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  • August 2008

    • Explorer 8's Privacy Feature Boon to Users

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 27, 08 4:05 PM CDT

      Explorer 8's Privacy Feature Boon to Users

      (Newser) - The privacy features available with the next version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will appeal to users “paranoid or perverted,” Peter Bright writes on Ars Technica, but will “go some way to curtailing the power of large Internet companies to monitor how people are using the web.” Explorer 8’s InPrivate Browsing automatically deletes session history and cookies when the window is closed. More »

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      Microsoft  • online privacy  • Internet Explorer  • privacy settings  • cookies  • Internet privacy

  • July 2008

    • Pirate Bay Treasure: Total Web Encryption for Privacy

      NewTeeVee  |  Jul 10, 08 2:46 AM CDT

      Pirate Bay Treasure: Total Web Encryption for Privacy

      (Newser) - The founders of hugely popular torrent site Pirate Bay have announced ambitious plans to develop technology to encrypt all web traffic to ensure users absolute privacy, reports NewTeeVee. "Transparent end-to-end encryption for the internet"—or IPETEE—would protect all information sent from or received by a PC, including instant messaging to video or music downloads, from prying eyes. More »

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      Internet  • file sharing  • encryption  • BitTorrent  • data  • The Pirate Bay  • Internet privacy

    • FTC Rejects Call for Internet Privacy Law

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 9, 08 5:23 PM CDT

      FTC Rejects Call for Internet Privacy Law

      (Newser) - An federal official testifying at a Senate hearing today shot down calls for a federal law to regulate websites that track users' data for advertising purposes. The FTC doesn't think it's necessary to place a rule on the books—one that could quickly become obsolete—and instead encouraged "meaningful, enforceable self regulation," reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • online advertising  • Federal Trade Commission  • World Wide Web  • Internet privacy

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