Vindu Goel reports: Facebook has loosened its privacy rules for teenagers as a debate swirls over online threats to children from bullies and sexual predators. The move, announced on Wednesday, allows teenagers to post status updates, videos and images that can be seen by anyone, not just their friends or people who know their friends. Read…
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The Great Canadian Personal Data Grab
A reader kindly sent along this link to a post by Michael Geist: The Royal Bank of Canada updated its mobile application for Android users earlier this month. Like many banking apps, the RBC version allows users to view account balances, pay bills, and find bank branches from their smartphone. Yet when users tried to install the…
Yahoo to encrypt webmail sessions by default starting in January
From the it’s-about-time dept.: Lucian Constantin reports that in early 2014, Yahoo will start encrypting webmail sessions by default.
Snapchat passed ‘about a dozen’ unopened messages onto US law enforcement agencies
Jordan O’Brien reports: Think those cheeky Snapchats are completely safe? Maybe not according to a new blog post from the company. According to Micah Schaffer, the person in charge of trust and safety issues at Snapchat, law enforcement agencies can gain access to some Snapchats with a suitable warrant — just like any other service. Unlike…