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Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts
In the past decade, Moxie Marlinspike has squatted on an abandoned island, toured the U.S. by hopping trains, he says, and earned the enmity …
Does the government really want to ban WhatsApp, iMessage and Skype?
Eight hundred million people around the world use WhatsApp to communicate, we learned this week from its owners, Facebook. Yet this is the messaging …
How the internet descended on the man who killed Cecil the lion
Social-media users have gone into overdrive in an attempt to shame the man who has admitted to killing Cecil the lion. There was a …
Facebook’s Use of Facial-Recognition Tool Draws Privacy Ire
When you are identified in a picture on Facebook, biometric software remembers your face so it can be “tagged” in other photographs. Facebook Inc. …
Firefox blocks Flash, and Facebook calls for its death
Adobe Flash, the much-loathed, bug-plagued relic of a browser plugin, just got a big nail driven into its coffin. Mozilla blocked Flash by default …
David Cameron wants to ban encryption in Britain
David Cameron has signalled that he intends to ban strong encryption — putting the British government on a collision course with some of the …
Schools use social media monitoring software to watch students
US schools have bought access to sophisticated social media monitoring tools that will let them spy on students’ use of the internet. The Orange …
European regulators tackle Facebook over privacy
One arm of the European Union is looking into whether Facebook and other tech companies unfairly favour their own services over those of rivals. …
Use privacy software if you want to be safe from Facebook, warns watchdog
A Belgian watchdog has urged all Internet users to download privacy software specifically to shield themselves from Facebook’s grasp. The social network has been …
Facebook unveils Anonymous Login for apps to improve user privacy
Facebook in a move to further personalise user’s experience, has come out with two new features which allows people to have more control over …
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