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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, …
NSA says how often, not when, it discloses software flaws
The U.S. National Security Agency, seeking to rebut accusations that it hoards information about vulnerabilities in computer software, thereby leaving U.S. companies open to …
Crypto researchers: Time to use something better than 1024-bit encryption
It’s actually possible for entities with vast computing resources – such as the NSA and major national governments – to compromise commonly used Diffie-Hellman …
Social media posts could be more easily used as evidence in SA courts
SCREENSHOTS from social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat would be more commonly used in court if proposed changes to the Evidence Act …
Snowden espouses about data ethics and privacy
In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s controversial leaks that revealed widespread US surveillance and data gathering, researchers, scholars, lawyers, and privacy advocates gathered at …
U.S. will not seek legislation against encryption
The U.S. administration will not seek legislation at this point to counter the encryption of communications by many technology services and product vendors, but …
New California law requires warrants for access to private communications
California Governor Jerry Brown has approved a digital privacy bill that protects people from government access to private electronic communications without a warrant. The …
Australia to allow Facebook photos to be used in national surveillance database
Photos from social media websites like Facebook could be used in an Australian counter-terrorism database. Critics are concerned about the system’s lack of “transparency,” …
Irish court hears Facebook data privacy challenge
The High Court in Dublin is to resume a case in which a privacy campaigner is trying to block Facebook from sending EU citizens’ …
Apple bans hundreds of iPhone apps that secretly gathered personal info
Apple has removed hundreds of apps from the iTunes App Store that secretly collected personal information from anyone who downloaded them. Most of the …
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