The L.A. Times and KTLA report: An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shooting videos of her that he posted on the Internet and tried to sell, federal authorities said today. Michael David Barrett, 48, of Westmont, Ill., admitted that he had the intent to “harass or to cause…
Zuckerberg pictures exposed by Facebook privacy roll-back
John Leyden reports: Illuminating pictures of Facebook chief exec Mark Zuckerberg have been exposed by Facebook’s privacy roll back. Back in October, the world at large could see only one photo of the Facebook co-founder via the social networking site. Facebook’s controversial privacy shake up this week means that world+dog can now obtain access to…
AU: Consumers may be told of ID theft
Kim Christian reports: Australian businesses may soon be forced to tell their customers if their personal details have been stolen, under proposed new laws to combat identity theft. One of the world’s biggest technology security companies, Symantec Corp, says it has been approached to assist the federal government with “advice and support” in drafting privacy…
Mozilla man sends Firefoxers to Microsoft Bing
Cade Metz reports: Mozilla director of community development Asa Dotzler – co-founder of the original Firefox project – has encouraged Firefox users to switch their search engine from Google to Microsoft Bing in the wake of Eric Schmidt’s now infamous words on net privacy. In an interview aired by CNBC on Sunday, the Google boss…