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TalkTalk’s plan to develop malware warning system raises privacy hackles

Posted on November 27, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Back in September, I linked to a number of news stories in the U.K. about how TalkTalk had become the talk of the privacy community for trialing a program that tracked its users’ web browsing. The purpose of the tracking was to develop a malware system that would warn its customers when they clicked on a…

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AU: WA cops get Facebook warning about posting photos

Posted on November 27, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Nicole Cox reports: WA Police have been banned from posting photos of themselves in police uniform, police-issue weapons and the force’s logo on social networking sites such as Facebook. The sweeping security crackdown comes amid fears sensitive information could be leaked and investigations compromised by officers who upload personal information on popular internet sites including…

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AU: Internet and privacy head PS breaches

Posted on November 26, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Markus Mannheim reports: Almost 600 federal bureaucrats breached their professional code of conduct last year. The latest State of the Service report, issued yesterday, shows misusing the internet and improperly accessing private records remain the most common violations of the Public Service Act. Government agencies carried out 970 investigations in 2009-10, of which three in…

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UK: Hacker gets another chance to foil US prosecutors

Posted on November 26, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Autistic hacker Gary McKinnon will get another chance to beat his US extradition order next week when the UK Parliament’s Home Affairs Select Committee considers his plight again. The Committee will consider the case against the 2003 Extradition Act under which the US placed an order for McKinnon’s arrest after he was caught hacking into…

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