FBHive, a new site covering news and opinions about Facebook started by ‘two twenty-something guys’ who are self-proclaimed ‘avid fans’ of the social networking service, is launching today with a bang. According to the website owners, a security loophole allows anyone to view private profile information even if that information has been shielded off by…
Category: Breaches
McDonald’s: sue our employee instead of us
In November 2008, McDonald’s customers Phillip and Tina Sherman sued McDonald’s Corp., Matthews Management Co., owner of the McDonald’s franchise in Fayetteville, and Aaron Brummley, manager at the restaurant, alleging that an employee uploaded nude photos to the internet from their cell phone which they had accidentally left at the store. In April, a judge…
Typing In an E-Mail Address, and Giving Up Your Friends’ as Well
I posted a story earlier this week about Tagged.com. The New York Times also has an article on Tagged.com, MyLife.com, desktopdating.net, and what appears to be an accelerating problem. ….. I spoke to Greg Tseng, founder and chief executive of Tagged, to ask him what happened. He said all social networking sites invite you to…
Mass. legislator: Revisit data security law
After months of outspoken complaints from business leaders who said Massachusetts data security laws were next to impossible to follow, one lawmaker wants to make compliance easier for the smallest and largest of businesses. A bill sponsored by Sen. Michael Morrissey, D-Quincy, would rewrite the law passed in 2007, essentially creating separate paths to compliance…