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May 23, 2007

Protecting your privacy by giving it away

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-06/ps_transparency

Professor falsely accused of being a terrorist decides the best way to protect himself in the future is to document his entire life online, so there's no confusion about what he's doing.

March 29, 2007

Biggest customer information theft ever

45 Million Card Numbers Stolen From Retailer

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-TJX-Security-Breach.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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Nothing that hasn't happened before, but the scale of this is enormous - theoretically this could affect 1 in every 8 people in the United States. How can we protect ourselves from this type of breach? Should we rely on businesses and/or the government, or do we have to do it ourselves?