Why Facebook Is More Dangerous Than You Think
Facebook is keeping tabs on users beyond what they may expect, Consumer Reports discovered, highlighting how people like insurers and burglars can exploit the activity feed.
View Article4 high-tech ways the federal government is spying on private citizens
Like it or not, the government is becoming increasingly watchful of everyone... even you
View ArticleWith New Privacy Policy, Twitter Commits to Respecting Do Not Track
Under a new policy announced today, Twitter will be suggesting accounts for Twitter users to follow based on data collected from an individual’s browsing habits on websites that have embedded Twitter...
View ArticleFBI ‘looking at’ law making Web sites wiretap-ready, director says
Director Robert Mueller says FBI needs to be able to "capture communications" of people under surveillance, but declines to elaborate on renewed lobbying effort reported by CNET two weeks ago.
View ArticleDefend your phone against loose networks? There’s an app for that
A group of researchers from the University of Michigan has released an Android app designed to defend against a common firewall vulnerability which they say commonly exposes smartphones on cellular...
View ArticleHow to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet
Legal and technology researchers estimate that it would take about a month for Internet users to read the privacy policies of all the Web sites they visit in a year.
View ArticleNew York legislation would ban anonymous online speech
Proposed legislation in both chambers would require New York-based websites, such as blogs and newspapers, to “remove any comments posted on his or her website by an anonymous poster
View ArticleThe Stupid Things You Do on Facebook (and How to Fix Them)
Reluctantly or otherwise, Facebook is the place most of us have chosen to share our lives online. In spite of its many useful features, the social media site can be a constant source of annoyance,...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Disposable Email Provider List 2012
Back in 2007 I re-published a list of 20 temporary email services which proved to be useful to a lot of people. As time passed by, some of the services mentioned in the list stopped working, either...
View ArticleFeds Want Warrantless Spying Loss Overturned, Saying the Law Can’t Touch Them
The Obama administration is set to argue to a federal appeals court Friday that the government may breach, with impunity, domestic spying laws adopted in the wake of President Richard M. Nixon’s...
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