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n contrast, behavioral advertising matches advertisements to a consumer’s interests as determined over time.
Behavioral advertising poses a growing risk to consumer privacy. Consumers are largely unaware of the practice and thus are ill equipped to make informed decisions and protect their information. They have no expectation that their browsing information may be tracked and sold.
For behavioral advertising to operate in a truly privacy-protective manner, data collection needs to be limited, data retention limits should be tied to the original purposes for collecting the data, and opt-out must completely remove consumers from the service. Consumers need to be informed about what data is being collected about their Internet activities, how the information will be used, whether the information will be shared with others, and what measures are being taken to ensure that any transfer of data remains secure. They should be presented with this information in a manner that supports making an informed choice, and that choice should be honored persistently over time
Behavioral profiles, particularly those that can be tied to an individual, may be a tempting source of information in making decisions about credit, insurance, and employment.

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NY: 50 Percent of Sequoia Voting Machines Flawed | Threat Level from Wired.com

Raises a number of issues and problems around evoting machines for Nassau County

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New York state is in the process of replacing its lever voting machines with new voting equipment, but the state revealed recently that it has found problems with 50 percent of the roughly 1,500 ImageCast optical-scan machines (shown in the video above) that Sequoia Voting Systems has delivered to the state so far -- machines that are slated to be used by dozens of counties in the state's September 9 primary and November 4 presidential election
One main problem with the machines has been the printers. The ImageCast machines are special optical-scan machines that include an LCD screen, a printer and a ballot-marking device that allows disabled voters to use them. Disabled voters view the ballot on screen or hear it read to them through headphones, then make their selection using special attachments (a device with buttons or a sipping straw), after which the machine prints out a paper ballot that gets read by the optical scanner component.
security concerns.
"printer failure" error message. Biamonte says this was the result of a change Sequoia made to its firmware
Biamonte, who blames the Board of Elections in part for not noticing the problems before forwarding the machines to counties, said a state worker told him he should instruct election workers to just ignore the error message.
New York doesn't have a choice about using the machines this year. The state was sued by the Department of Justice for failing to meet a federal deadline for having accessible voting machines in place.
This creates chain-of-custody concerns that Biamonte says are exacerbated by the fact that when he received his machines in Nassau County, a number of the tamper-evident seals on them were cracked.

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States throw out costly electronic voting machines - USATODAY.com

I'm sure there are better articles on the topic, but this is a start

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States seek workarounds for e-voting systems

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Amazon.com: An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies: Sergio Sismondo: Books

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Services Science and Technology | CITRIS

The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) creates information technology solutions for many of our most pressing social, environmental and healthcare problems.

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YouTube - citrisuc's Channel

The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) creates information technology solutions for many of our most pressing social, environmental and healthcare problems.

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How (Much) To Trust Wikipedia | CITRIS

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"Why Phishing Works" - Google Search

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Science, Technology and Society Center - UC Berkeley

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The European Privacy Institute » About

Highlights the importance of the issue of privacy to the EU

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EBSCOhost: What's on next

wonder if I can access this linke

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The Virtual Community: Table of Contents

Entire Book Online: Welcome to the online version of Howard Rheingold's The Virtual Community. if you like what you read online, go out and buy a copy of the ink-and-dead-trees edition and give it to someone who needs to read this. Thanks! Your support will help me spend more time cooking up stuff to post here.

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Hole In Adobe Software Allows Free Movie Downloads - NYTimes.com

PBS Teachers | learning.now . How Are You Celebrating OneWebDay? | PBS

MYP: From principles into practice

Amazon.com--Earth's Biggest Selection

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Dr. Brownstone, ITGS-11: Presentation

Microsoft Proposes Tiered Privacy in Online Advertising - New York Times

CDT | Policy Post 14.12, July 31, 2008

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States seek workarounds for e-voting systems

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