Apple has listened! The company has come up with a free Album Removal Tool that allows you to “unbuy” the U2 album that recently showed up in your iTunes account…
Tag Archives: Privacy
“Shocking” Android browser bug could be a “privacy disaster”: here’s how to fix it
The Metasploit crew is calling this Android Browser bug a “privacy disaster.” Here’s what you can do to avoid trouble…
Just how much information can be squeezed from one week of your metadata?
Thanks to a Dutch man who volunteered to let researchers snoop on his mobile phone, we now have a glimpse of the type of information that can be squeezed from what officials would have us believe is “just” metadata. Toss in a list of exposed passwords hints courtesy of Adobe, and analysts also got access to his accounts. 
Man buys old servers, accuses Ernst & Young of data breach
Mark Morris claims he picked up some old servers for $300 and recently found out they’re full of customer data. Ernst & Young wants the data deleted or just to get the servers back, but Morris says whoa, not so fast – time is money!
Why would we let you say “No” to something that’s free? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our latest 60 Second Security video for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy…
Apple’s free gift: Did U get the album 2?
Apple’s gift of a free U2 album for iTunes users? Turns out it’s “free” as in “compulsory”…
Target tops the list of most epic privacy fails
Our readers ranked Target’s data breach ahead of Adobe, Snapchat, Google Glass, and Talking Angela for the biggest privacy failure of the past year.
US government “threatened” Yahoo with daily $250,000 fines over user data
In the post-Snowden era many web firms came in for criticism over their apparent willingness to bend over for the NSA as the agency went on a massive data grab. Now, however, Yahoo has revealed how much it would have cost the company to disregard government data requests – a cool quarter of a million dollars per day.
85% of apps not up to scratch on privacy, study finds
A coordinated study of apps run by a group of national privacy and data protection bodies from around the world has found that the majority are failing to provide adequate information on the privacy implications of using the app.
Microsoft held in contempt while it appeals court decision in customer email case
Microsoft and the US government have agreed that the company will be held in contempt for its refusal to hand over email stored in the cloud at its Dublin data center but won’t be fined or punished, giving it a chance to appeal a court order to cough up a customer’s communications.