Steven Aftergood reports: After a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) manual containing “sensitive security information” was inadvertently disclosed on a government website, it was reposted on several non-governmental websites where it remains freely available. Asked what TSA intends to do about that, Acting TSA Administrator Gale D. Rossides told Congress that her agency does not have…
Spoof Conroy website protests at internet filter plan
Asher Moses reports: He wants to censor the internet but what will Communications Minister Stephen Conroy do about a spoof website that uses his own name to protest against the Government’s internet filtering policy? A net prankster has taken advantage of Conroy’s failure to reserve his own domain name by registering stephenconroy.com.au and turning it…
Netflix Spilled Your Brokeback Mountain Secret, Lawsuit Claims
Ryan Singel reports: An in-the-closet lesbian mother is suing Netflix for privacy invasion, alleging the movie rental company made it possible for her to be outed when it disclosed insufficiently anonymous information about nearly half-a-million customers as part of its $1 million contest to improve its recommendation system. The suit known as Doe v. Netflix…
Privacy Groups Bring Facebook Complaints to FTC
Robert McMillan reports: Ten privacy and consumer groups, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), filed a complaint Thursday with the U.S.Federal Trade Commission, saying that Facebook’s newly revamped privacy settings are deceptive and unfair. Facebook unveiled the new privacy settings last week, saying that they were giving users more granular control over their settings,…