The concept of privacy in computing systems traces its roots to the earliest days of personal computing. From the beginning, privacy has been understood as […]

The concept of personal privacy, established through centuries of philosophical discourse and legal doctrine, has evolved dramatically in the digital age. What was once a […]

The relationship between money and privacy has been fundamental to human commerce since the earliest civilizations. This essential connection between financial privacy and personal liberty […]

The concept of personal privacy has evolved dramatically since its initial legal recognition in American jurisprudence during the late 19th century. What was once simply […]

The concept of a connected home, while seemingly modern, has roots in early 20th-century futurism. The dream of automated, intelligent living spaces captured the imagination […]

Seeking refuge from commercialism on the Web, more people are turning back the technological clock to rediscover the Internet’s once-vibrant spirit of community. They’re going […]

From the May 2002 issue of PC World magazine Maintaining a computer is much like maintaining a marriage–healthy ones require both regular attention and occasional […]

The evolution of a right to privacy parallels the development of the humanist tradition. A right of privacy is predicated on the belief that each […]

In our fast-paced world, sometimes even the rapid response of e-mail is not fast enough. You have no way of knowing if the person you […]

What is encryption? Encryption garbles your data by using irreversible mathematical functions. It is simply the encoding of data so that it cannot be read […]

All firewalls are meant to block unauthorized attempts to access a PC from the outside. But many legitimate applications running on your computer open it […]