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February 8, 2012

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:22 AM/CST

Facebook Still Not Deleting Photos From CDN: Ars Technica

For anyone who has deleted photos on Facebook, it turns out the social networking company still hasn't fixed the problem where the images aren't removed from its CDNs.

December 5, 2011

Monday, December 05, 2011 3:07 PM/CST

Vendors Release Carrier IQ Scanning Tools

As users become increasingly worried about the network monitoring tool from Carrier IQ that appear to have been installed on millions of phones worldwide, vendors are rolling out detection tools. Alas, they do not remove the software.

November 7, 2011

Monday, November 07, 2011 8:16 PM/CST

Should I Change My Password? Yes!

Instead of looking up accounts on Pwnedlist.com or ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com, users should just go ahead and change passwords, security researchers say.

October 11, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 7:37 AM/CST

German Government Spyware Capable of Snooping, Remote Updates

A group of hackers have analyzed software used by the German law enforcement and discovered a number of suspect features, including the ability to update itself

October 10, 2011

Monday, October 10, 2011 11:57 AM/CST

Law Allows Government to See Who You Are Emailing

The United States government is requesting court orders to compel Internet companies to hand over information about their customers' activities as part of the WikiLeaks investigation.

September 26, 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011 11:51 AM/CST

Senators Question OnStar Policy on Data Collection

Three Senators criticized OnStar for privacy concerns after the GM subsidiary said it will continue collecting information even after subscribers cancel the service

September 19, 2011

Monday, September 19, 2011 8:34 PM/CST

FTC Workshop to Address Privacy, Facial Recognition

FTC is worried enough about the privacy implications of having facial recognition software being used everywhere. The workshop will be in December.

August 24, 2011

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:34 PM/CST

Twitter Joins Mandatory HTTPS Club

Twitter will begin rolling out HTTPS by default to users to protect users from session hijacking

August 23, 2011

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11:26 PM/CST

Serious Cryptographic Bug Fixed in PHP

The PHP group has fixed a serious cryptographic bug in PHP 5.3.7 and recommended developers upgrade to PHP 5.3.8

June 7, 2011

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 1:05 PM/CST

Facebook Enables Facial Recognition for Everyone

Facebook turns on facial recognition for all users. If you think that's creepy, here are the steps to disable it.

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