Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people’s names and, in some cases, their friends’ names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. The issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app [...]
Privacy is a status wherein an individual can work on his/her information in seclusion, resulting in a selective revelation of one’s identity and information. Privacy can mean anonymity in case a person wants to remain unidentified. Privacy can also be related to the security aspect of an individual or information. The definitions of privacy can [...]
Girl Scouts of America and Microsoft Corporation teamed up to create a new Web site that empowers girls to take control of their own online safety and help them educate their parents. Get tips on how to keep your teens safe online. (Getty/ABC News) The Web site includes videos, quizzes, forums and articles about topics [...]
A group of U.S. senators want the Department of Justice to have the power to shut down websites that provide illegal access to intellectual movies such as movies, music, software, and that unlawfully sell pharmaceuticals and counterfeit goods. On Monday, the senators including Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and committee [...]
Thanks to rapid increases in computing power, your confidential information is probably not safe unless you use a 12-digit randomized password, experts say. Recent research from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) indicates that to defeat a new generation ofencryption cracking software, passwords need a length of at least 12 randomized characters consisting of letters, [...]
It was the deleted photo seen ’round the world. Earlier this month, Ars Technica blogger Jacqui Cheng discovered that a photo she’d deleted on Facebook 16 months ago was still alive and well on Facebook’s servers. That’s right — photos that Facebook users delete can continue to be stored on Facebook’s site, accessible to anyone [...]
The United States is now the world’s leading producer of spam according to a recent study by antivirus company Sophos. With 18.6 percent of all spam sent between July and September, 2010, the U.S. leads what Sophos’ Graham Cluley called the “Dirty Dozen” of spam-sending countries. Behind the States are: India (7.6 percent), Brazil (5.7 percent), [...]
The cohost of MSNBC’s Morning Joe learned the hard way that tech-savvy kids plus computers can equal big trouble. By Mika Brzezinski “We need an intervention!” I tweeted. That I sent this SOS via Twitter should tell you a lot about my wired family. As a journalist and the cohost of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, I [...]
Since 2005, every web browser has added a feature that automatically erases any record of visited websites, cookies or images. For the most part, these modes do effectively hide user internet habits from other people using the same computer. But new evidence shows that dedicated attacks can retrieve the information. Experts say this isn’t something most [...]
[After major media coverage and a petition signed by more than 100 Change.org members, Facebook has pledged to address photo privacy concerns. "We're currently working with the CDN (content delivery network) on a fix that will delete photo and video content from the CDN's cache shortly after it's removed on Facebook," a Facebook spokesman wrote [...]
