enigmax writes: Copyright holders and anti-piracy companies have been dealt a blow in their attempts to monitor and track down student file-sharers in Norway. Following a decision by the Data Inspectorate, universities will not be allowed to spy on the online activities of their students and data gathered for network maintenance purposes will kept well…
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Lost iPhone 5 Update: Police ‘Assisted’ Apple Investigators in Search of SF Man’s Home
Peter Jamison reports” The bizarre saga involving a lost prototype of the iPhone 5 has taken another interesting turn. Contradicting past statements that no records exist of police involvement in the search for the lost prototype, San Francisco Police Department spokesman Lt. Troy Dangerfield now tells SF Weekly that “three or four” SFPD officers accompanied…
HTC Responds to Claims Its Phones Are Spying on Users
Adam Mills reports: HTC made headlines a few days ago when allegations were made stating that the HTC Sensation 4G and the HTC EVO 3D were spying on users. The claim said that the latest software updates for both devices were spying on owners by collecting data including user location as well as inputting other user data…
Canadian ISP sued for data handover
AFP reports: Anthony Chai, a Thai-born naturalized American who runs a computer store in California, said in a lawsuit that Canadian web service provider Netfirms. com Inc. broke U.S. law by sharing his personal information with Thai authorities. On a now defunct website, Chai posted anonymous comments critical of Thailand’s “lease majeste” law in which…