May 2010
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Android App Aims to Allow Wiretap-Proof Cell Phone... →
Worried about the NSA, the FBI, criminals or cyberspies electronically eavedropping on your private phone calls? There may be an untappable app for that. On Tuesday, an independent hacker and security researcher who goes by the handle Moxie Marlinspike and his Pittsburgh-based startup Whisper Systems launched free public betas for two new privacy-focused programs on Google’s Android mobile...
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LIGATT: Liabilities and Lamers →
Investing in penny stocks is not for the faint of heart. As such, accredited investors and bulletin board traders are typically aware of the risk of making bets on less established companies. If the company “makes it,” the rewards can be immense, and chasing this dream drives the market. Investment in firms like LIGATT Security International (LGTT.PK) comes with a heavy dose of...
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Time Warner Cable Resists Mass BitTorrent Lawsuit →
A consortium of independent film producers is hitting a stumbling block in its plan to simultaneously sue thousands of BitTorrent users for allegedly downloading pirated movies. Time Warner Cable is refusing to look up and turn over the identities of about a thousand of its customers targeted in the lawsuits, on the grounds that the effort would require three months of full-time work by its...
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Does Google Have Wi-Fi Data from Your Company? →
Google is facing scrutiny and investigation around the world following revelations that it has been capturing and archiving wi-fi data collected by its Google Street View vehicles that drive around capturing the image data used by the Street View service. It is questionable whether Google should have done that, but what is not questionable is whether or not Google should have any data from your...
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Devious New Phishing Tactic Targets Tabs →
Most Internet users know to watch for the telltale signs of a traditional phishing attack: An e-mail that asks you to click on a link and enter your e-mail or banking credentials at the resulting Web site. But a new phishing concept that exploits user inattention and trust in browser tabs is likely to fool even the most security-conscious Web surfers.
Full Article - (Krebs on Security -...
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Google Offers Choice to Opt Out of Web Analytics →
Google is offering a way for web users to opt out of being tracked around the web by its popular Google Analytics tool used by publishers to track traffic and trends on their websites. Publishers like Wired.com insert a simple line of Google Analytics Javascript on their site and then can see on a dashboard which pages are popular and what search terms lead users to their site. But Google also...
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Facebook challenged by ambitious upstarts →
The controversy over Facebook’s privacy policy is helping those developing alternatives to the social network. Funding and users are flowing to services that claim to put members in charge of their personal data. The rivals range from start-ups to more established firms working on the specifications for an ecosystem of open social networks.
Full Article (BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk)
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Time For Google to Grow Up: Open Wi-Fi Privacy... →
Last week’s news that Google’s Street View cars collected the content of messages flowing over open wireless networks while mapping the location of those access points is a privacy wake-up call to the company and wireless users alike.
Full Article (Electronic Frontier Foundation - eff.org)
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ReclaimPrivacy.org: Facebook Privacy 101 →
If you’ve been watching the slow motion train wreck that is Facebook.com’s recent effort to revamp its privacy promises, you may be wondering where to start making sense of the dizzying array of privacy options offered by the world’s largest online social network. Fortunately, developers are starting to release free new tools so that you don’t need to read a statement longer than the U.S....
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Fraud Bazaar Carders.cc Hacked →
Carders.cc, a German online forum dedicated to helping criminals trade and sell financial data stolen through hacking, has itself been hacked. The once-guarded contents of its servers are now being traded on public file-sharing networks, leading to the exposure of potentially identifying information on the forum’s users as well as countless passwords and credit card accounts swiped from...
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Outsourcing unit to be set up in Indian jail →
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are planning to set up an outsourcing unit in a jail. The unit will employ 200 educated convicts who will handle back office operations like data entry, and process and transmit information.
Full Article (BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk)
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Google to Offer Encrypted Search Next Week →
Google will begin letting users run encrypted searches on its flagship search site Google.com starting next week, the company said in a blog post Thursday.
Full Article (Threat Level - wired.com)
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Web Browsers Leave 'Fingerprints' Behind as You... →
San Francisco - New research by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has found that an overwhelming majority of web browsers have unique signatures — creating identifiable “fingerprints” that could be used to track you as you surf the Internet.
Full Article (EFF - eff.org)