Frostwire LLC, a peer-to-peer file-sharing application developer, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its software likely would cause consumers to unwittingly expose sensitive personal files stored on their mobile devices, and that it misled consumers about which downloaded files from their desktop and laptop computers would be shared with a file-sharing network….
Category: Govt
Justice Department ramps up WikiLeaks e-mail probe
Declan McCullagh reports: The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded its investigation of WikiLeaks-related accounts to encompass Google and Internet provider Sonic.net. Both companies received secret court orders directing them to turn over information from the e-mail account of Jacob Appelbaum, a hacker and human rights activist who has been affiliated with WikiLeaks, the Wall…
Government Email Delivery Tracks Recipients
Seen on Cryptome.org: DoJ and DHS — which should know better but may pretend innocence — use govdelivery.com, probably others. We have complained to the service before without response. To see the tracking code look at the HTML code underlying the links. Clicking a link will produce a 404. This was discovered by use of…
Markey, Barton Ask FTC to Chew on Supercookies Issue
John Eggerton reports: The co-chairs of the House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus have asked the FTC to investigate the use of ‘supercookies’ to collect personal data and track web users’ movements. In a letter to the commission, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said they wanted to know what it has done, or plans…