It’s unclear whether Microsoft will take a similar approach to Google in the way it handles Bing search results. The situation certainly needs clarification and the big 3 search engines have been invited to meet with EU privacy regulators next Thursday to discuss how the ruling should be implemented.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Introducing Jibo: adorable home robot or the Eye of Sauron?
Launched by famed MIT Media Labs roboticist Cynthia Breazeal, he’s poised to smile, dance, and giggle his way into our hearts, our homes, and hopefully not into the lucrative position of pawning data about where we like to shop. 
Google+ drops real name policy. What do you think? [POLL]
Following years of criticism, Google announced on Tuesday that it is waving goodbye to the real names policy it employed to block the use of pseudonyms on its Google+ social network.
‘Hidden from Google’ site remembers the pages Google’s forced to forget
The newly launched site is archiving the pages Google was forced to de-index in the name of opening up to the internet as a whole the discussion regarding what should or should not be “forgotten.”
SSCC 156 – Warbiking in Manhattan, hubris for Google, and how less can be more [PODCAST]
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin are back with this week’s security podcast, turning plain old news into advice you can use.
Germany considers replacing email with typewriters to evade spying
The country’s pondering manual typewriters, however, unlike Russia’s reported embrace of electric typewriters last year. Russia should be well aware that you can plug a keylogger into those e-typewriters, given that it pulled that stunt on IBM Selectrics back in the 70s!
No login links in emails, please! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Got a minute to spare? Watch this week’s 60 Second Security…
Tor Project is NOT getting sued for enabling revenge porn site PinkMeth
A Texas revenge-porn victim is suing the operators of revenge-porn site PinkMeth.com and was (until her lawyer figured out just what, exactly, the anonymising service Tor actually is) suing The Tor Project for helping PinkMeth to operate anonymously. 
UK to rush through “emergency” phone and internet data retention law
The UK is rushing through Parliament what it calls an emergency law that will ensure it retains access to people’s phone and internet records, in spite of the European Court of Justice having said in April that data retention violates human rights. It’s not a rehash of the Snooper’s Charter, politicians claim, but there’s not a lot of time to eyeball it to make sure that’s true. 
SSCC 155 – cybercrime bust, cloud laws, phishing and malware back from extinction [PODCAST]
In this episode, Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin tackle the week’s interesting security stories. John and Duck get stuck into: a high-profile cybercrime arrest; how mainstream brands help phishers; and why macro malware is making a comeback.