Nik Cubrilovic writes: Dave Winer wrote a timely piece this morning about how Facebook is scaring him since the new API allows applications to post status items to your Facebook timeline without a users intervention. It is an extension of Facebook Instant and they call it frictionless sharing. The privacy concern here is that because you no longer…
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Autobiography of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange published despite attempts to block it
Anna Edwards reports: Despite his attempts to block an explosive autobiography, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s story has been published. […] Publishers Canongate Books decided to put the memoir on sale after Assange, who is on bail in Britain facing extradition to Sweden, attempted to cancel his contract after reading a first draft. Assange, 40, said…
Netflix Attacks Consumer Privacy Law
EPIC.org writes: Today Netflix announced that it has launched a DC lobbbying campaign against a federal privacy law that protects customer video rental information. The company, which is already under fire for dramatic hikes in the subscription price of its once popular DVD rental program, now claims that the privacy law prevents Facebook users from posting information…
Privacy Win: Apple and Dropbox Join Fight to Reform Electronic Privacy Law
Kevin Bankston of EFF writes: In April we launched “Who Has Your Back”, a campaign calling on major Internet companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft to stand with their users when it comes to government demands for users’ data. Today, we’re pleased to see that two of the thirteen companies highlighted in our petition, Apple and Dropbox,…