Charlie Osborne reports: Snapchat has begun issuing warnings to users about linking third-party apps to the platform’s API, and will start locking the accounts of those who do not comply. The messaging app is a popular service due to a feature that deletes data, including text and images, after they have been viewed by the…
Category: Breaches
Loss of privacy is taking a huge emotional toll: J-Law
As long-time readers know, this blog has always taken the position that celebrities are still entitled to privacy. And with that in mind, this site has often avoided posting news items about people whose private sex tapes or sensitive information has been uploaded to the Internet without their knowledge or consent. Not surprisingly, the recent exposure…
AU: Mt Martha woman snapped sunbaking in g-string by real estate drone
Rita Panahi reports: A G-string clad mother of three has become the accidental attraction in a real estate advertising campaign for a house sale in Mt Martha. An ambitious agent enlisted a drone to take an aerial photograph of the property, which includes a sweeping image of the beach. But the picture also captured small business…
Bad Idea: Overdisclosing People’s Positive STD Status–Doe v. Successfulmatch
Venkat Balasubramani has an interesting analysis and commentary on a privacy lawsuit that’s not the run-of-the-mill lawsuit. I had noted this lawsuit previously on this blog (here) after a previous lawsuit failed. Venkat writes: This is a privacy lawsuit brought by people who signed up for a dating site (Positive Singles) for people with STDs. Plaintiffs…