Archive for December, 2010
Tracking, Sniffing & Fingerprinting: The Metalife of Identity
by Barry Chudakov on December 28th, 2010A recent burglary at the home of Washington Post writer and editor Marc Fisher was documented by a Facebook boast. The burglar took Fisher’s new coat, his son’s iPod, savings bonds, cash and a laptop. Then the burglar opened his son’s laptop computer and posted a photo of himself to the boy’s Facebook page. In the photo, the burglar flashes the stolen cash and is wearing Fisher’s winter coat.