Friday Privacy & Security News

Today, I have found several articles that I think represent valuable information for you, my readers. From now on, I start sharing such links in order to keep you up-to-date about with the latest posts and articles about privacy and security.

Here is this Friday list:

• Online proxy users won’t get stiffer sentences after all (Ars Technica)

  A controversial proposal that would have seen judges directed to consider the use of Internet proxies when handing down sentences for online crimes has been rejected by the US Sentencing Commission.
  

• Proxy servers do not constitute “sophisticated” crime in U.S. (geek.com)

  The United States federal government has dropped an amendment which would’ve classified the use of proxy servers as evidence that a “sophisticated” crime was committed.
  

• Skifield addresses website privacy issue (nzherald.co.nz)

  Skifield operator Ruapehu Alpine Lifts today emailed customers to say its database security had been tightened, after personal details were found to be accessible to those who knew names and birthdates.
  

•  Report: Firefox is the world’s most vulnerable browser (ComputerWorld)

  Firefox fans take note: A just-released report from the security company Secunia found that Firefox is far more vulnerable than Opera, Safari, and Internet Explorer — and by a wide margin.

Do you have something to share?

If you have an article or news to share you can contact me and I will probably share on this blog. Of course, they should be related to privacy, anonymity or security.