Today I’m happy to announce the publication of the Access My Info software design document. This document described in detail the thought that went into developing AMI. It outlines: our original objectives for the tool, new goals for the version we released last year, a description of the conceptual model underlying the application, some of… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Privacy
Access My Info
Access My Info (AMI) is a web application that helps people to create justified requests for copies of their personal information from service providers. AMI is a step-by-step wizard that results in the generation of a personalized formal letter requesting access to the information a provider stores and utilizes about a person. The letter can be saved as a PDF, printed, and mailed through the post, or where available, directly emailed to a companyโs privacy officer.
Every Step You Fake: A Comparative Analysis of Fitness Tracker Privacy and Security
This report describes major security and privacy issues in several leading wearable fitness tracking devices and accompanying mobile applications.
Half Baked: The Opportunity to Secure Cookie-based Identifiers from Passive Surveillance
We are excited to announce the forthcoming publication of a research paper at the 5th USENIX Workshop for Free and Open Communications on the Internet. The paper explores the security levels of the top 500 websites in each category of the Alexa rankings.
Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium
Andrew Hilts presented Open Effect research at the 2015 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium.