Kristin Burnham reports: Yahoo announced late Tuesday night that the company plans to roll out a tool for recipients of recycled email accounts to return messages that were not intended for them. InformationWeek reported Tuesday on three Yahoo users who began receiving emails containing personal information intended for the former user — including bank and wireless account information —…
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Dropbox drops in to say “us, too”
Dropbox has filed an amicus brief in support of a consolidated brought in the FISC by five tech giants seeking to be more transparent with the public about government requests for user information.
Is Twitter About To Get More Invasive Than Facebook?
Josh Harkinson writes: Facebook gets all the bad press, but the bigger threat to your online privacy these days might be your Twitter account. Twitter knows you much better than you may realize. And as it prepares for an IPO, it’s taking steps that may allow it to profit from your data in ways that…
LinkedIn Customers Allege Company Hacked E-Mail Addresses
Linda Sandler reports: LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD), owner of the world’s most popular professional-networking website, was sued by customers who claim the company appropriated their identities for marketing purposes by hacking into their external e-mail accounts and downloading contacts’ addresses. The customers, who aim to lead a group suit against LinkedIn, asked a federal judge in…