In May 2011, I started blogging my concerns about software called PC Rental Agent by DesignerWare, LLC. The software allowed remote surveillance and data collection on unsuspecting customers who had rented computers from some rent-to-own firms. The lawsuit against Aaron’s that made me aware of the issue did not garner as much media attention as…
Category: Breaches
Facebook Bug Exposing Users’ Private Messages On Timeline? New Glitch Reportedly Spotted (updated)
Catharine Smith reports: Have Facebook users discovered a bug that exposes private correspondences between friends on the social networking site? According to Metro France, non-public messages sent between 2007 and 2009 may be appearing publicly on some users Timelines. France’s Le Nouvel Observateur is also reporting that private correspondences from 2010, 2011 and 2012 are being affected,…
Princeton student charged with invasion of privacy
The Associated Press reports that a Princeton student woke up to find a man he met at a party taking nude pictures of him with his cellphone. The other man, also a Princeton student, has been charged with invasion of privacy in the case. Read more here.
Activision Blizzard Secretly Watermarking World of Warcraft Users
This is not a security breach per se but I’m treating it as a privacy breach because WoW is revealing users’ IDs and server IP addresses without their knowledge or consent. On Slashdot, kgkoutzis writes: “A few days ago I noticed some weird artifacts covering the screenshots I captured using the WoW game client application. I sharpened…