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That is our privacy policy in a nutshell. The rest of this page tries to explain why you should care. Last updated on 04/11/12. Removed ", which gets sent to my personal email. " in last paragraph as our feedback is now handled by multiple team members via desk.com. Before that, on 03/11/12. Why You Should Care Search Leakage [top] At other search engines, when you do a search and then click on a link, your search terms are sent to that site you clicked on (in the HTTP referrer header). For example, when you search for something private, you are sharing that private search not only with your search engine, but also with all the sites that you clicked on (for that search).
In addition, when you visit any site, your computer automatically sends information about it to that site (including your User agent and IP address). DuckDuckGo prevents search leakage by default. 'Scrambler software' will protect phone calls from prying ears. New encryption software is intended to give privacy to phone and email users. Silent Circle encryption software will be available for phones and computersSecure calls for military personnel serving overseas was one driver for the productIt's the work of Phil Zimmermann, who came up with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) (CNN) -- If you've been dreaming of your own scrambler phone since watching Bond movies as a kid, your time has come.
As more business is done by email and more sensitive personal data is passed by phone, the demand for secure communication is growing. Employers can't always stop staff using their own insecure laptops for work and many of us are asked to provide a credit card number over the phone on a weekly basis. Governments want to know who we're talking to and marketing firms make it their business to know. Enter stage left a veteran of internet privacy. We have a fashion designer who sends her designs to China. "With 25 years in the Navy, I know all about that," he said. Can Skype 'wiretap' video calls? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates at a press conference in 2011.
Skype has made technical changes to the way calls are placedThe calls now are routed by Microsoft- or Skype-owned computersPreviously, other computers on the network served in this directory functionThe change makes some people worry the company could "wiretap" video calls (CNN) -- The video calling service Skype recently made a change to how it routes calls. Yawn, right? But here's where it get a little juicier: Hackers and bloggers are saying the changes, which push some of the video calling process onto Skype's own computers instead of onto random machines on the Internet, could help the app spy on users' calls, presumably at the request of a court or government. "In this way, the actual voice data would pass through the monitored servers and the call is no longer secure. Other news outlets, including Forbes and Slate, picked up on the discussion.
The problem? Others are unsure what it means. Our Web Videos Reveal More Than We Realize, and Perhaps More Than We Want. As we upload more and more videos to the Internet—one hour of new video every second to YouTube alone—experts are finding new ways to mine them.
A team led by Igor Curcio of Nokia's Research Center, for example, has developed an algorithm that stitches concertgoers' cellphone footage into a single, synchronized multi-angle film. The concept is relatively simple: the audio track serves as a guide to sync up the footage, and the software chooses the best shots. Curcio has no real business model yet—photography is prohibited at most concerts—but giving people the ability to identify and coherently connect common elements in multiple videos is nonetheless a step toward something significant.
For instance, the drones that patrol the U.S. -Mexican border and the security cameras in cities already record more footage than human observers can possibly examine. That new capability will drive the demand for even more raw data.