Did Facebook’s emotional manipulation study break data protection laws? The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office is to investigate the experiment, which caused outrage after it manipulated the feeds of close to 700,000 users to determine how they reacted to positive or negative news.
Daily Archives: July 2, 2014
Anatomy of a buffer overflow – Google’s “KeyStore” security module for Android
Here’s a cautionary tale about a bug, courtesy of IBM. Not that IBM had the bug, just to be clear: Google had the bug, and IBM researchers spotted it.
Supreme Court refuses to drag Google out of its Street View privacy wreckage
Google’s planning to slurp up ever more data, from wearables, fitness apps and more. It sure would be nice for Google if the Street View fiasco would fade away and stop reminding people of how they snooped on data and then lied about it, but the Supreme Court isn’t disposed to helping it out on this one. 
Ex-boyfriend avoids jail for posting offensive update on woman’s Facebook account
The case – one which involves prosecution over damage to a social media account – is reportedly unprecedented. The guilty party was facing a maximum of 10 years in prison and a €10,000 fine, with a judge who had no precedents to go on when it came time for sentencing. 