Tag: Stuff

Facebook Just Eliminated Voting That Doesn’t Matter with a Vote That Didn’t Matter
And with that, Facebook's tepid attempt at democracy comes to a close. Voting is over in Facebook's third (and final)...
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Delta Sued Over Noncompliance with California Privacy Law
The state of California has filed the first lawsuit as a result of their new app privacy initiative, and the target is Delta airlines. Attorney General Kamala Harris announced...
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Senator Al Franken Is Trying To Protect Your Privacy Again
2012 was a big year for privacy. From CISPA to...
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Facebook Site Governance Vote on Pace to Break One Million Participants
The third-ever Facebook Site Governance vote is on pace to shatter previous rec...
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Verizon Patents A DVR That Spies On You
Verizon is moving into the targeted ad business in a big way. The wireless carrier announced a new campaign yesterday called...
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Verizon Will Give You A Coupon If You Let Them Sell Your Data To Advertisers
Have you heard of Verizon Selects? It's a new data collecting initiative from the carrier's Precision Marketing portfolio that seeks to collect consumer info for targeted ads. It's...
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Everyone Is Voting Against Facebook’s Policy Changes and It Doesn’t Matter in the Slightest
You probably know that Facebook just opened up its third-ever Site Governance Vote...
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Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Lawsuit Is in Its Penultimate Hour
A couple of weeks ago, we told you that Facebook's long-running Sponsored Stories lawsuit was...
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Facebook Opens Up Site Governance Vote on Voting
Starting today, you have a week to cast your vote in what will most likely be the last Facebook Site Governance vote ever. The company has announced the opening of the latest vote...
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ECPA Clears Senate Committee, Will Go To Vote Next Year
Sen. Patrick Leahy's ECPA amendment is an important one. It would requi...
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Archify Is A Tool You Might Actually Want Tracking Everything You Do Online
Sometimes people actually wish everything they did was tracked online. That may be a hard concept for some to swallow, but surely you've encountered an experience where you ran acr...
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If You Posted That Stupid Facebook Copyright Status, You Deserve This Sarcastic Remonstration
By now, you're probably aware that you can't copyright your content with a...
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Google Play Is Now No Country for Anonymous Reviewers
If you prefer to hide behind the veil of anonymity when posting reviews, Google Play is probably not the place for you anymore. In a move that will pretty much wipe Google Play of...
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It’s Your First Amendment Right to Record Cops [Supreme Court]
In a victory for the ACLU and First Amendment activists everywhere, the United States Supreme Court has denied a request to review a decision that blocks the enforcement of an Illi...
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No, You Can’t Copyright Your Content with a Facebook Status
Users beware: a new viral status is making the rounds on Facebook, and it promises to protect your privacy by guaranteeing your right to copyright on all of the content you publish...
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