WikiLeaks is a little peeved that Google handed over details about WikiLeaks staffers to the feds, and failed to inform the whistleblower organization for more than two years. According to WikiLeaks, Google provided the U.S. government with email content, metadata, contacts, draft emails, deleted emails, and IP addresses connected to the accounts of Investigations editor […]
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UK internet porn filters up and running as expected — blocking the websites of businesses and charities
The adult content filters being rolled out by some internet providers under a scheme championed by David Cameron are blocking the websites of businesses and charities and are a ādistractionā for parents seeking to protect children from online pornography, claim campaigners. TalkTalk announced this weekend that it would follow Sky and become the second of […]
Expert On Fox News Admits ISIS Video Is Fake, Using Green Screen and Teleprompter
The deadline imposed by ISIS for Japan to pay $200 million to free two captives passed, starting what the terrorist group called a countdown clock on Friday, even as questions swirled about the authenticity of the initial tape and whether the pair is even alive. A tweet from a Twitter account linked to ISIS said […]
New Facebook feature flags fake news
Youāve seen them in your feed: false reports of celebrity deaths, conspiracy theories presented as real news, promises of free iPads if you share a link, quotes attributed to the Pope that he never said. Facebook (FB, Tech30) hasnāt hired a team of dedicated fact checkers to read every article. Instead, itās outsourcing the task […]
The Internet rose up and we are closer than ever to winning net neutrality, but now Congress is trying to kill it.
This week, the House and Senate are holding hearings to hijack the FCCās debate on whether to save net neutrality or let ISPs create Internet slow lanes. The Chairmen of the committees, who receive large contributions from the cable industry, want to pass legislation (called the Thune/Upton proposal) to derail the FCCās net neutrality efforts. […]
NSA’s PRISM access to Skype keys and PSTN gateways let them reach out and touch calls worldwide
A National Security Agency document published this week by the German news magazine Der Spiegel from the trove provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden shows that the agency had full access to voice, video, text messaging, and file sharing fromĀ targeted individuals over Microsoftās Skype service. The access, mandated by a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court […]
Samsung Responds to Privacy Concerns Over TVs Recording āPersonalā Conversations
Samsung has responded to privacy concerns over its warning that voice recognition software used in the companyās line of smart TVs is being used to record āpersonalā conversations and send them to third parties. Last November we highlighted Samsungās global privacy policy, which advises users to, āPlease be aware that if your spoken words include […]
DETAILS: @NYPost Twitter Account Hacked ā Images via @lachlan
Update: The New York Post Twitter account was apparently hacked on Friday. The hacked account sent a series of false tweets on military and economic subjects. The same tweets were also seen on the Twitter account of the wire service UPI. A separate verified account, @NYPostbiz, owned by the New York Post, acknowledged the hack […]