Internet sites “fingerprint” users by secretly collecting browser info
A group of European researchers have released the results of their research into just how many of the most visited Internet websites track users without their knowledge with …
Facebook makes every user discoverable by name
Once again, Facebook is doing away with a feature that many users didn’t even know they could use, but a small, privacy-conscious minority is glad to have (had). Almost …
EFF leaves the Global Network Initiative
With an open letter addressed to members of the Board of Directors of the Global Network Initiative (GNI), the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF) has officially resigned …
Reactions from the security community to the Adobe breach
Hackers have breached Adobe’s network and have made off with personal, account, and encrypted financial information of nearly 3 million Adobe customers, as well as the …
Adobe breached, customer info and source code compromised
Hackers have breached Adobe’s network and have made off with personal, account, and encrypted financial information of nearly 3 million Adobe customers, as well as the …
Innovation, big data and the future of information security
Dr. Herbert (Hugh) Thompson is Program Chair for RSA Conferences and a world-renowned expert on IT security. He has co-authored several books on the topic and has written more …
Facebook extends Graph Search to include posts, updates, comments
Since its launch earlier this year, Facebook Graph has slowly been filled with information about users. First came the interests they had, the locations they visited, the …
MEPs hear US privacy experts, whistleblowers and Snowden statement
The possibility of suspending EU-US trade talks, the idea of creating international standards of privacy protection and the need for genuine parliamentary oversight of …
NSA creates US citizens’ profiles by collecting metadata, public and commercial data
In 2010, NSA analysts were instructed to disregard previous restrictions when it came to analyzing phone call and email logs belonging to Americans that had connections to …
NSA letter reveals details of NSA analysts spying on their lovers
Details of twelve recorded cases since 2003 in which analysts misused US intelligence agencies’ surveillance capabilities to spy on their love interest or other not …
Legislation aims to end bulk collection of phone records
In order to restore the constitutional liberties that have been eroded by invasive surveillance and end secret interpretations of the law that vastly exceed the intent of …
US government security background checks fumbled by investigators
Edward Snowden’s successful exfiltration of confidential NSA documents has proved that the background checks executed for government personnel in order to receive the …
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