January 12, 2006

[In The News.] Internet puts privacy on line.

Sony-BMG Music Entertainment surreptitiously places software on consumers' computers. Microsoft closes down a personal blog in China over concerns about potential lost revenue. Other firms trade in people's supposedly private information.

These may look like unconnected events, but each is an example of how private companies are increasingly using technology to intrude upon our lives.
Read more at Here.

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Posted by IdentityMIA to In The News. at 1/10/2006 07:36:00 PM

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