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Wallet of the future? Your mobile phone

These days, it seems that most Americans carry three things in their pockets or purses at all times: keys, a wallet and a phone.

Airport security bares all, or does it?

Privacy advocates plan to call on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to suspend use of "whole-body imaging," the airport security technology that critics say performs "a virtual strip search" and produces "naked" pictures of passengers, CNN has learned.

DHS now collecting 10 fingerprints from foreign travelers

The Department of Homeland Security is now collecting scans of all 10 fingerprints from foreign travelers entering the United States at Dulles International Airport, and plans to extend the program to all international airports in the country by the end of next year.

Fortune: No such thing as a free connection

Privacy watchdogs are scrutinizing Google's plan to deliver free WiFi to San Francisco--and they don't like everything they're seeing.

CNNMoney: You want a piece of me? Pay me.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Would you ever agree to work overtime for free, indefinitely, creating profits for someone else?

CNNMoney: Breaches: Federal law on the way?

If we've learned anything from the massive consumer data breaches that have been reported this year, it's this: There isn't much protecting us from having our personal information exposed, traded or stolen.

Social Security privacy rules eased for FBI after 9/11

The Social Security Administration allowed the FBI to search its files as part of the terrorism investigation after the September 11, 2001, attacks, according to government documents released Wednesday by a privacy group.

CNNMoney: Northwest hit with class-action suit

Northwest Airlines faces a class-action lawsuit and potential civil penalties after the No. 4 U.S. carrier acknowledged that it provided passenger information to NASA, according to a published report Wednesday.

Money Magazine: HOW TO SHOP THE INTERNET TO FIND THE HIGHEST YIELDS

THIS MONTH: --Grab great savings and borrowing deals at a credit union. --Why credit-card rates and fees may go up

Fortune: HOW SAFE IS MY E-MAIL?...WHERE ARE THE JOBS?...AND OTHER QUESTIONS FROM READERS

Dear Annie: How private is an employee's e-mail? What can an employee do if he or she suspects that the company is snooping around in the e-mail? --Sleepless in Cyberspace

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