Snapchat and the FTC have come to terms in a settlement over the privacy practices of the controversial mobile message service company. Will Snapchat be better at protecting user privacy now that it’s required to be monitored by a privacy auditor for the next 20 years?
Daily Archives: May 8, 2014
Orange bitten by data breach, leaks personal data from promotional messaging server
Current reports put the size of Orange’s latest data breach at 1,300,000 records. It seems that the data wasn’t stolen from one of Orange’s primary databases, but from an ancillary system used for sending promotional emails and SMSes.
Researchers find post-Snowden chill stifling our search terms
The prevalence of search terms that people think might get them in trouble with the government shrank not only in the US but also in other countries – growth that’s even more notable when compared with that of neutral, “this won’t get me in trouble” search term usage, which increased. 
Stolen phone snaps selfie of mystery man who entered wrong PIN
Could be the thief, could be an innocent guy who just happened to pick up a stray mobile phone – hard to say! That’s why police in Essex, UK, are keen to have a chat with him. 