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Court Revives NSA Dragnet Surveillance Case

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Wired - Dec. 29 (News) -

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The Apologies of Zuckerberg: A Retrospective

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Wall Street Journal - By Liz Gannes - Nov. 29 (News Analysis) - At this point, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pattern on privacy is clear. Launch new stuff that pushes the boundaries of what people consider comfortable. Apologize and assure users that they control their information, but rarely pull back entirely, and

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Discharged for Being Gay, Veterans Seek to Re-enlist

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By James Dao - Sep. 04 (Investigative Report) - .By some estimates, hundreds of gay men and lesbians among the more than 13,000 who were discharged under the policy have contacted recruiters or advocacy groups saying they want to re-enlist after the policy is repealed on Sept. 20.

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Facebook's Fake Friends Epidemic

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

PC World - By Dan Tynan - Jun. 30 (Investigative Report) - A few weeks ago I got a Facebook friend request from a cute young blonde thing named Marjorie. I did not know Marjorie from Adam, but she was certainly enthusiastic about friending me. She even initiated a chat session before I had a chance to respond. In fact, she continues to chat me periodically at random, even though we are not officially "friends." When I asked why, she says she just "wants 2 b yr frnd." There was something strangely familiar about Marjorie, and it took me a couple of days to figure it out. Her profile photo - the only one on her page - was of country star Taylor Swift. (On closer inspection, one can see the MTV Awards logo behind her. Duh.)

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Citi says hackers access bank card data

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Maria Aspan, Narayanan Somasundaram - Jun. 09 (News) - Citigroup Inc said computer hackers breached the bank's network and accessed the data of about 200,000 bank card holders in North America, the latest of a string of cyber attacks on high-profile companies.

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G-8 leaders to call for tighter internet regualtion

Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Eric Pfanner - May. 24 (News Report) - leaders of the group of 8 industrialized countries are set to issue a provocative call for stronger internet regulation..championed by..president nicolas sarkozy of france, but opposed by some internet companies and free-speech groups

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Battle Brews Over FBI’s Warrantless GPS Tracking

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wired - By Kim Zetter - May. 09 (News) - The FBI's use of GPS vehicle tracking devices is becoming a contentious privacy issue in the courts, with the Obama administration seeking Supreme Court approval for its use of the devices without a warrant, and a federal civil rights lawsuit targeting the Justice Department for tracking the movements of an Arab-American student. In the midst of this legal controversy, Threat Level decided to take a look at the inside of one of the devices, with the help of the teardown artists at iFixit.

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NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers - BusinessWeek

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Apr. 25 (News) - NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers BusinessWeek It was a nightmare scenario: A homeowner forced to lie on the floor while gun-wielding federal law enforcement officers called him a pedophile and pornographer. But the Buffalo, NY, man was innocent. Someone else had tapped into his ... Wi-Fi Networks a Huge Privacy Risk Gather.com Wi-Fi, The New Danger Zone: How Secure Is Your Connection On The Go & At Home? allvoices NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers Forbes ABC News all 406 news ...

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Facebook looks to cash in on user data

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Jessica Guynn - Apr. 17 (News Report) - Profiles, status updates and messages all include a mother lode of voluntarily provided information. The social media site is using it to help advertisers find exactly who they want to reach. Privacy watchdogs are aghast.

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How Haystack Risked Exposing Iranian Dissidents

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Fast Company - By Neal Ungerleider - Mar. 12 (News) - In Sept. 2010, security experts discovered a problem: Iranian authorities, the very ones Haystack was supposed to circumvent and shield against, were exploiting massive holes in the encryption scheme to snoop on dissidents.

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Tiny Spy Planes Mimic Birds, Insects

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Associated Press - Mar. 06 (Research) - With a 6.5-inch wing span, the remote-controlled bird weighs less than a AA battery and can fly at speeds of up to 11 mph, propelled only by the flapping of its two wings. A tiny video camera sits in its belly. The bird can climb and descend vertically, fly sideways, forward and backward. It can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise. Most of all, it can hover and perch on a window ledge while it gathers intelligence, unbeknownst to the enemy.

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Internet 'Kill Switch' Legislation Back in Play

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Wired - By David Kravets - Jan. 28 (News Report) - Legislation granting the president internet-killing powers is to be re-introduced soon to a Senate committee, the proposal's chief sponsor told Wired.com on Friday. The resurgence of the so-called "kill switch" legislation came the same day Egyptians faced an internet blackout designed to counter massive demonstrations in that country.

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Facebook to let advertisers republish user posts

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:20:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Associated Press - Jan. 27 (News) - Facebook users who check in to a store or click the “like” button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends’ pages as a “Sponsored Story” paid for by advertisers.

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In a Wikileaks Era, Balancing Public and Private

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Eric Pfanner - Jan. 25 (News Report) - At a meeting of the World Economic Forum in China last year, Adrian Monck, the group’s chief spokesman, moderated a panel on social networking. Because the Internet can be a sensitive topic in China, he asked the audience whether the discussion should be kept private, to promote a freer exchange. By a show of hands, the camera-wielding journalists, BlackBerry-equipped executives and laptop-bearing bloggers agreed to turn off their gadgets. “It was an entertaining and relaxed discussion,” Mr. Monck said.

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The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Atlantic Monthly - By Alexis Madrigal - Jan. 24 (Special Report) - It was on Christmas Day that Facebook's Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan first noticed strange things going on in Tunisia. Reports started to trickle in that political-protest pages were being hacked. "We were getting anecdotal reports saying, 'It looks like someone logged into my account and deleted it,'" Sullivan said.

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Hawaii law bars release of Obama birth info

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Jan. 22 (News) - A privacy law that shields birth certificates has prompted Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie to abandon efforts to dispel claims that President Barack Obama was born outside Hawaii, his office says. State Attorney General David Louie told the governor that privacy laws bar him from disclosing an individual's birth documentation without the person's consent, Abercrombie spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said Friday. "There is nothing more that Gov. Abercrombie can do within the law to produce a document," said Dela Cruz. "Unfortunately, there are conspirators who will continue to question the citizenship of our president."

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Web images to get expiration date

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Jan. 20 (News) - Help is at hand for anyone who has ever forgotten about embarrassing images they posted to a social network or website.

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Icelandic MP fights US demand for her Twitter account details

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Dominic Rushe - Jan. 08 (News) - A member of parliament in Iceland who is also a former WikiLeaks volunteer says the US justice department has ordered Twitter to hand over her private messages.

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Terrorist watch list: One tip now enough to put name in database, officials say

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Ellen Nakashima - Dec. 29 (News Report) - The failure to put Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on the watch list last year renewed concerns that the government's system to screen out potential terrorists was flawed. Even though Abdulmutallab's father had told U.S. officials of his son's radicalization in Yemen, government rules dictated that a single-source tip was insufficient to include a person's name on the watch list.

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TSA Chief Apologizes to Airline Passenger Soaked in Urine After Pat-Down | Threat Level | Wired.com

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wired - By Kim Zelter - Nov. 23 (News Report) - An airline passenger outfitted with a urine bag for medical reasons had to sit through his flight soaked in urine after a TSA agent dislodged his bag during an aggressive security pat-down. Nearly a month later, he finally received an apology from TSA chief John Pistole.

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What's Mine Isn't Yours

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Slate - By Farhad Manjoo - Nov. 11 (News) - Mark Zuckerberg's favorite phrase is "social graph." In nearly every public appearance, the Facebook founder describes his company as a kind of cartographer on an endless mission to build an ever larger, more comprehensive, and more accurate map of humanity. A social graph is a digitized map of connections between people in the real world—the lines that connect you to your friends, your friends to their friends, and on and on until we're all ultimately joined to Kevin Bacon. At the moment, no corporation has a more comprehensive graph of these connections than Facebook, a fact that will surely bring the social network insane profits. Yet before Facebook, there was another way that people mapped their world online. It's called e-mail—and without it, Facebook would be nowhere.

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Google faces landmark fine for 'gross invasion of privacy'

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Andy McSmith - Oct. 25 (News) - Google faces being the first company to incur heavy fines under British privacy laws, after admitting downloading private emails and passwords.

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MySpace, Apps Leak User Data

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Geoffrey Fowler, Emily Steel - Oct. 23 (Investigative Report) - MySpace and some popular applications have been transmitting information to outside advertising companies that could be used to identify users, a Journal investigation found. The information was primarily sent by MySpace when users clicked on ads. The website had pledged to discontinue the practice of sending personal data when users click on ads after the Journal reported it in May. A MySpace spokesman said the data identify the user profile being viewed but not necessarily the person who clicked on the ad. MySpace is owned by News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal.

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Internet Wiretapping Proposal Met With Silence

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Verne G. Kopytoff - Sep. 28 (News Report) - An Obama administration plan to make wire tapping the Internet easier for law enforcement and national security agencies was met with silence by online companies Monday. Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and Research in Motion – never shy about issuing press releases – all declined to talk about what would be a major shift in privacy law.

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U.S. Is Working to Ease Wiretaps on the Internet

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Charlie Savage - Sep. 27 (Special Report) - Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone.

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