Brian Krebs writes: One of the risks of using social media networks is having information you intend to share with only a handful of friends be made available to everyone. Sometimes that over-sharing happens because friends betray your trust, but more worrisome are the cases in which a social media platform itself exposes your data in the name of marketing….
Category: Online
Israeli teacher in nude Web photos to return to classroom
Batsheva Sobelman reports: A week after nude pictures of an Israeli high school teacher were posted online, the mother of two plans to return to class Tuesday as debate here swirls over issues of privacy, law and digital decorum. The woman, who teaches 12th grade at a privately run school in the city of Ashkelon,…
Comcast Denies Allegations of Tor Crackdown: Users Should Continue to Report any Non-Neutral Activity
April Glaser writes that Comcast has responded to allegations previously noted on this blog: This morning Comcast issued a statement denying that the ISP is blocking Tor and denying that there is any record of exchanges between Comcast and Tor users. The Vice President went as far as to say that he also uses Tor at times,…
What Surveillance Art Can Teach Us
Jed Bracy writes about the issues raised by a planned exhibit by XVALA of nude celebrity pictures. …. Celebgate, as it’s known on the Internet, has garnered much attention, and rightfully so. Reddit and 4chan have been criticized for allowing public forums that share the stolen property. They eventually caved to pressure and took down…