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Cybersecurity Scholar Warns How Private E-mail in the Cloud Isn’t So Private After All
If you watch way too much Law & Order, CSI:, and other crime shows on TV like I do you’ve already encountered numerous story lines that hinge on investigators getting their hands on a person’s private e-mail or online browser history (not just what’s on their computer.) The emergence of these themes in police-blotter fiction ...
Fully Functional Bitcoin Wallet Comes to Android
We’ve been following the saga of this peer-to-peer cryptocurrency for a while now. Bitcoins have found themselves in the media recently, and had their share of ups-and-downs, adoption as a currency has been low in real world marketplaces. That said, the key to retail markets embracing bitcoins isn’t just going to be showing an interest ...
USA PATRIOT Act May Put Microsoft Cloud in the Doghouse with the European Union
The Patriot Act has had far-reaching implications for United States citizens, but now it threatens to reach into other countries who also do business with the U.S., Microsoft warned the E.U. recently. With the expansion of the cloud and the possibility that U.S.-based countries might have information of customers stored in other countries means that ...
Authorities Continue to Stalk Anonymous with 32 Raids in Italy Leading to Arrests
What started with police action in Spain last month is continuing with raids and arrests in Italy this week. The arrests in Spain were part of an operation targeting individuals suspected as connected to the attacks that took down the Playstation Network for almost a month. While it’s unclear if these raids in Italy are ...
Google+ Found Cavorting with NFC in Official Android App
It looks like Google is pressing forward in their adoption of NFC technology by making sure that it’s also Google+ enabled. Shortly after the announcement and unveiling of their new social networking service, an official Android app became available on the App Marketplace and people started using it. That’s when a software developer, Ridzuan Ashim, ...
California Judge Gives Go-Ahead for Google Class-Action Involving WiFi Snooping
United States wiretapping laws are notoriously used in contexts way beyond any possible intent due to the zealotry of law enforcement and the inexorable march of technology. When much of the wiretapping legislation had been put into law, the concept of a “wire” for communication actually had meaning, whereas now not only do we communicate ...
Facebook Blocks Chrome Extension for Exporting Friends to Google+
In what is going to certainly be the next level in the fight between Facebook and Google over data portability and reciprocity, a Facebook has blocked the functioning of a Chrome browser extension that became abruptly popular after the launch of Google+. The extension, Facebook Friend Exporter, written by an open source software engineer, Mohamed ...
Sabu of LulzSec Speaks with NewScientist Reporter
It looks like one of the hackers tied to the hacker group LulzSec has spoken with a journalist at NewScientist. In his short exchange he paints a picture of being involved in these hactivist movements due not just to motivations spurred from seeking the ‘lulz’ (or in Internet slang, doing something for laughs) but because ...
Dropbox’s Updated Terms of Service: What You Should Know
In attempt to reconnect with users who have felt burned by numerous security concerns jumping out of their service from both technical and social angles, Dropbox have decided to address this head on by updating their Terms of Service (ToS), Privacy Policy, and Security Overview. In a blog post the cloud-storage company explained that they ...
In Wake of Hack Leading to Bitcoin Crash, Mt. Gox Begins to Grow Up
In a press statement yesterday, MtGox.com acknowledged the security issues and the hack that lead to the crash of the bitcoin economy earlier in June. After freezing all of their assets in the wake of the crash, Mt. Gox has undergone a lot of changes and expects further evolution of their service in the near ...