Tracking Preference Expression (DNT) Abstract This specification defines the DNT request header field as an HTTP mechanism for expressing the user's preference regarding tracking, an HTML DOM property to make that expression readable by scripts, and APIs that allow scripts to register site-specific exceptions granted by the user. It also defines mechanisms for sites to communicate whether and how they honor a received preference through use of the Tk response header field and well-known resources that provide a machine-readable tracking status. Status of This Document This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. This document was published by the Tracking Protection Working Group as a Last Call Working Draft on 24 April 2014. The Tracking Protection Working Group invites broad community review, especially of technical requirements and dependencies. Publication as a Last Call Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. Table of Contents 1. 2. Tracking context user party 3.
Do Not Track - Universal Web Tracking Opt Out Use Email Alias and Forwarding in Gmail To Better Manage Your Life By this point, most people know about the nifty tricks you can use in your Gmail address called aliases, that allow you to give people different email addresses that all arrive at the same inbox. Aibek first covered this cool Gmail feature back in 2007, describing how you can place both periods and plus signs inside of your Gmail address and those emails will still be delivered like normal. In 2012, Craig described how you can use these separators to create distinct email addresses for yourself that you can hand out to different people, yet all of those emails arrive at the same Gmail inbox. On a basic level, that’s a great way to make use of these aliases. Just consider the possibilities here. Sound complicated? Here’s the thing about organization in life – it takes time, energy, and usually a computer or a smartphone. If I have my Android on me, then I’m in luck because I can get to my Gmail task list with it. Setting Up To-Do Task Reminder Aliases Here’s an example.
Heartbleed: Which Passwords You Need to Change Credit: Paramount Pictures The Heartbleed Internet-security flaw is very bad, but contrary to many media reports, you don't have to run out and change all your passwords now. In some cases, it might be better to wait, or not do it at all. First, to be clear, you don't need to change any passwords or PINs you use to log into a Windows PC, Mac or mobile device. MORE: Heartbleed: Who Was Affected, What to Do Now Heartbleed affects Web, email and chat servers by undermining the secure connections they make with you. Furthermore, although Heartbleed was made public on Monday evening (April 7), some companies got advance warning and patched their vulnerable servers beforehand. Most companies got no advance warning, including Yahoo, which scrambled to patch its servers Tuesday even as security researchers found it was easy to see usernames and passwords as users logged into Yahoo Mail. Sites for which you will definitely need to change your password Yahoo, including Yahoo Mail and any Yahoo Group
Heartbleed: Who Was Affected, What to Do Now Credit: Codenomicon UPDATED 9:15 AM EDT Thursday to remove Twitter from list of affected sites, and add OKCupid. If you've been following the news for the past 24 hours, you've probably heard of the Heartbleed bug that's affecting the security of millions of websites. It's a big deal, with security experts using terms such as "catastrophic" and "devastating." Unfortunately, there's not a lot the end user can do to fix things. Heartbleed mainly creates problems on Web and email servers. MORE: 'Heartbleed' Bug Kills Security on Millions of Websites However, there are a few things every Internet user should do right now. Change your Yahoo, Flickr and Tumblr passwords. Like millions of other websites, Yahoo and its subsidiaries Flickr and Tumblr were vulnerable to Heartbleed. Security researchers yesterday (April 8) used Heartbleed to capture usernames and passwords as random people logged into their Yahoo Mail accounts. Consider changing your Google, Facebook and Dropbox passwords.
Change passwords: How to protect yourself against the Heartbleed bug (+Video) - San Diego Top News Does changing your passwords quickly, after the Heartbleed bug was discovered, protect your bank account, credit cards, or email accounts? The Heartbleed bug is being called by many security experts the most serious bug that has hit the Internet because it is affecting websites that were supposedly secured. According to an April 9 NPR report, the way banks and other companies protect the Internet user’s data from hackers is by providing OpenSSL. SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer and is a cryptographic protocol that puts the S in "https" – which can be seen on Web addresses whenever a user goes to a website that is secured. Just recently, it was discovered that there has been a hole in that most vital security system (the heart) and that secure information has been “bleeding” out to hackers and other cybercriminals – since March 2012. Changing passwords on websites that have not applied the available security fix still leaves Internet users vulnerable.
HEARTBLEED BUG What You Need To Know | Farmville Dirt Farmer News sites are awash with news of a scary sounding exploit called Heartbleed this evening . Details abound but they’re all technical. What does it mean? Heart bleed is a vulnerability that was just discovered in a certain type of secure server known as openssl. The vulnerability was just discovered but has actually been open for up to two years. CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS - on any and all online accounts. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos - Steven Strogatz, Cornell University This course of 25 lectures, filmed at Cornell University in Spring 2014, is intended for newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos. It closely follows Prof. Strogatz's book, "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering." The mathematical treatment is friendly and informal, but still careful. Analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition are stressed. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalization, fractals, and strange attractors. This course of 25 lectures, filmed at Cornell University in Spring 2014, is intended for newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos.
Morphological analysis (problem-solving) Morphological Analysis or General Morphological Analysis is a method developed by Fritz Zwicky (1967, 1969) for exploring all the possible solutions to a multi-dimensional, non-quantified complex problem.[1] General Morphology was developed by Fritz Zwicky, the Bulgarian-born, Swiss-national astrophysicist based at the California Institute of Technology. Among others, Zwicky applied Morphological Analysis (MA) to astronomical studies and the development of jet and rocket propulsion systems. As a problem-structuring and problem-solving technique, MA was designed for multi-dimensional, non-quantifiable problems where causal modeling and simulation do not function well, or at all. Consider a complex, real-world problem, like those of marketing or making policies for a nation, where there are many governing factors, and most of them cannot be expressed as numerical time series data, as one would like to have for building mathematical models. Ritchey, T. (1998).
The 7 most useful accessibility features of iOS 8 From the very beginning, Apple has focused its attention on iOS’s accessibility features. In fact, when one turns on their iDevice for the first time, they can quickly enable two of iOS’s accessibility features to assist in the initial setup of the device. If you want to enable VoiceOver, a feature that will read the contents of the screen out loud, simply press the Home button three times quickly right after taking it out of the box. To enable Zoom, a feature that will make the content on the screen larger, double tap the screen with three fingers. While these features are essential to the operation of the device for many iOS users, there are some aspects of accessibility that can be useful in almost any situation. Useful Accessibility Features Voice Over for Audible Alerts - Voice Over allows the user to hear what is being presented on the screen. Zoom In During a Presentation - There are times when certain images, documents and other media simply will not zoom.
Doxxing defense: Remove your personal info from data brokers Many women gamers and developers, as well as those who support them, have lately come under attack from online trolls. A common intimidation tactic that trolls use is "doxxing," or publicly exposing their targets' personal details, including home address, phone number and even financial records. Doxxing is often accompanied by threats of violence, sexual assault or murder. The message is clear: We're out to get you, and we know where you live. Some women in tech have left their chosen profession rather than deal with continued threats. But anyone is susceptible to doxxing, as game developer Phil Fish discovered this summer after speaking up in defense of a female developer. Unfortunately, doxxers don't have to work very hard to find a victim's personal info. More bad news: There are hundreds of data brokers, not all of which offer opt-out processes. I selected these brokers based on the following factors: Here's what I found when I tried to opt out of each one. Spokeo Pipl ZoomInfo Whitepages
Data Brokers and Your Privacy Copyright © 2014Privacy Rights Clearinghouse 1. Introduction Technological advances allow us to do many useful things and to simplify our daily tasks. 2. Data brokers are companies that collect and aggregate consumer information from a wide range of sources to create detailed profiles of individuals. Generally, data brokers are companies that individuals do not interact with or do business with directly. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has defined data brokers as “companies that collect information, including personal information about consumers, from a wide variety of sources for the purpose of reselling such information to their customers for various purposes, including verifying an individual’s identity, differentiating records, marketing products, and preventing financial fraud.” 3. Data brokers obtain their information from a large number of sources. This massive data collection is represented pictorially here: 4. 5. People search products generally provide their services online.
Quinnspiracy Blog - What To Expect When You're Expecting (the internet... The paranoid's survival guide, part 1: How to protect your personal data Who says privacy is dead? While it's true that marketers, the government, data aggregators and others are gathering and analyzing more data than ever about every individual, you can still exert some control over what's out there, who's tracking you and what they do with that information. From the NSA's admission that it is capturing and analyzing metadata on every American to Facebook's appropriation of users' posts, likes and images for use in product advertising endorsements, privacy concerns are now top of mind. According to a December Harris Interactive survey commissioned by privacy consultancy Truste, 74% of Internet users are more worried about privacy now than they were a year ago. Some 74% also say they are less likely to enable location tracking on the Web, 83% are less likely to click on online ads and 80% say they are less likely to use apps they don't trust. [Editor's note: Part 2 of this story covers privacy and mobile computing, email and social media. Online banking - 90%