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Why Facebook’s Finally Getting Religion on the Privacy Issue

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Facebook has agreed to improve privacy protections in Europe over the next six months, after a three-month audit by Ireland’s data protection agency found the social network lacking in some areas. Users will be given more information about how Facebook and third-party app providers handle their information, the company promised. It also agreed to scale…

Wendy Deng and Twitter’s Tenuous Hold on the Truth

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Wendi Deng, wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, started out the year by discovering that her name had been hijacked by a spoofer on Twitter. Twitter had apparently verified the account, “Wendi_Deng,” as genuine, but after being informed it was a hoax, quickly removed it and apologized to Deng, according to news accounts. Twitter doesn’t…

Washington Does the Security Watusi

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

With the apparent resurgence of hacker community Anonymous, as well as concerns that cybercriminals may have recently penetrated the networks of a number of small utilities, two United States federal government initiatives to improve cybersecurity were launched this past week. As of Jan. 6, companies awarded contracts and orders by the U.S. General Services Administration…

SOPA Support Goes Sour

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) appears to be reeling in the face of growing opposition. Internet heavyweights like Wikipedia, Google and Facebook have demonstrated their opposition to the proposed legislation, in some cases protesting by temporarily blocking users from accessing content. A broad swathe of organizations from both the left and right sides of…

SOPA Backpedaling Has InfoSec Boffins Breathing Easier

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

As far as SOPA’s critics are concerned, “if something works, break it” seemed to be the motto of the U.S. Congress last week as it rushed to pass a controversial bill that security experts maintained could throw a bomb into the gearbox of the Internet. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), filed in the U.S.…

SC Rules Cops Need Warrant to Slap GPS on Cars

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that law enforcement officials need a court-approved warrant before using a GPS device to track a suspect. Justices offered different opinions regarding how Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures apply to the balance between law enforcement and privacy. However, the court decided unanimously on the need for…

Take the 5th? Not With Encrypted Hard Drives, Says Fed Judge

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Encrypting data on your computer may protect you from hackers and thieves, but it won’t protect you from crime investigators. That was the finding of a federal district court in Colorado Monday in a case involving a woman who refused to decrypt the files on her laptop for government prosecutors. The woman, Romona Fricosu, of…

Assange to Test His Charm on Russian TV

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has plans to host a new TV show called “The World Tomorrow.” The half-hour weekly episodes are scheduled to begin airing in mid-March on Russia’s English-language RT channel. It will reach some 60 million global viewers. Assange sees the series as a vehicle to discuss the issues of the day with…

FBI’s Most Wanted: A Social Media Monitoring Tool

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The FBI wants to keep its eye on social media users, according to a job post that invites software developers to submit applications capable of mining through sites such as Twitter and Facebook to identify possible threats. The post can be found on FedBizOpps.gov. The bureau has a detailed list of requirements for the app,…

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