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Facebook reaches agreement in privacy case with the FTC
- Facebook has settled its ongoing privacy dispute with the Federal Trade Commission after being charged with failing to keep promises it made regarding the privacy of its users, and for deceiving them. Resolving the dispute and agreeing acceptable terms is…
Your cell phone signal won't be tracked at stores -- for now
- The holidays have been spoiled for two malls that planned to electronically track customers. The Promenade Temecula in California and Short Pump Town Center in Virginia announced plans last week to implement "FootPath" technology, which uses shoppers' cell phone signals…
Simple hack keeps prying eyes off your LCD monitor
- Have a nosey roommate? Stuck doing work on cramped public transportation? Instructables member and fellow geek Dimovi offers an easy seven-step project that's sure to keep prying eyes off your computer display. The instructions are fully accessible to non-paying members…
Airport X-ray body scanners banned in Europe over health concerns
- Airport body scanners that use X-ray technology have been banned in the European Union. In a press release regarding the machines, officials have deemed X-ray technology off limits in order to not risk jeopardizing citizens’ health and safety.
Researchers steal Facebook user data with army of socialbots
- Researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver used a small array of scripts programmed to pass themselves off as real people to steal 250GB of personal information from Facebook users in just eight weeks.
Homeland Security to step up monitoring of social networks
- The increasing wave of uprisings across Africa and the Middle East this year have prompted the U.S. Government to start creating guidelines and the development of tools for culling intelligence from Twitter and other social networking sites.
Facebook could face €100,000 fine for holding deleted data
- Facebook could face a fine of up to €100,000 ($139,000) after an Australian law student discovered that the social networking site held 1,200 pages of personal data about him, much of which he had previously deleted.
Skype flaw can reveal users' identity, location, filesharing habits
- Security researchers have revealed vulnerability that could allow an attacker to identify a person, track their location and monitor their filesharing habits. In a paper titled "I Know Where You are and What You are Sharing: Exploiting P2P Communications to…
Woman says Facebook cookies violate wiretap laws, files suit
- Brooke Rutledge of Lafayette County, Mississippi has sued Facebook for allegedly violating federal wiretap laws by illegally tracking her Internet activity while logged out of the social networking site. The 17-page filing seems to have been prompted by a recent…
Wikileaks supporters targeted in secret US court order
- The US government has obtained a secret court order to force Google and a small ISP called Sonic, to hand over the information contained in the email accounts of a Wikileaks volunteer. The request included the emails and addresses of…
Facebook complaints from privacy groups taken to FTC
- Ten privacy groups have written to the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission asking that Facebook be assessed for its use of super cookies, used by the social networking giant to track users across the internet.
Google to offer opt-out tool for Wi-Fi location tracking
- Google has announced that it will offer owners of residential Wi-Fi routers around the world the option of removing their devices from a registry it uses to determine mobile users' locations. The move comes as the search giant faces mounting…
Facebook phone contact list isn't new, can be deleted
- While many of us were busy checking out Facebook’s new Messenger app earlier this week, a new privacy scare has been spreading like wildfire since its release. It seems that someone was digging through their profile’s privacy settings and noticed…
Apple may face damages of $25.5 million in Korean suit
- Earlier today we reported that Apple and Samsung were tangled in a legal battle in Australia where Cupertino had prevented the Korean company from releasing their Galaxy Tab 10.1 in that country. In an unrelated story, the tides have turned…
Google's Street View cars collect locations of Wi-Fi devices
- Google is back in the hot seat today following a CNET report that suggests the search giant's Street View cars collected the locations of countless Wi-Fi devices. Along with mapping Wi-Fi access points (the intended purpose), the vehicles also charted…
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