Owen Williams reports: You’re no doubt aware that Facebook shares your location with friends, but what you probably didn’t realize is how precise that data is or how easy it is to extract from the service. Aran Khanna, a student developer in Cambridge, MA, has created a Chrome extension that grabs location data from Facebook Messenger and rapidly…
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German Journalists Unions Say Proposed Data Retention Law Threatens Privacy
Sputnik reports: The proposed legislation, unveiled by German government Wednesday, would oblige telecom and Internet operators, including social networking sites and online messengers, to store customers’ traffic and location data for up to ten weeks for national security purposes. The measure is aimed to help German law enforcers fight terrorism and serious crime, but journalists argue that it can lead to violations of privacy…
Former USC Student Sues 3 Members Of School’s Baseball Team Over Release Of Sex Tape
From CBSLA: Three current and former of the USC baseball team are being sued for invasion of privacy and emotional distress after the release of a tape of a former student having sex with one player. The woman, identified in a Los Angeles Superior Court complaint as Jenna Doe, is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive…
Parents upload 973 photos of their child on social media BEFORE they turn five
Caroline McGuire reports: Most parents go to every length to protect their unborn child. But since the advent of social media, mothers and fathers are letting their guard down and uploading countless pictures of their children on the internet. More than 900 images of children are being shared online by parents before their fifth birthday,…