The UK’s Met Police has been putting pressure on mobile device makers to enable screen locks on all new mobile devices, to encourage better security and reduce theft.
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Mother tracks down Facebook predator who lured son away from home
The child predator persuaded the boy to meet him by threatening suicide. Even after his mother told Adam Brown to block contact with her son, he persisted in messaging the young teenager. 
SSCC161 – What do you mean, “Trade him for Edward Snowden”? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest Chet Chat security podcast! Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin once again turn plain old news into advice you can use.
‘Facebook Drug Task Force’ hoax cranks up the paranoia
Just in time for Facebook’s newly announced “Satire” tag, a satirical news site brings us Facebook’s corporate police force, replete with assault weapons and anti-bomb vehicles, transporting their first two busted users to the nation’s first corporate jail – which is in Facebook’s Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, of course. 
Google et al slammed by justice chief over ‘right to be forgotten’
Europe’s Commissioner for Justice, Martine Reicherts, has slammed Google and other opponents of the ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling, claiming that they are attempting to undermine the reform.
5 excuses for doing nothing about computer security!
Here are five security excuses that we hear a lot, both from individuals and from small businesses. We’ve given you some advice to help you argue back that security really does matter…
Delaware passes law to give others access to our e-lives when we die
It’s the broadest law regarding digital assets of the deceased to be passed in the US, and internet companies and privacy advocates aren’t too crazy about it. At the end of the day/your days, a will that addresses digital assets is still a smart move that can address all the issues. 
Google plans YouTube clean-up, ready for kid customers
The new services reportedly will include a dashboard for parents, a child-safe YouTube, and a new age requirement on Android gadgets. This might be a good thing. Can you imagine a YouTube that won’t make you feel like you need a shower after a viewing session? Then this might be a bad thing. Helloooooo, micro-data-mining!
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission hacked 3 times in 3 years
According to documents obtained under an open-records request, two of the hacks, perpetrated via phishing emails, are believed to have originated in foreign countries, while the source of the third remains unknown because incident logs have been destroyed. The report does not say when the attacks occurred, nor does it divulge what, if any, data was compromised.
US won’t release Russian MP’s son being held on PoS hacking charges
A US federal court has refused to release Roman Seleznev, arrested in the Maldives under suspicion of rigging retail PoS systems to rip off credit card details. Prosecutors say he was caught with over 2 million stolen cards on his laptop and that he’d been searching the US federal court electronic filing system for charges against him. 