By seemingly admitting that Gmail users should have "no legitimate expectation of privacy," Google's legal team has created a bit of a PR headache, with terrible timing to boot.
Jared Newman |
14 Aug |
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Google is taking some serious heat for the way Chrome can reveal all your saved passwords to anyone--anyone!--with access to your computer. Yet Google has defended the move, with Chrome's security tech lead arguing that further password protection measures would only provide a "false sense of security."
Jared Newman |
07 Aug |
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From the "just a little creepy" department: Brick-and-mortar stores are experimenting with Wi-Fi and advanced video surveillance to track customers as they shop.
Jared Newman |
16 Jul |
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A security flaw could affect 99 percent of Android devices, a researcher claims, but the reality is that most Android users have very little to worry about.
Jared Newman |
09 Jul |
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If you own an Android phone, there's a small chance that you've downloaded an app with some questionable advertising tactics. Now, mobile security firm Lookout is naming and shaming the ad networks involved.
Jared Newman |
26 Jun |
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Evernote is taking a few big steps to help users lock down their accounts, including optional two-step authentication.
Jared Newman |
30 May |
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Facebook Thursday announced a new security tool called "Trusted Contacts" for users who suspect they've been hacked.
Jared Newman |
02 May |
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If you're an active user of Outlook, SkyDrive, Office Web Apps, or other Microsoft services, you may want to add two-step verification for an extra layer of security.
Jared Newman |
17 Apr |
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Although Facebook and government agencies don't always see eye to eye, several state attorneys general are teaming up with the social network on new privacy education resources.
Jared Newman |
15 Apr |
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While North Korea has made some serious-sounding threats about military action against the United States and South Korea lately, the country's looking a bit silly after several of its online accounts were hacked.
Jared Newman |
04 Apr |
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To help the Internet move on from usernames and passwords, Google wants to put a ring on it.
Jared Newman |
20 Jan |
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Although Facebook's Graph Search isn't available to most users yet, once it rolls out more broadly, there won't be any escaping it.
Jared Newman |
19 Jan |
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Parents beware: Many iPhone and Android apps designed for children are playing fast and loose with privacy, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
Jared Newman |
10 Dec |
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Facebook may modify its plans to share user data with affiliates such as Instagram, thanks to pressure from government regulators in Ireland.
Jared Newman |
28 Nov |
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In a dumbfounding display of politics at work, a U.S. Senate bill that, at one point, would have protected e-mail privacy has gone the opposite way, and would allow government surveillance of online services without a warrant if passed into law.
Jared Newman |
21 Nov |
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