privacy

Electronic Patient Records

Many fret that electronic healthcare records, maintained by private parties like Google or Microsoft, will compromise patient privacy. But I have an idea.

Robot surveillance

As robots become common in public, existing privacy laws will restrict the ability of the machines to make a

Obama's Electronic Health Record initiative - ID theft nightmare waiting to happen?

Came across this article on Network World by Cisco Security Expert Jamey Heary. It raises some questions we should all be thinking about as and when this initiative moves forward.

Maintaining privacy while enjoying social networking sites

Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are a lot of fun, and all the rage. It’s fun to network on our own time from the privacy and comfort of our own home.

Online Armor

Category: 
ID and Data Theft
Description: 
Voted Firewall of the Year 2008 by Scot Finnie, Online Armor FREE is a powerful Windows firewall that offers 100% leak protection out of the box. It's easy to use, powerful - and completely free. Online Armor is straightforward and simple to use. It includes powerful "HIPS" functions, which give you the ability to stop all unrecognised programs from running on your computer unless you say so, making it possible to protect yourself against these new attacks. Of course, programs Online Armor knows are safe will be allowed to run, no problem.
System Requirements: 
Online Armor currently runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista. Note that the product does not currently support Windows XP 64, Windows Vista 64, or Windows 98/Me. Online Armor requires 512 MB RAM, 20 MB hard disk space and Internet access.
File Size: 
10MB
FREE: 
Free

CCleaner

Category: 
ID and Data Theft
Description: 
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner.
System Requirements: 
Runs under Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98
File Size: 
3MB
FREE: 
Free

Don't try to control what you don't understand

This posting from Chad Perrin over at TechRepublic's blogs is a beautiful example of why government should stay out of digital security issues - particularly if it hasn't done its homework.

Myspace as a tool to assess health issues (and possibly intervene) in youth

Came across an interesting article today on Medscape related to accessing youth on myspace for health-related interventions.

How Safe Are Online Backup Servers?

Ever wonder how safe are those online backup services? Services such as Mozy, XDrive, ADrive, and more, with many of these free online backups going around, which are the safest and best to use? If you're going to hold sensitive data (considered it's not yours and a clients), servers must be protected and must have a backup almost every day. This is a concern that must be heard to major or small online backup providers because now that hackers and getting sneakier than ever and possibly a step ahead of us, this shows no good for us and our private data.