Carly Carioli writes: …. One of the most fascinating documents we came across was the BPD’s subpoena of Philip Markoff’s Facebook information. It’s interesting for a number of reasons — for one thing, Facebook has been pretty tight-lipped about the subpoena process, even refusing to acknowledge how many subpoenas they’ve served. Social-networking data is a contested…
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This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.
Declan McCullagh reports: Nicholas Merrill is planning to revolutionize online privacy with a concept as simple as it is ingenious: a telecommunications provider designed from its inception to shield its customers from surveillance. Merrill, 39, who previously ran a New York-based Internet provider, told CNET that he’s raising funds to launch a national “non-profit telecommunications…
Privacy concerns after Instagram’s acquisition by Facebook
Graham Cluley writes: It’s the big tech headline of the week: Facebook has announced it is buying the popular photo-sharing app Instagram for a cool billion dollars. But should Instagram’s 30 million users – who are reportedly uploading five million new photos to the service each day – have worries about the acquisition? Read more…
Watching ‘Martha’: 50,000 affected by security camera privacy breach
Andrew Ramadge reports: Thousands of people all over the world could be watching Martha* get ready for bed right now. But Martha isn’t an entertainer. She’s an elderly woman, and she almost certainly doesn’t know that the inside of her home is being broadcast on the web. Martha – or more likely, one of her…