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Facebook Messenger no longer tracks your location by default
One week on from “Marauders Map” and Facebook Messenger has removed its eerie always-on location sharing feature.
California passes law requiring warrant to search computers, cellphones and tablets
The hodgepodge of US state and federal laws about phone search, some of which say the law needs a warrant and some of which say they don’t, just got a bit messier.
Twitter shuts down political transparency tool Politwoops
Being able to see a politician’s flip-flopping, via an archive of deleted tweets, was a valuable transparency tool. RIP to that!
Infosec 2015: “What concerns you the most in computer security?”
We took to the exhibition floor at Infosec 2015 to ask 10 visitors: “What concerns you the most in computer security?” We got 11 answers…and here they are.
Twin brothers accused of leading phishing gang busted by Russian police
The twins had purchased an armored door for their apartment, and they set up text message alerts to warn their associates to destroy evidence once the police showed up. It wasn’t enough to keep the cops out, or themselves out of jail.
Skype can no longer be crashed with these eight characters
Bad week for messaging apps, with Skype choking on http://: and iOS on… well, it hasn’t been fixed, so let’s just say “some characters!”
Obama signs USA Freedom Act into law, clipping NSA’s powers
Patriot Act provisions snap back to life, but spying will be a tad more inconvenient for the NSA, and there’ll be a bit more transparency.
We won twice at the 2015 European Blogger Awards!
To everyone who voted for us in this year’s European Security Blogger Awards, thank you so much. We were nominated in two categories, and we won in both of them.
Violent Facebook threats conviction thrown out by US Supreme Court
It’s not enough that ordinary people would find murderous rants threatening, the court said. Rather, courts have to consider frame of mind.