Privacy - Introduction

We all know that identity theft is becoming a more serious problem, but the cleverness of the scams and Emails that are being used to steal information is absolutely astonishing. In this section you'll find stories and articles that relate to privacy issues.

• In SB1822, learn how the "anti-GMail" bill has evolved into a rather nice piece of privacy legislation, and the surprising details of who still opposes it and why.
• In URL Tricks, learn how your browser's status bar can be taught to lie about where a link goes.
• Inside a spam scam see what a phishing attack looks like, and some of the ways you can spot one by looking at the message source.