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Tag Archives: Privacy
FBI’s warrantless ‘hack’ of Silk Road was legal, prosecutors claim
Even if FBI agents did hack their way into the Silk Road without a warrant – and they’re most certainly not confessing to that, mind you – the intrusion would have been an upstanding, law-abiding, Fourth Amendment-respecting act of criminal investigation, the government argued in a Monday court filing. 
Adobe will update e-reader to mop up clear-text data spillage
Adobe is working on an update to fix the latest iteration of its e-book reader, which has a gluttonous appetite for readers’ data and the slovenly habit of reporting our reading habits back to Adobe – in plain text. 
Twitter sues US federal agencies in attempt to remove the gag around surveillance
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.
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.”
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…
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?