NJ police chief offers spy seminars for parents of Facebook-friendly kids
The police department in Mahwah, N.J., promotes spying on kids' Facebook pages by hacking into their accounts. Seminars given by detectives show parents how to install software and conduct surveillance activities.
Technology vs. experience: the changing workforce
Your employees just entering the workforce have grown up with technology and are not familiar with a physical workplace, let alone a world where their favorite technologies or services do not exist.
GSA employee's error exposes entire staff to potential identity theft
A GSA employee's error has exposed the Social Security numbers of everyone in the agency.
DARPA sets privacy rules for its programs
New privacy principles provide ethics framework for future DARPA research.
Sexting case draws reader fire
Should your workplace communications be private? Our readers sound off.
Sexting case outcome changes the rules on workplace privacy
Supreme Court rules that government employers can look at private messages on employer-owned equipment, as long as they have a legitimate reason to do so.
Facebook changes privacy controls -- again
Facebook has announced new, simplified privacy controls that CEO Mark Zuckerberg says are in response to user reaction to the last round of privacy changes.
Password management's secret ingredient
There are limits to memory and scalability with every technique for generating and managing passwords. Eventually convenience and security clash and risk has to be managed, sometimes with technology.
Managing strong passwords: You got a better idea?
The best tip for creating -- and remembering without writing down -- strong passwords wins a prize.
Personal data of reservists, veterans at risk in recent thefts
In separate incidents, thieves stole laptop computers containing personal information on reservists and veterans.
Satisfaction with Gov Web sites remains strong
The Obama administration's Open Government Initiative spurs increase in satisfaction, ForeSee Report says.
Senators look to Amsterdam for airport technology
Computer-based auto-detection technology deployed at Amsterdam’s airport to screen passengers for explosives could be useful in the United States, according to some senators.
Guidelines take stab at guarding personal information
New NIST guidelines describe what constitutes personally identifiable information and how it should be protected.
With fusion centers, privacy is a serious — and touchy — subject
Agencies involved in fusion centers say they take privacy seriously. But they're reluctant to say much else about the subject.
Where does government draw the line on sexting at work?
Supreme Court gears up to decide whether review of police officer's racy text messages was an invasion of privacy.
FCC chairman proposes rules to codify principles of 'Net neutrality'
In a speech Monday at the Brooking Institution, Julius Genachowski said he wants to adopt formal rules to ensure that Internet carriers do not unduly interfere with traffic on their networks.
Who is sending mysterious laptops to governors?
The FBI is investigating unsolicited laptop computers sent to several governors’ offices.
Quest Policy Authority helps agencies enforce IM policies
Quest software help agencies enforce rules that govern IM and other Web 2.0 tools.
Obama unveils new cybersecurity strategy
President Obama today said his administration would take “a new comprehensive approach” to cybersecurity and establish a new office in the White House to coordinate government efforts.
Taxpayers embrace e-filing, but much remains unknown about how the new technology affects IRS
The adoption of electronic tax filing is outpacing IRS programs to oversee and take full advantage of this new software industry, according to GAO.
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