Most of us carry a cell phone to stay in touch. But, as CBS News Science and Technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg reports, you might be surprised to learn just how easy it is to violate your privacy or even trick you. A high-profile publicist is accused of hacking into the voice mail of some other…
Identity theft a growing menace to social networkers
Gordon Smith reports: People posting apparently innocuous information on social networking sites could leave themselves open to identity theft, a computer security conference heard this week. Presenting a keynote address at the RSA conference in London, People Security’s chief security strategist Hugh Thompson said that while posting on social networks has grown, “there hasn’t been…
B.C.’s law society gives itself authority to copy hard drives without court order
Jane Mundy reports: On the heels of the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC)’s commitment to make major changes to its disciplinary process, B.C. Benchers adopted a rule in October that allows investigators to copy a lawyer’s entire hard drive — including personal information. Benchers agreed that the law society will create a rule that…
Court case shows (yet again) limits of anonymous blogging
Jacqui Cheng reports: US courts have historically looked on anonymous bloggers and commenters with a sympathetic eye, but there are exceptions. A Tennessee judge denied a blogger’s motion to quash a subpoena to reveal his identity last week, and he also denied a motion to dismiss the case. With few other options available to him…