Tag: Stuff

Democratic Party Platform Touches on Internet Freedom
On the eve of the kickoff of their 2012 National Convention, the Democrats released their official...
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Consumer Watchdog Challenges Google’s FTC Settlement Over “Safari-gate”
Consumer Watchdog announced today that it has won the right to oppose the recently announced...
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New McAfee App Shields Your Facebook Photos from Prying Eyes
For some Facebook users, I guess it's a constant battle between wanting to share things like photos with the community and being a bit afraid of losing control of those photos to...
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Google Creating A Red Team To Protect You From Themselves
Google has always had the personal motto of "Don't Be Evil." That motto has become a joke among people in the tech industry lately as Google has been caught violating privacy rules...
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Should Facebook Monitor Chats to Help Snag Child Predators?
Let's face it; social media and privacy are always going to be two warring parties. Sure, privacy controls help users define who can see what on sites like Faceb...
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Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Settlement Denied
A District Judge has denied, without prejudice, a settlement hammered out by Facebook and plaintiffs in a class-action suit directed at the companies advertising practices - more s...
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Friendly Reminder: Watch Out for Geotagged Tweets Mentioning “Home”
People give out a lot of personal information via social media, many would say too much information. Much of it is voluntary, and the user knows they're putting themselves out ther...
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Your Deleted Drunken Facebook Photos Are Now Truly Deleted in a Timely Fashion
Have you ever woken up after a night of too many Irish car bombs, only to find that you may have played a little fast and loose with your iPhone camera and your Facebook app? Yes,...
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Judge: Your Facebook Friends Can Legally Show Cops Your Profile
If you think that privacy settings will stop a persistent investigator from accessing your profile information, status updates, and various other types of personal Facebook data -...
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Facebook Dodges FTC Fines Over Privacy After Google Gets Nailed
A day after handing Google the largest fine it has ever handed to...
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FTC Lawyer Gloats About Big Win Against Google
Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced that Google wil...
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FTC Announces Google’s Massive Fine For “Safari-gate” Settlement
Last month, it was reported that Google was about to pay a $22.5 million penalty, cour...
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Facebook Wants You To Help Identify Phishing Scams
Anyone who's spent even a little bit of time on Facebook knows that users need to be vigilant. Phishing attacks, although relatively rare, do exist, and Facebook's media-rich logi...
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Australian Government: Google Must Destroy Street View Data, Commit To Third-Party Audit
In 2010, it was revealed that Google had collected personal information of users with its Street View vehicles. The controversy that went along with that continues, even now in to...
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NYPD Battles Twitter, Wins With Court Order
A Twitter user posted tweets this week, indicating intentions to initiate an Aurora-like murder rampage, and the police took these tweets seriously enough to investigate. The u...
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