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Lawmakers debate increasing video surveillance in U.S.

, Apr 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Authorities are debating whether or not video surveillance should be increased in the United States due to their importance in uncovering the suspects of the Boston Marathon bombings. Lawmakers are in talks about the importance of increasing surveillance and how CCTV (close-circuit television) cameras will be able to increase security and protect citizens as well as help authorities track down suspects. Read The Full Story

Apple keeps anonymized Siri data for two years

, Apr 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

After releasing Siri on the iPhone 4S back in 2011, Apple has finally disclosed how long it keeps all of those commands and hankering questions you have for Siri. The Cupertino-based company says that it keeps all Siri data for two years, but they state that all of the data from Siri that the company collects is completely anonymized. Read The Full Story

House passes CISPA bill with flying colors

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

After being squashed in the Senate last year, the CISPA bill has made a reappearance in the House of Representatives once again, and it passed with flying colors. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, as it's called, passed in the House by a majority vote of 288 to 127. It's now on to the Senate to get a yea or nay. Read The Full Story

Microsoft begins rolling out two-factor authentication

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

The popularity of two-factor authentication is too much for Microsoft, as they will buckle under the pressure and offer two-factor authentication for all 700 million Microsoft accounts. The company announced today that they will be rolling out the new feature over the next few days, giving Microsoft users a little more piece of mind. Read The Full Story

Facebook partnering with attorneys general for privacy awareness

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Let's face it: Facebook privacy is something of a misnomer -- it's hard to use "Facebook" and "privacy" in the same sentence without it being considered negative. However, the social networking giant knows it, and it has announced that it will be partnering up with 19 state attorneys general in order to raise awareness for teen privacy on Facebook. Read The Full Story

Google’s Eric Schmidt asks for increased regulation for civilian drones

, Apr 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has voiced his concerns over the use of civilian drones. In an interview with The Guardian, he states that civilian drones could potentially be used irresponsibly, and can compromise a person's privacy. He also addresses concerns that these miniature drones can potentially be used as a terrorist weapon. He says that terrorists can strap weapons, like IEDs (improved explosive devices), to the drones. Read The Full Story

IRS believes it can read your emails, chats, and more without a warrant

, Apr 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Looks like the IRS believes it can read your emails, Facebook Chats, Twitter Direct Messages, SMS messages, and more without needing to obtain a search warrant beforehand. However, a ruling in the 2010 case, U.S. v. Warshak, by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals states that accessing someone's email messages without obtaining a warrant first violates the Fourth Amendment. Read The Full Story

Facebook addresses Home privacy concerns

, Apr 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Since its unveiling, many individuals have been vocal about Facebook Home concerns, speculating about privacy and what information the service many gather. To mitigate the worries and clarify the issues, Facebook has released answers to several questions that have been posed repeatedly, talking about what information it gathers, how privacy works with it, and more. Read The Full Story

CyanogenMod restores opt-out feature after user backlash

, Apr 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

On April Fools' Day, the folks behind the popular Android ROM CyanogenMod updated its CM Stats feature and removed the opt-out option for users, which wasn't an April Fools' joke. CM Stats collects a few details about users' devices, but with the opt-out feature removed, a handful of CyanogenMod users have complained. A day later, though, and the dev team restored the feature. Read The Full Story

The War Z player data compromised after security breach

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Those of you who play Hammerpoint's The War Z may want to change your passwords. Hackers have breached databases in The War Z that held personal player info. Players' email addresses, passwords, in-game names, IP addresses, and game log-in credentials have all been compromised. Hammerpoint has temporarily shut down its servers for The War Z and for its forums to address the issue and find out the scope of the damage. Read The Full Story

Google under fire in Europe, could face massive fines

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google is in a heap of trouble over in Europe due to not complying to making changes to its privacy policy when it was ordered to do so. Regulators in six European countries may invoke legal action on Google, and the search giant could face some hefty fines. Google's deadline to make changes to its privacy policy was February 26, 2012. Read The Full Story

Google Privacy Director steps down from position

, Apr 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Google's Director of Privacy, Alma Whitten, will be stepping down from her position soon. Whitten was first promoted to her position back in 2010 when Google decided it needed someone in charge of making sure that its products provide the best privacy for its users. Whitten has stated that she plans on retiring. Her position will be handed over to Lawrence You, a Google engineer whose been with the company for 8 years. Read The Full Story
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