July 2010
8 posts
3 tags
Germany officials launch legal action against... →
German officials have launched legal proceedings against Facebook for accessing and saving the personal data of people who do not use the site.
Full Article (BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk)
4 tags
What's Apple Doing With Geolocation Data? →
Reps. Edward J. Markey and Joe Barton, co-chairmen of the House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, have asked Apple for an explanation of recent changes in the company’s privacy policy. The congressmen are concerned over media reports that the changes suggest that Apple is collecting and sharing data containing the geographic locations of iPhone and iPad users. “Given the limited ability of...
1 tag
Cause and effect in the War on Terror →
American discussions about what causes Terrorists to do what they do are typically conducted by ignoring the Terrorist’s explanation for why he does what he does. Yesterday, Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to attempting to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, and this Pakistani-American Muslim explained why he transformed from a financial analyst living a...
4 tags
US soldier linked to Iraq helicopter video leak... →
The US military has pressed criminal charges against a soldier suspected of leaking video of a US helicopter attack in Iraq to the website, WikiLeaks. Army Spc Bradley Manning is accused of transferring classified data on to his personal computer and transmitting it to an unauthorised third party.
Full Article (BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk)
2 tags
Supreme Court Balks at Redrawing Patent Rules →
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a patent for a method to hedge weather-related financial risk, but declined to make it more difficult to patent “business methods” or software. The unanimous court found the patent too “abstract,” but emphasized that its ruling was intended neither to narrow nor widen patent law. “It’s a pretty disappointing decision,” says Ciaran O’Riordan, executive...
4 tags
Pirate Bay Hack Exposes User Booty →
Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of more than 4 million Pirate Bay users, according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com.
Full Article (Krebs on Security - krebsonsecurity.com)
3 tags
New Blizzard Forum Policy Will Require Posters to... →
Gaming giant Blizzard announced yesterday that it would be making some major changes to its official discussion forums, including the forums for World of Warcraft, Diablo, and the upcoming Starcraft II. In the upcoming weeks and months, players who want to post to these boards will have to log in using Blizzard’s Real ID system, which will display their real full names next to every post...
3 tags
White Hat Uses Foursquare Privacy Hole to Capture... →
If you have checked in with Foursquare in San Francisco in the last three weeks, Jesper Andersen probably knows where and when — even if you’ve set your check-ins to be published to friends only. Andersen, a coder who recently built a service called Avoidr that helps you avoid social network “friends” you don’t really like, figured out that Foursquare had a privacy leak because of how it...