It never fails that when any of the big boys of the web, like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, or even Twitter, decide to make changes to any of their privacy policies the web erupts with various degrees of outrage and condemnation. ...
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People probably won't remember this but back during the 1990's there was a big uproar amongst security folks about a major intel gather project that the FBI was investing a lot of money and energy into called ...
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Robert Lee had a sore tooth in 2010 so he went to Dr. Stacy Makhnevich in New York.
ABC News reports that prior to treatment Lee was asked to sign several papers, inlucding one on Mutual Agreement to ...
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One of the more interesting things about Amazon's new Fire tablet is their own browser called Silk. What makes the browser interesting is that it uses a "split" design that has any browser traffic using Silk going ...
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Everything you do on the web, from surfing websites to wasting your life on Facebook, downloading files to sending and reading emails, it all has to go through your broadband provider and they keep track of it ...
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Technology is a great thing, I would be first to say that; but as great as it is it can also be misused; regardless of the intentions of those who dream up all these great new ideas.
Such ...
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Kids that wish to attend college have very little choice when it comes to the SAT exam- it's generally either take the test or learn a trade, given its ubiquity as a college entrance requirement.
Two congressmen are ...
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One of the time-tested ways of deflecting criticism is blaming what you're being accused of on the other guy.
Today in tech news, one of the stories I've seen bounced around centers on allegations Facebook engaged in a ...
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Is anyone else beginning to think that Facebook's entire focus is desensitizing users to privacy breaches?
The leaky social network has again exposed user data to third parties, this time inadvertently allowing advertisers to obtain "access tokens," which ...
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Renting to own a piece of electronic equipment is a pretty bad idea for a number of reasons, although the practice is not entirely uncommon because lots of people feel they can't afford the items in question ...
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We've all heard the stories of people convicted on crimes where the evidence included things like their Google searches or their Facebook posting but in order to get that Facebook information the police first need to subpoena ...
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Steve Jobs downplayed the level of data kept by Apple on users following a Gizmodo report last week that an extensive level of information is being compiled and stored from users' iPhones.
Gizmodo's Sam Biddle detailed how his ...
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A very scary report has just shown up on Gizmodo written by Sam Biddle where he maps everywhere he has been over the last year.
So what is so scary about that?
Well all the data used to create ...
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There is being wired and then there is just being ridiculous. I get the whole idea of being always connected, even though I don't agree with the degree with which we go to, but there is seriously ...
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The internet's craft fair, Etsy, is taking a bit of flack right now for trying to make the site more social, and in doing so, revealing a bit more about Etsy users than users may be aware ...
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How would you like it if your boss listened in on your private, off-hours phone conversations or peeked into your bedroom as you engaged in whatever it is you do in there, I ain't judging? Is the ...
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Hmmm... reading this particular blog post on the Official Google Blog, I have to say my initial reaction was "not sure if want."
While I (and many others) have had a block-list field day with the anti-content farm ...
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C'mon guys- this totally looks legit!
A dating site that opens with a pic of creepy basement guy and his mail-order Eastern European bride clad in Walmart attire and smiling unnervingly has gotten in a bit of hot ...
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A Michigan man is facing five years in prison after police say he logged into his wife's Gmail account without her permission with the intention of spying on her.
33-year-old Leon Walker is charged with a felony 'hacking' ...
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If you gave personal information to McDonald's in exchange for free McRib or a Shamrock Shake, you might be one of the customers whose information was exposed after a security breach involving an email marketing management firm.
McDonald's ...
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If you're sworn to uphold the law or hope to be, should you have to bend over and allow hiring directors to sift through your personal communications and base personnel decisions on that content?
If a recent piece ...
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A self-described "internet troll" has been sentenced to 18 weeks in jail in Britain after he used Facebook to post obscene messages to memorial pages including that of cancer-striken reality star Jade Goody.
36-year-old Colm Coss of Manchester ...
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