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Surveillance powers will help to unmask online bullies
Police are to use sweeping new surveillance powers to unmask anonymous internet bullies and bring them to justice. A new power that forces internet …
Welcome to HTTP error code 451: Unavailable for legal reasons
There’s a new addition to the 400 family of error codes: give a hearty welcome to newcomer 451, the HTTP code that lets you …
WhatsApp blocked in Brazil after it refuses to hand over user data
On Thursday, a Brazilian judge overturned a 48-hour block of WhatsApp that a lower court had imposed when the company refused to hand over …
Armed gang using gay dating app Grindr to target and rob men in London
Police in London have warned that an armed gang is using Grindr – the gay dating app – to lure in unsuspecting men before …
Is Europe going to restrict teens from using Facebook?
By the end of this week it could be illegal for any European child under 16 to use Facebook – or Snapchat or any …
Hello Barbie App, Hello Security Issues
Security risks discovered with Mattel Hello Barbie demonstrates Internet of Things security concerns With the introduction of Hello Barbie, Mattel has brought one of …
And then there were two: Another dangerous Dell root certificate discovered
The plot thickens: After Dell confirmed that one of its support tools installed a dangerous self-signed root certificate and private key on computers, users …
Microsoft Pulled The Newest Windows 10 Update Over A Privacy-Related Bug
Not long after its initial release, the November update for Windows 10, version 1511, was mysteriously pulled from both the system update software and …
Austrian supreme court to decide whether Facebook privacy class action can go ahead
The Austrian privacy activist who has become a thorn in Facebook’s side will have his case considered by his country’s supreme court as it …
Target settles with banks for $39 million after epic data breach
US retailer Target is back in the headlines again over its 2013 breach. This week, Target has settled on an agreement to pay up …
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