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Tracking miles as gas tax alternative raises fairness, privacy concerns
2014-12-06 22:43:32| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Evening rush hour on the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles; faced with growing shortfalls in highway funding as drivers give up gas-guzzling cars, California officials are testing the idea of a mileage fee to replace the state tax of 36 cents per gallon. Evening rush hour on the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles; faced with growing shortfalls in highway funding as drivers give up gas-guzzling cars, California officials are testing the idea of a mileage fee to replace the state tax of 36 cents per gallon.
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Report: Phone Makers Violate Taiwan's Privacy Law
2014-12-05 22:01:52| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Among the manufacturers in question are Apple, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Xiaomi.
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Bluetooth standard upgraded to improve privacy, speed
2014-12-03 16:06:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has adopted version 4.2 of the Bluetooth core specification. Updates in 4.2 improve privacy and increase speed, and a soon-to-be ratified profile will enable IP connectivity. The new profile known as Internet Protocol Support Profile (IPSP) enables IPv6 for Bluetooth, opening new doors for device connectivity. IPSP will allow Bluetooth Smart sensors to access the internet directly via IPv6/6LoWPAN. IP connectivity makes it possible to use existing IP infrastructure to manage Bluetooth Smart 'edge' devices. This targets connected home scenarios that need both personal and wide area control. This profile will be ratified by the end of the year. The upgraded privacy settings lower power consumption and make it difficult for eavesdroppers to track a device through its Bluetooth connection without permission. For example, when shopping in a retail store with beacons, unless the user enabled permission for the beacon to engage with the device, they can't be tracked. Bluetooth 4.2 also increases the speed and reliability of data transfers between Bluetooth Smart devices. By increasing the capacity of Bluetooth Smart packets, devices transfer data up to 2.5 times faster than with previous versions. Increased data transfer speeds and packet capacity reduces the opportunity for transmission errors to occur and reduces battery consumption.
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Uber Punishes New York Manager Accused of Privacy Violations
2014-11-30 23:01:32| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Uber has taken "disciplinary actions" against New York general manager Josh Mohrer based on accusations that he accessed Uber customer data without a legitimate business need.
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Why modern offices should offer more privacy
2014-11-17 16:47:51| Furniture - Topix.net
For one day every three months, eBay CEO John Donahoe holes up in an empty office, where he stands in front of a blank whiteboard and maps out what he believes are the company's most pressing challenges. He calls it his "thinking day," and he wrote about his most recent one on LinkedIn: "I emerged with new insights and with greater clarity about what's most important."
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