Ryan Singel writes: A wide swath of the net’s top websites, including MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, NBC and Scribd, were sued in federal court Friday on the grounds they violated federal computer intrusion law by secretly using storage in Adobe’s Flash player to recreate cookies deleted by users. At issue is technology from Quantcast,…
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Illegal Immigration Fingerprint Program, Secure Communities, Has Advocates Up In Arms
Ivan Moreno reports: The federal government is rapidly expanding a program to identify illegal immigrants using fingerprints from arrests, drawing opposition from local authorities and advocates who argue the initiative amounts to an excessive dragnet. The program has gotten less attention than Arizona’s new immigration law, but it may end up having a bigger impact…
Citi plugs privacy hole in iPhone banking app
Elinor Mills reports: Citibank has fixed a flaw in its iPhone app that was inadvertently storing customer account data on the mobile devices, the company said on Monday. “During a recent review, we discovered that our U.S. Citi Mobile iPhone banking app was accidentally saving information related to customer accounts in a hidden file on…
Ie: Court orders internet provider to disclose blogger’s identity
The High Court has today ordered internet provider UPC Communications to disclose the identity of a blogger who posted information about the Irish Red Cross on a website. The charity says the internal information was “wilfully distorted and misconstrued” and had been posted anonymously. It has now discontinued its proceedings against UPC and will continue…