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Mum-of-four first woman JAILED for revenge porn after posting pictures of lesbian lover
Disgraced Samantha Watt took intimate photographs of the 21-year-old while they were in a relationship, including one of the victim performing a sex act …
Saudis to sue Twitter user who called poet’s death sentence ‘ISIS-like’
Saudi Arabia’s justice ministry plans to sue a Twitter user who compared the death sentence handed down on Friday to a Palestinian poet to …
Five strategies for reclaiming our personal privacy online
When Tim Wu published his influential book Master Switch in 2010, he powerfully argued that all communications markets began with a period of creative …
EU wants US companies to report intelligence agency data access requests
The European Union wants U.S. businesses to report when U.S. intelligence agencies request access to data they hold about Europeans; the reporting is one …
Comcast resets nearly 200,000 passwords after customer list goes on sale
Over the weekend, a reader (@flanvel) directed Salted Hash to a post on a Dark Web marketplace selling a number of questionable, if not …
Tor Project warns: Academics accused of helping FBI de-anonymize Internet users
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon are being accused of helping the FBI exploit a vulnerability that allowed investigators to gather information on users of Tor, …
The FCC says it can’t force Google and Facebook to stop tracking their users
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that it will not seek to impose a requirement on Google, Facebook and other Internet companies that would …
Snapchat reassures users that photo messages are still totally private
Photo-messaging app Snapchat has reassured users that their photos will not be stored on its servers after changes to its privacy policy caused widespread …
Snapchat clarifies privacy policies after terms of service change freaks out users
Snapchat recently tweaked its terms of service and privacy policy, and the Internet didn’t like the alterations one bit. The new policies are drastic …
Open Source: Britain’s MI5 to Be Given Major New Powers to Spy Online
The UK government has proposed a new bill which gives the police and intelligence agencies special powers to get access to individuals’ communications data. …
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