Monthly Archives: May 2010

Privacy Advocacy Theater

Posted on May 27, 2010 by ben

Ed Felten recently used the very nice term Privacy Theater in describing the insanity of 6,000-word privacy agreements that we pretend to understand. The term, inspired by Bruce Schneier’s “security theater” description of US airport security, may have been introduced … Continue reading →

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if you’re outraged by accidental breaches, you’d better sit down

Posted on May 14, 2010 by ben

A few days ago, a security bug was discovered on Facebook, whereby users could see the chat transcripts of their friends talking to other friends. Then, another security hole was discovered where a problem at Yelp revealed email addresses of … Continue reading →

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