Twitter doesn’t want its transparency report to be fuzzy to the point of meaninglessness, full of “broad, inexact ranges” about how many times the US government has shaken it down in its surveillance operations, it says – or example, by counting them to the nearest thousand.
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SSCC 168 – Amaze your friends by ruining all their USB drives! [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest Chet Chat security podcast for your listening pleasure. Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin take apart the latest computer security stories to turn them into news you can use.
DEA agent steals woman’s identity and photos to lure in suspects on Facebook
The woman gave up her rights when she handed over her phone in an arrest, the Feds are claiming in a court case, so that makes it OK for a DEA agent to put up a bogus account in her name, post her private photos, friend a fugitive, and accept friend requests. Privacy experts call it an alarming expansion of the notion of “consent.”
AT&T hit by insider breach; “change your passcode” it warns
AT&T, the giant US telecom, says it fired an insider for having thumbed through customer accounts without authorization and potentially slurping customers’ taxpayer IDs, driver license numbers and more. 
Revenge porn offenders could face 14 years in jail
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued new guidance on the posting of revenge pornography. The suggested new approach would see more serious cases of revenge porn prosecuted under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Top 5 celebrity online thefts
There have been many episodes of celebrities being targeted by cybercriminals. Let’s take a look at some of the worst cases of celebrity data loss…
Facebook warns against buying fake likes, but the fans-for-sale industry is booming
Facebook is taking another swipe at fraudulent likes that artificially inflate a Facebook Page’s number of fans.
Bugzilla bug tracker fixes zero-day bug revealing bug
If we are allowed to smile at security holes, this bug-revealing bug in Bugzilla is wryly amusing…
Dubai police add facial recognition to Google Glass
A spokesman confirmed a report that Dubai police have developed software that will connect a Glass wearer to a database of wanted people. Is it 1984 yet? 
Celebgate continues, nude celebrity photos posted of Winona Ryder, Hulk Hogan’s son
Yet another crop of nude photos has been released. More will come. The salacious are still as thrilled as ever, but much of the internet is just hitting the snooze button and rolling over. Why do we stop caring about theft and privacy invasion?