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Mozilla addresses Firefox 3 “location bar” privacy concerns

by certifiedbug on August 26, 2009

in Browser

In feedback to Mozilla the number one reason users gave for not upgrading to Firefox 3 was the new location “awesome” bar.

When in doubt, sample it out…
http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/

When we expanded the capabilities of the location bar to search against all history and bookmarks in Firefox 3, a lot of people contacted us to say that they had certain bookmarks they didn’t really want to have displayed. In some cases users had intentionally hidden these bookmarks in deep hierarchies of folders, somewhat similar to how one might hide a physical object. Having something from your previous browsing displayed to someone else who is using your computer (or even worse) to a large audience of people as you are giving a presentation, is really one of the most embarrassing things that Firefox can do to you. So now in Firefox 3.5, users have complete control over what types of information are displayed in the location bar (or suggestions can be turned off entirely):

Firefox 3.5 and Privacy

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Federal Court-IP Addresses Are Not ‘Personally Identifiable’

by certifiedbug on July 8, 2009

in Internet Security

On Line Media
Wendy Davis,Tuesday, July 7, 2009

In a ruling that could fuel debate about online privacy, a federal judge in Seattle has held that IP addresses are not personal information.

“In order for ‘personally identifiable information’ to be personally identifiable, it must identify a person. But an IP address identifies a computer,” U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones said in a written decision.

Eric Goldman, director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University, points out that the European Union considers IP addresses to be personal information. Last year, the EU said that search engines should expunge users’ IP addresses as soon as possible.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109242

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Google Chrome OS

July 8, 2009

Google has announced the development of Google Chrome OS on their official Blog. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. [...]

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