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Article | 30/07/2010 The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A
Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook a...
Article | 29/07/2010 100M Facebook Profiles Now Available For Download
One hundred million Facebook user profiles containing personal information such as e-mail addresses and phone numbers, are now available as a 2.8GB to...
Article | 27/07/2010 Next step for Wikileaks: Crowdsourcing classified data
WASHINGTON - The release on Sunday by Wikileaks of more than 90,000 documents about military operations in Afghanistan may just be the start of proble...
Article | 22/07/2010 State AGs question Google about Street View Wi-Fi snooping
Law enforcement officials from 38 states have sent a letter to Google, asking the company whether it tested its Street View mapping software before di...
Article | 20/07/2010 Apple lays out location collection policies
Responding to questions from U.S. lawmakers about what kind of location data it collects, Apple said it gathers location information from some users e...
Article | 15/07/2010 Surveys: Social-networking users worry about privacy
Privacy remains a concern for a significant portion of people who use social-networking sites, if the findings from two recent surveys are any indicat...
Article | 14/07/2010 Researchers find privacy flaws in Chatroulette
Perhaps there is finally something to deter <a href="http://www.chatroulette.com/">Chatroulette.com</a> users from their more offensive behavior: Univ...
Article | 10/07/2010 Are we burning out on Facebook?
Could it be that Americans are starting to grow a bit weary of Facebook, which has captivated our attention and much of our free time?
Article | 10/07/2010 Google, China look for way to coexist
The Beijing government's decision to renew Google's license to do business in China could be a big step in a long process of negotiations between Goog...
Article | 9/07/2010 Facebook faces fine from German privacy regulator
Facebook faces a fine from a German privacy regulator for failing to obtain the consent of the people whose contact details it stores.
Article | 1/07/2010 Facebook adds new controls for third-party apps
Facebook has revamped the way its users share information with third-party applications and Web sites in an effort to make the process easier, the com...
Article | 28/06/2010 German regulators welcome street panorama privacy law draft
German privacy regulators have welcomed a proposal to extend laws protecting Germans' right to privacy to cover use of their own image and that of the...
Article | 29/06/2010 You Are Here: Scary New Location Privacy Risks
Location-based services on a mobile phone are terrifically helpful when you need to find a nearby business or directions to the freeway.
Article | 25/06/2010 Twitter settles FTC privacy complaint
Social-networking giant Twitter has agreed to settle a complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging that the company deceived users and p...
Article | 24/06/2010 20 percent of Android apps can threaten privacy, says vendor
Twenty percent of applications on Android Market let third parties access private or sensitive information, according to a report from security vendor...