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Can You Really Remain Anonymous On The Internet?

In the early days of the Internet, an editorial cartoon from The New Yorker depicted a dog in front of a computer monitor and keyboard with a caption that read "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." The point was that people could behave however they liked online without others knowing their true identity.

But is that really true? Au contraire my canine friends.


FTC Brings Its First Enforcement Action For 'Internet of Things'

Earlier this year, we wrote about the FTC's plan to hold a November 2013 public workshop over concerns with the "Internet of Things," the dramatically growing capacity of smart devices to communicate information through the Internet. In advance of the workshop, the FTC has entered into a consent decree with a marketer of Internet-connected video cameras, marking the Commission's first foray into the Internet of Things.

The marketer in this case was a provider of home security video cameras that allowed consumers to monitor their homes remotely. According to the complaint, a hacker exploited a security flaw in the marketer's system and posted live feeds to approximately 700 home cameras, displaying babies asleep in their cribs, young children playing, and adults going about their daily lives. While the marketer did alert customers of the security flaw and offered them a security patch, the FTC alleged that the marketer had failed to use reasonable security to design and test its software, including a setting for the cameras' password requirement. The FTC also alleged that the marketer had transmitted user login credentials in clear, readable text over the Internet, even though free software was available to secure such transmissions. Read More!