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AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot caught injecting ads into web pages
AT&T, which offers public Wi-Fi hotspots across the U.S., was caught putting ads on websites in unusual places by Jonathan Mayer, a lawyer and …
Spotify CEO hints why the music service’s privacy policy gets all up in your business
Like nearly every other company on the Internet, Spotify recently changed its privacy policy to gather all kinds of data about you—with your permission. …
Fears of Microsoft scanning your Windows 10 PC for pirated games are overblown
Microsoft sure excels at stirring up needless worry by poorly communicating with the public. Despite Windows 10’s overall excellence, it’s been plagued by privacy …
U.K. Wants to Remove Links to Stories About Removing Links to Stories
Britain’s privacy watchdog wants the right to forget the “Streisand Effect.” The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office on Thursday ordered Google Inc. to remove links …
Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops
Twitter has shut off access to 31 accounts that chronicled and archived the deleted tweets of politicians, diplomats and embassies around the world. The …
Jeb Bush Claims That Creating Encryption Harms America
Sometimes you have to wonder if the various political candidates are trying to lose the knowledgeable techie vote. Chris Christie has been strongly pro-surveillance, …
SEC charges 32 in press release hacking, stock trading scheme
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged 32 defendants with fraud in an international scheme that used stolen, yet-to-be-published press releases from hacked …
Carly Fiorina calls on Apple, Google to provide greater access for FBI
Republican presidential candidate and former tech-executive Carly Fiorina has called on Apple and Google to provide greater access to information about their users to …
Police investigate ‘first cyber-flashing’ case
Police are investigating a “new” crime of cyber-flashing after a commuter received an indecent image on her phone as she travelled to work. The …
Scott McNealy on privacy: You still don’t have any
Scott McNealy is best known for his role as cofounder and long-serving CEO at Sun Microsystems, but some remember him even better for a …