Mozilla’s mobile platform, Firefox OS, is behind Google’s Android in just about every way. But in one important respect, privacy, Firefox OS is trying to move ahead by giving users more control over what data apps can gather from their devices…
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Watch out for fake versions of Flappy Bird sequel Swing Copters in Google Play Store!
Remember Flappy Bird, and the imposter apps that swarmed around at his death? The imposters were back in force at the birth of Flappy’s follow-on game, Swing Copters…
We need to talk about email
Today the people of the world will exchange about 250 *billion* messages using a system that has been shockingly insecure for decades: email. That’s why we need to talk about email…
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.
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!
Shark attack! Google wraps underwater cables in Kevlar-like vests
Google has to wrap its underwater sea cables in a Kevlar-like material, it says, because sharks like to bite them. 
How will you pay for the internet of the future?
In this, the 25th year anniversary of the invention of the World Wide Web, the man who claims to have invented the pop-up ad and gave rise to an economy of surveillance has apologized, said that the consequences were unforeseen, and invited the world’s citizens to re-imagine a different web. 
The EPIC edition – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
One less opt-in app, one more Android virus, and a bunch of EPIC failures… All in this week’s 60 Second Security.
Google adds deceptive software warnings to Safe Browsing service
The days of having your homepage switched or suddenly discovering a mysterious toolbar in your browser may be set to come to an end following an announcement from Google yesterday. From next week, Chrome will display a message whenever a piece of software attempts to do anything sneaky or unexpected with your browser or computer.