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Cyber crime: First online murder will happen by end of year, warns US firm
Governments are ill-prepared to combat the looming threat of “online murder” as cyber criminals exploit internet technology to target victims, the European policing agency …
Facebook toughens user-data research rules, but offers no ‘opt-out’
Facebook has come up with new guidelines for research on the platform, including “enhanced review process” by a special internal panel and training for …
US threat to British online privacy
Private information stored online by British computer users could be scrutinised by American law enforcement agencies under a wide-ranging new right-to-snoop being pursued by …
Thom Yorke releases new album via BitTorrent
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has released his latest solo album via BitTorrent in an attempt to bypass “the self-elected gatekeepers” of the music industry. The …
Online security: Pakistani helps Google avoid privacy disaster
A Pakistani security researcher has helped Google fix a major security flaw in its Android operating system for smartphones, protecting the personal data of …
5 Questions With Mark Cuban About Online Privacy
It might seem like a contradiction that an executive and celebrity with a huge public persona would be blazing trails for online privacy, but …
Does sharing photos of your children on Facebook put them at risk?
There is an unwritten rule that one does not post photos of other people’s children on Facebook. I know this. And yet in October …
Study: Frequent Facebook Users More Likely to Fall for Phishing Scams
Researchers at SUNY Buffalo conducted a study on Facebook user habits and found that people who use the site frequently are more likely to …
How to Lockdown Your Facebook Account For Maximum Privacy and Security
Recent studies show that privacy concerns are very much on the minds of Facebook users. Part of being a responsible member of any online …
Number of websites explodes past a billion (and counting)
The number of websites has burst above one billion and is growing apace, according to figures updated in real time by online tracker Internet …
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