Liz Gannes reports: When asked to choose which is more important to them, protecting their personal information online or protecting their online behavior, respondents to a recent survey said hacking is a bigger concern than tracking. Some 75 percent of those surveyed said they are worried about hackers stealing their personal information, while 54 percent…
Category: Breaches
Woman Sues Border Patrol Agents for Outrageous Six-Hour Search
Cameron Langford reports: A U.S. citizen’s vagina and anus were left raw from a warrantless six-hour search by Customs and Border Protection agents and doctors, who looked into her with a speculum, then billed her $5,000 for the exam, the woman claims in court. Jane Doe sued four Border Patrol agents, El Paso County Hospital…
Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users without warning
Ashkan Soltani and Timothy B. Lee report: The woman was shocked when she received two nude photos of herself by e-mail. The photos had been taken over a period of several months — without her knowledge — by the built-in camera on her laptop. […] Most laptops with built-in cameras have an important privacy feature…
Former West Virginia sheriff gets probation for illegal wiretap
Associated Press reports: A former West Virginia sheriff, who illegally hacked into his ex-wife’s work computer, was sentenced on Thursday to serve probation for the crime — instead of jail time. Miles Slack pleaded guilty to a federal wiretapping charge, for which he faced up to five years in prison. But Thursday, a judge sentenced…