Kalev Leetaru writes: Earlier this week the story broke that an employee of Facebook’s security team may have used his privileged access to Facebook user data to stalk women online and he was apparently not the first. The company immediately fired the individual when the incident was brought to its attention over Twitter and issued…
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Do you have a Twitter account? If so, reset your password now
From Twitter, May 3, posted by Paraga: When you set a password for your Twitter account, we use technology that masks it so no one at the company can see it. We recently identified a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We have fixed the bug, and our investigation shows no indication…
I told him to stay off Facebook, but no….
So pretty much all of my regular readers know I detest Facebook and have never had a Facebook account. Recently though, my husband decided to get on Facebook to participate in a closed group affiliated with the dog shelter where he volunteers as a dog-walker. It will come as no surprise to those who know…
Gmail’s new ‘confidential mode’ offers more privacy controls
Jaclyn Cosgrove of the LA Times reports: In rolling out major updates to Gmail, Google announced Wednesday that the popular email service will soon feature a new “confidential mode” that promises to give users more control over who sees the emails they send, and for how long. Users should still be mindful about what they…