Quick! Go check your to see if your Facebook dashboard looks like the one on the left or the one on the right. If you have the new new “lock and lines” icon next to the “home” button on your facebook dashboard, then you’ve already …
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Reports are circulating that more than 7,000 free Android apps available through the Google Play store come embedded with an advertising module which is actively harvesting usage and personal details. The initial discovery was made by Tend Micro senior researcher Alice Decker when she inadvertently …
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There have been several different phishing attempts regarding Apple IDs lately. The emails attempt to get you to go to a nefarious website under the guise of a locked or suspended iTunes account or to get you to respond to some outrageous charge to your …
You get to the stage where you think you’ve just about heard it all and then along comes something like this! What follows is the sad but true story of PC rental companies, a software called PC Rental Agent, and a serious invasion of consumer …
To Block Ads Ever since I was a little kid watching Star Trek on TV I hated advertisements. I always saw them as an interruption of the ‘important’ things I really wanted to take in – like Mr. Spock. Now that I’m all grown up …
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I often get thoroughly disgusted when perusing through user comments submitted in response to items posted on certain sites. YouTube commentary, for example, is a veritable cesspit of vulgarity, obscenities, racism and flaming. I have to admit, it often makes me wonder what the world …
Much has been written about the implementation of tracking cookies, and 3rd party tracking cookies in particular… which are primarily utilized to gather data for targeted advertizing. Some time back I mentioned the “Do Not Track” type feature which, when enabled, is supposed to prevent …
Sophos, the highly regarded U.K. security software company, has just announced the discovery of a serious privacy leak emanating from the popular Firefox add-on ‘ShowIP’. According to the Mozilla add-on page, there are currently 169,000 people utilizing ShowIP. Here is ShowIP’s offcial description: “Show the …
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The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) recently set out to answer this very question – how many people would be willing to give up more personal information in exchange for bigger discounts or a better price. ENISA conducted its research on a cross …
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How much is your privacy worth? $10 per month? $25 per month? Would you just give it away for free? All of your private data? Information about what you like? Your shopping lists? Giving it away for free is exactly what you’re doing when you …
For those not in the know – or living under a stump – there are websites on the internet that cater to a more adult clientele and the content that these sites provide is also one of the most sought out by internet users (I …
The past couple of days have seen a furor erupt over the shenanigans of two popular apps for iPhone. The ‘Path’ social media application, which is readily available via the Apple App Store and described as “the smart journal that helps you share life with …
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Last week Google announced its revised Privacy Policy which subsequently caused quite a stir in technical circles. The new policy will not take effect until 1st March 2012 so, if you are not happy with the revised blueprint you still have a full month to …
At your fingertips! unless you are in China or Iran! (Or the USA?) Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. – Jimmy Donal “Jimbo” Wales Laws are like sausages — …
