The Department of Homeland Security has declared that there is not a specific, credible threat against the Super Bowl this year, but that’s not stopping the agency from going all out on security and surveillance.
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The GHOST vulnerability – what you need to know
The funkily-named bug of the week is GHOST. Here’s how it got its name, why there’s a problem, and what you can do about it…
Hotels that block personal Wi-Fi hotspots will get busted, says FCC
So ends Marriott’s campaign to block guests’ hotspots and force guests to pay for its own Wi-Fi, even though they don’t threaten security. 
Cop who stole nude photos from arrested women’s seized phones escapes jail
Sean Harrington pleaded no contest to felony charges related to secretly forwarding suspects’ photos to his and other officers’ phones. 
US Military wants to replace passwords with “cognitive fingerprints”
DARPA has awarded researchers at the US military’s elite West Point military academy a multi-million dollar contract to produce a replacement for password authentication based on “cognitive fingerprints”
SSCC 183 – It’s Data Privacy Day! Do something! [PODCAST]
From Apple’s latest OS X and iOS updates to Data Privacy Day – listen, learn and enjoy!
Massive DEA license plate reader program tracks millions of Americans
The DEA is license plate reader cameras to capture information on an enormous number of motorists, with some 793.5 million license plates stored in a database built for and with federal and local authorities. 
Facebook vs 25,000 users – privacy class action lawsuit has initial hearing date set
An Austrian court has given the go ahead to a class action lawsuit brought against Facebook for alleged privacy violations across Europe.
Bughunter cracks “absolute privacy” Blackphone – by sending it a text message
Serial bughunter Mark Dowd found a hole where it *really* wasn’t wanted. In the text messaging software on the “absolute privacy” Blackphone…
Ubisoft yanks keys for online games purchased via unauthorised parties
Far Cry 4 and other games disappeared over the weekend, leaving a trail of ex-Ubisoft fans in their wake, stripped of games Ubisoft thinks were “fraudulently” bought on third-party sites. 