to the woolly frontier of the wide-open Web and get ready for a charming, cultivated garden, I mean, an autocratic Prussian labor camp.

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