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‘Untexting’: New app allows remote removal of text, photos
Drunken incoherence or unfortunate jokes won’t be a cause for regrets for iPhone users anymore, with the emergence of a new app that allows …
Is Britain backing N. Korean hackers? Pyongyang students win £28K UK cyber security bursaries
A UK university has funded two North Korean students’ studies in cyber security, it is alleged. The hermit state has developed a cyber-assault strategy …
5 years jail for British mother who posted ‘jihadi’ photos on social media
A British mother of six has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of promoting terrorism on Facebook. Runa Khan, from …
GCHQ does not breach human rights, judges rule
The current system of UK intelligence collection does not currently breach the European Convention of Human Rights, a panel of judges has ruled. A …
In North Korea, hackers are the new elite
North Korea, a country well known for economic problems, poverty, starvation, lofty nuclear goals and a scathing hatred of the United States, is also …
Snowden receives Swedish ‘alternative Nobel Prize’ via video from Moscow
Edward Snowden has received the Right Livelihood Award, a Swedish-based alternative to the Nobel Prize, for revealing state surveillance which violated basic democratic and …
Facebook reports 24% hike in govt data requests
Government requests for Facebook user data shot up nearly a quarter worldwide in the first six months of 2014 over the second half of …
Cry for help: Rise in UK children considering suicide, social media blamed
More children in Britain are considering suicide than ever before, according to ChildLine, which claims to have received more than 34,000 calls in one …
Facebook ‘likes’ healthcare, considers tracking users’ lifestyle data
It’s no secret that Facebook tracks users’ friendships and monitors their interests for advertising placement – but now sources tell Reuters the social networking …
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 …
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