Reuters reports: A popular mobile web browser from a company that Alibaba paid more than $1 billion for last year leaks sensitive user data and is a privacy risk, a Canadian technology research group said on Thursday. Citizen Lab said Chinese and English-language versions of UC Browser, developed by UCWeb Inc, made easily available to…
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iiNet to offer free legal advice to customers accused of illegally downloading Dallas Buyers Club
Lucy-Mae Beers, Lillian Radulova, and Emily Crane report: After fronting up to the Federal Court, iiNet along with other Internet Service Providers, will offer free legal advice to any customers who illegally downloaded the film Dallas Buyers Club. The Federal Court ruled in April that Australian internet companies, including iiNet and other ISPs, should hand…
UK: David Cameron to appoint Joanna Shields as web safety minister
Charlotte Henry reports: Joanna Shields, the former Facebook executive turned Conservative peer, is set to be appointed as minister for internet security in the new government. Baroness Shields is formally listed on the government’s website as a minister in the department for culture, media and sport. However, she has not yet been given a full…
Could it finally be over? Max Mosley and Google end their legal fight over S&M orgy photos
After more than seven years since the first media report appeared of a sex orgy involving Max Mosley – a media report that Mosley argued violated his privacy – is this case finally over? The Journal reports: Google and ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley have settled a dispute over images from a sadomasochistic orgy he took…