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Daily Archives: May 7, 2014
87 arrested in the Philippines in bust of sextortion ring
Three men, out of some 87 arrested, are allegedly behind the blackmailing of Daniel Perry, a 17-year-old Scottish boy who killed himself last year. 
Apple admits flaw in email attachment encryption on iPhones and iPads
Apple is under pressure once again to patch a security flaw in iOS 7, after a researcher published his discovery that email attachments are unencrypted on iPhones and iPads. Here’s why this is a big deal, and what you can do to stay protected.
‘Moves’ fitness app races to change privacy policy after Facebook acquisition
Within 11 days of the acquisition announcement, the app changed its tune, from “we won’t commingle data” to “we won’t commingle but we *will* share.” Befuddling semantics or what? 
Dropbox stumbles over security and privacy of secret links
Another flaw in Dropbox was discovered this week. Users sharing documents using a secret link may have inadvertently been sharing the secret link with sites they linked to from shared files.