Posts Tagged ‘ privacy ’

YouTube Ready To Give Up Your Personal Browsing Info

Jul 7th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Featured Story, General, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

A few days ago, we suggested that YouTube Needs To Grow A Spine, arguing that YouTube needs to “unequivocally state that they will defend your right to privacy, even if that means taking this all the way to the Supreme Court”.

Now others are starting to weigh in, and it looks like we are not alone in thinking that YouTube needs to grow a spine, if not more….

Tags: , , , , , ,
5 comments


Why Is Apple Putting Your Personal Information Into iTunes Downloads?

Jun 7th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit organization that fights for online rights, is publicly asking why Apple is embedding its customers’ names and email addresses in files purchased from the iTunes Store.
The name and email embedded into the file can easily be read, and iTunes can display the name and email of the person who [...]

Tags: , , , , , ,
4 comments