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Terry Childs is denied motion for retrial
The former San Francisco network administrator who refused to hand over passwords for one of the city's networks was denied a new trial on Friday and...
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Facebook, nannying, and objectives
Gibbs ponders the problems with employees and social networking and suggests that nannying won't cut it.
Free Android apps scrape personal data, send it to China
As many as four million users of Android phones have downloaded wallpaper apps that swipe personal data from the phone and transmit it to a...
ICO: Google Wi-Fi data didn't contain personal information
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed that data Google accidentally collected from unsecured Wi-Fi networks does not include "any...
The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A
Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook...
Former student files second lawsuit over school Webcam spying
Another student this week sued the suburban Philadelphia school district embroiled in allegations of spying on high schoolers using their...
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Alleged Mariposa botnet hacker arrested in Slovenia
Slovenian police will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss the arrest of three men in connection the massive Mariposa botnet that was...
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100M Facebook Profiles Now Available For Download
One hundred million Facebook user profiles containing personal information such as e-mail addresses and phone numbers, are now available as a 2.8GB...
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Facebook Testing Delete Account Option
Facebook is quietly testing a "delete account" option on a small percentage of users, according to a Slashdot post (and The Next Web confirms).