SSCC 165 – “U2 or not U2,” that is the question [PODCAST]

It’s Chet Chat time! Here’s this week’s episode of our news-you-can-use security podcast…

Is Facebook building a “Moments” app for ultra-private sharing?

The company’s reportedly putting the finishing touches on a separate app for composing intimate updates, designed to be an entirely different experience than what we have now: the kludgy toggling of the sharing settings on one composer interface in order to create both intimate content and blasted-out-to-the-universe Newsfeed updates.

Facebook meets with LGBT community over real-name policy

Facebook’s recently been cracking down on stage names, locking drag queens and transgenders out of their accounts until they switch accounts to their legal names. After mounting protests, Facebook reps scheduled a meeting with San Francisco activists and city officials over its real-name policy, which many say discriminates against the LGBT community.