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Google bans sexually explicit content on Blogger
Unless the content has “public benefit,” it will be bumped out of public view as of 23 March (if it’s already been published) and banned outright after that date. 
10,000 motorists’ names and addresses published online by parking fine company
Parking fine collection firm PaymyPCN.net accidentally published a database containing 10,000 drivers’ names, addresses, photos and emails.
“PowerSpy” – can crooks really track you by the power your phone is using?
Can power usage alone, as your phone moves around in the mobile network, give away your location? Sort of, say three Stanford computer scientists…
Burning Man festival to cancel tickets of cheaters who used website hacks
Burning Man says it will cancel festival tickets purchased by approximately 200 individuals who managed to use a flaw in the ticketing website to jump ahead of the line.
Snapchat tells teens: Keep your clothes on!
Somebody should have told the kids whose racy snap went viral: Snapchat’s got a new Safety Center that nixes nudity and sex, at least for minors. 
Tumblr blocks torrent-related posts from search results, along with adult content
Logged-in users will have to click the lock icon to switch out of “safe mode” and get to any posts tagged with, or mentioning, torrents. 
Alleged US Army hacker Lauri Love wants his computers back
A man arrested on suspicion of hacking into the computer systems of the United States Army and other federal agencies is petitioning for the return of his encrypted computers and storage devices.
How the “Great SIM Heist” could have been avoided
Apparently, intelligence services managed to penetrate the network of a major SIM card manufacturer, grab loads of SIM keys, and now we’re all liable to be listened in on. But why? What is it about SIM cards that made this possible?
Facebook to be sued by Native American over real-name policy
Dana Lone Hill, a member of the Lakota people and one of many Native Americans whom Facebook shut out over erroneous reports of fake names, will head the class action lawsuit. 