Chelsea Laskowski reports: Guardianship is the principal point of a lawsuit that brought up the issue of cellphone privacy, according to closing arguments made by the plaintiff’s lawyer. On Thursday, both sides closed their case in a lawsuit trial revolving around a March 2010 incident where a sixth grader’s cellphone was confiscated and his texts…
Category: Breaches
Grindr, dick pics and contemporary art’s new invasions of privacy
Sian Cain reports: It is that timeless philosophical question: if everyone sees your dick pic hanging in a gallery except you, is it art? With the rise of social networking and photo-sharing, artists are scanning everything for material – including Grindr, an app for gay and bisexual men to find potential sexual partners according to…
Thousands of Snapchat images may have been hacked via a third-party image-saving service
David Meyer reports: The database of a Snapchat image-saving service — not associated with Snapchat itself — has allegedly been hacked, and the hackers have claimed on 4chan that they will make hundreds of thousands of Snapchat users’ private images and videos available in a searchable database. Read more on GigaOm.
MO: Authorities Investigate Possible Invasion of Privacy at Fair Grove High School
Lindsay Clein and John Gerding report: Police and school leaders in Fair Grove are investigating a possible invasion of privacy during band practice. A few students have been accused of using an electronic device to record girls changing clothes. Because this is a sensitive case involving minors, officials aren’t saying much. Authorities did, however, tell…