Posts Tagged ‘anonymity’
Wikileaks claims Aaron Swartz was an ally and possible source, breaking anonymity
Author: Angela Stephens
Aaron Swartz perished a week back. A public memorial service in New York City will be held later today. You may have read much about Swartz’s life in the interim, consisting of his work at a young age on Reddit and the RSS spec, his political activism, and the overzealous prosecution that might have helped in his suicide. However you probably have not heard the story Wikileaks just outlined on its Twitter account. According to these tweets, Aaron Swartz had at one time helped Wikileaks in some indefinite way, had been in interaction with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, and might have worked as a source for the confidential information-gathering organization.
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Swiss Federal Supreme Court relaxes Google Street View anonymity ruling
Author: Janet Odell
Google’s international privacy issues were lightened a little yesterday when the Swiss Federal Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision that Google Street View images must be completely anonymous. The ruling recognized that the lower court’s order was unrealistic, and said that “it must be accepted that up to a maximum of one percent of the images uploaded are insufficiently anonymized.” Google had previously stated that its software could blur 98-99 percent of images automatically.
While the court won’t require Google to maintain complete anonymity across the board, it also ruled that the search giant must make it easier for people to have their images manually blurred and, in certain sensitive areas, must ensure complete…
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