The ad technology will enable Facebook partners to siphon user data from Facebook’s deep, deep sea and use it to super-target ads at users on and off its website, no matter what wireless or wired device we’re using.![]()
Tag Archives: Privacy
More celeb nude photos leaked: Cara Delevingne, Anna Kendrick and Jennifer Lawrence (again)
Jennifer Lawrence again finds herself the subject of tawdry picture posters in what has been dubbed ‘The Fappening 3’ by Redditers and 4chan community members.![]()
Child abuser sues Facebook and page admin over allegedly posting his address
The administrator of the paedophile-monitoring site admitted in High Court to “naming and shaming” 400 sex offenders on the Facebook page but denied posting the address. As of Thursday, the case had been continued as un-redacted evidence was sought. ![]()
SSCC 166 – A sleeping bag and a camping stove to queue for an iPhone? [PODCAST]
For your listening pleasure! Here’s the latest episode in our weekly podcast series…![]()
Netflix deadlocked with broadcast regulator over “confidential” subscriber data
Things are getting testy between Netflix and Canada’s broadcast regulator over “confidential” subscriber data which the regulator wants to be able to access.![]()
Emma Watson threatened with hoax nude photo leak by internet marketers
Up sprung the threateningly titled emmayouarenext.com website which featured a clock counting down to the release of apparently stolen photos of Emma Watson. Were there photos? No, it was just a viral marketing stunt.![]()
DuckDuckGoAway: China blocks privacy-oriented search engine
Getting selected as the default private search engine for Apple’s Safari browser has been a boon for young search engine DuckDuckGo. But it may well have tainted the search engine in the eyes of the Apple-leery Chinese government. ![]()
Is it *really* such a bad idea to use a password twice?
We regularly warn you against using the same password for multiple accounts. But if you memorise one really long and complex password, isn’t that enough? No! Here’s why…![]()
Tor users could be FBI’s main target if legal power grab succeeds
The US Department of Justice is proposing a power grab that would make it easier for domestic law enforcement to break into computers of people trying to protect their anonymity via Tor or other anonymizing technologies. ![]()
Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens, et al. targeted in latest naked celebrity photo leak
Early on Saturday morning, Celebgate flooded the same sites as it did three weeks ago – 4Chan and Reddit, among others – as cyber crooks again posted nude celebrity photos, despite the scuffle of threatened lawsuits and attention from the FBI.![]()
