This appears to be a smoking gun or “gotcha!” moment: Officers from the Met have uncovered a secret mobile phone within News International’s London offices that was used in illegal hacking. The Independent has established that the phone, nicknamed “the hub”, was registered to News International and located on the News of the World’s news…
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Google’s updated Transparency Report reveals increase in government requests
Google released its semi-annual Transparency Report today, and it’s generating a lot of buzz. Here are two articles on the report you may want to read: Elinor Mills’ on CNET, Google: Governments seek more about you than ever Ryan Singel on Threat Level, U.S. Requests for Google User Data Spike 29 Percent in Six…
FTC Gives Final Approval to Settlement with Google over Buzz Rollout
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has accepted as final a settlement with Google, and authorized the staff to provide responses to the commenters of record. The settlement resolves charges that Google used deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social network, Google Buzz, in 2010. The…
Privacy-protecting Facebook Disconnect app is downloaded 152,000 times
Rob Waugh reports: Facebook’s reassurances about its privacy policies don’t seem to have calmed people’s fears of the internet giant – as users flock to shield their browsing histories from its all-seeing eye. Facebook openly admits to tracking your use of other websites while you are logged in to the site. But the site’s attempts…