Moves users get new privacy policy after Facebook deal
When Facebook acquired ProtoGeo Oy and its popular fitness app Moves, it was announced that “the Moves experience will continue to operate as a standalone app, and there …
Dropbox fixes link-sharing data-leaking flaw
Popular file hosting service Dropbox has announced that it has patched a vulnerability that would make privately shared links accessible to those for whom they weren’t …
Reset the Net action aims to thwart online mass surveillance
A group of over 30 Internet companies and civil liberties, environmental and political organizations have announced a global call to action aimed at making mass Internet …
EFF invites users to test online tracking blocker
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is on a mission: give users a tool that will help them disallow/block trackers contained within the Web pages they visit. They have been …
Facebook unveils Anonymous Login
At the F8 developers conference on Wednesday, Facebook announced that users will soon be offered the choice to login to third-party apps anonymously. “People tell us …
Security-oriented Blackphone specifications published
SGP Technologies SA, the Switzerland-based joint venture of Silent Circle and Geeksphone behind Blackphone, announced the specifications of its eagerly awaited privacy-minded …
Wearable technology privacy and security issues
In this interview, Dominic Storey, EMEA Technical Director at Cisco, talks about the security attacks wearable devices are susceptible to at the moment, how security should be …
US DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cell phone search
“Kill switches” for mobile phones seems like a great idea for discouraging rampant mobile phone theft going on in the US. As a matter of fact, a bill introduced to …
IoT is inevitable, but security and privacy is a top concern
The Internet of Things – everyday objects connected to the Web – currently seems like an inescapable future. There is a market for such things and devices, but …
Iowa State University servers breached, made to mine Bitcoins
Iowa State University has revealed yesterday that five of its departmental servers on campus have been hacked, and that Social Security numbers of nearly 30,000 of its past …
Researcher proposes alert tool for managing online privacy risks
As more and more of our daily life happens online, the issue of online privacy should be of prime importance to each of us. Unfortunately, it’s not. Most users are not …
Secure email service Lavaboom launches
Lavaboom, a German secure email service that aims to provide users with the most secure email account they will ever own (their words), will go into private beta around …
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