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‘We’re following you’: Sweden’s security service trolls citizens with sarcastic first tweet
The Swedish Security Service has created an online buzz on social media networks with its sarcastic first tweet. The Säpo agency recommended Swedes to …
‘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 …
‘Just for lulz’: Hackers leak 13,000 passwords from Amazon, PlayStation, Xbox
A group, claiming to be affiliated with the hacktivist collective Anonymous, released a file containing 13,000 passwords and usernames along with credit card numbers …
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 …
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 …
Facebook will ‘share’ Americans’ political views with Buzzfeed, ABC News
The world’s largest social network has closed a deal to provide aggregated data about Americans’ political views to website Buzzfeed and ABC News, for …
Anti-Facebook social site Ello gets millions in funding, promises to stay ad-free forever
Ello, the new social-media site that exploded last month, has raised $5.5 million through investors and says a charter that was recently signed by …
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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