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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Old Man Sarkozy
Sarkozy, France’s new President, was hailed, upon arriving into Le Palais de L’Elysee (the French White House), as the first French President born after World War II, the one who would bring a sense of youth and innovation back into … Continue reading
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10 Years
I read Richard Stallman’s The Right to Read in 1997, when I was an undergrad at MIT. If you haven’t read it, go read it, now. It’s classic Stallman: clear, crisp, and chilling. At the time, I thought “okay, I’m … Continue reading
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Privacy Quote of the Day
Facebook just launched a targeted advertising platform. Suddenly, all that data you entered about yourself will be used to target advertising to you. Were you expecting it? This is worse than Gmail, because when gmail launched, they told you upfront … Continue reading
Web Cookies Explained
The StopBadware Project and the Berkman Center (disclaimer: I’m affiliated with both) just announced the winner of the “Cookie Crumbles” video contest to help explain web cookies to the world: Clayton Miller. Here’s his video: It is 99% correct, and … Continue reading
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BeamAuth at Computer and Communications Security 2007
I presented BeamAuth at CCS 2007 near Washington, DC, last week. I’ve posted the slides, and I’m trying out Slideshare so you can quickly check it out. Feedback is always welcome!
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Open(Social) Will Win ; and now Privacy?
If you’re hooked into the social networking world, you know about Facebook and the Facebook platform, which lets developers create all sorts of applications that make use of your Facebook social network in interesting ways. Flixster, for example, lets you … Continue reading
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