Evan Brown writes: Plaintiff company and its CEO sued several unknown defendants who tweeted that plaintiff company encouraged domestic violence and misogyny and that the CEO visited prostitutes. The court allowed plaintiffs to serve subpoenas on Twitter to seek the identity of the unknown Twitter users. Twitter would not comply with the subpoenas unless and…
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Obama to push cybersecurity, identity theft and online access plans
Jim Puzzanghera reports: President Obama will focus on high technology next week, announcing efforts to strengthen cybersecurity, prevent identity theft and increase Internet access, the White House said Saturday. The initiatives will be included in his State of the Union address, which Obama is previewing before the Jan. 20 speech, rather than saving all his…
OS X search tool Spotlight runs roughshod over Mail privacy settings
Shaun Nichols reports: Spotlight, the desktop search engine for OS X computers, will ignore privacy settings in Apple’s Mail client when showing messages in its search results. The programming booboo means pictures and possibly other files linked to in HTML emails will automatically show up even if you’ve told Apple’s supplied client to not load…
Canadians upset with Romanian website that exposes Canadian court case details
Christine Dobby reports: A Romanian website that says it’s dedicated to keeping ‘information free and open’ is raising difficult questions about how much personal information should be included in Canadian legal rulings. Over the past year, close to 100 people have complained to the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII), after coming across legal decisions that…