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Spy Schools?

In Pennsylvania a high school student’s parents are suing the school district for spying on their family at home through the built-in Web cam on the school-provided laptop. The laptops which are given to all students have software installed that allows the school administration to remotely turn on the built in camera to watch the [...]

Posted 21 February 2010 † Ken Baldauf § Education ‡ Comments (0) °

The Buzz on Google Buzz

This past week Google unveiled its own social network: Google Buzz. This isn’t Google’s first attempt at being social, Google Orkut, Open Social, and Latitude, are previously released applications designed to support online social engagement, but none have garnered much attention. Google Buzz, on the other hand, has made quite a splash in its first [...]

Posted 14 February 2010 † Ken Baldauf § Internet § Mobile Tech § New Tech § Social Issues § Tech Reviews ‡ Comments (0) °

Tracking Web Fingerprints

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has discovered a new way for Web hosts to track user’s movements around the Internet without using cookies or IP addresses. Each web page request that arrives at a server contains detailed information about the user’s computer such as browser type and version, and the plugins that are installed. That information [...]

Posted 31 January 2010 † Ken Baldauf § Internet § Social Issues § eCommerce ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: