http://goldsteinreport.com/ General RSS feed for Goldstein Report en-au Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:10:09 -0400 Copyright: Goldstein Report 2005-2006 http://goldsteinreport.com/page?id=rss 120 http://goldsteinreport.com/images/site/rsslogo2.jpg http://goldsteinreport.com/ http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11959 The protection of cyberspace, the information medium, has become a vital national interest because of its importance both to the economy and to military power. An attacker may tamper with networks to steal information for the money or to disrupt operations. Future wars are likely to be carried out, in part or perhaps entirely, in cyberspace. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11959 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:08:58 -0400 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11958 Mobile phone users are being encouraged to find out if operators are doing enough to keep their calls secret. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11958 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:05:52 -0400 Mobile & Wireless http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11957 Around 80 wallpaper apps designed for use on Google Android devices have been collecting personal information and transmitting it back to third parties, an investigation has found http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11957 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:03:51 -0400 Mobile & Wireless http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11956 Over the past year, Facebook and privacy are two topics that have become practically joined at the hip. The site has changed its privacy settings again and again and last winter CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared the death of privacy. One of the leading arguments behind all of this has been that we live in a new era, beyond the "age of privacy", and the new social norm for the next generation is to share, freely and without regard for such antiquated concerns as privacy. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11956 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:01:38 -0400 Legal, Privacy & Security http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11955 A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers. First in a series. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11955 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:42 -0400 Legal, Privacy & Security http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11954 Hong Kong's outgoing privacy commissioner Friday urged the government to consider legislation to better regulate the actions of service monopolies such as Octopus Holdings Ltd., after the cashless-payment operator provoked public discontent when it admitted to selling personal data of nearly 2 million customers to business partners even though it earlier denied doing so. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11954 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:01 -0400 Legal, Privacy & Security http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11953 Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., plans to introduce legislation to protect online privacy, saying the country needs new standards for "protection that ensure people's identity is treated with the respect it deserves." http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11953 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Legal, Privacy & Security http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11952 The United States should decide on rules for attacking other nations' networks in advance of an actual cyberwar, which could include an international agreement not to disable banks and electrical grids, the former head of the CIA and National Security Agency said Thursday. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11952 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:20:38 -0400 Legal, Privacy & Security http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11951 The four-year losing streak suffered by Britain's online gambling industry could be about to end. The multibillion-pound industry virtually collapsed after its biggest market - the US - was closed down overnight when Congress introduced a surprise clause to legislation in September 2006, in effect making internet betting illegal. Not only was that a blow for investors - it was a hugely expensive one. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11951 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:18:57 -0400 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11950 A movement is slowly building in Washington to banish one of the biggest perks of shopping online: not paying sales tax. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=11950 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:17:57 -0400 Government & Policy