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Facebook privacy changes - a missed opportunity?
Facebook, through the medium of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's blog, has just announced a trifecta of changes to the Facebook interface. Apparently, if you are a Facebook user, you will soon be getting...
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Reddit joins anti-SOPA internet blackout
Reddit plans to shut its doors on January 18th, in support of the anti-SOPA internet blackout.
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US health insurer fined $1.5m over 2009 data breach
All healthcare providers and insurers need to know the onus is on them when it comes to training and securing personal information.
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New Bill in the UK wants internet to be censored from porn by default
A new Bill wants to protect children by requiring all users to opt-in if they want to access porn. This would create a system of censorship by default. Is this necessary when parents already have...
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Mobile phone carriers oppose law requiring warrants for location data
The proposed US bill doesn't stop the carriers from handing over location data, but it does require that police get a warrant first. So what is CTIA's problem with it?
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Facebook leak, Canadian spam, Opera breach - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
It's Saturday, and that means *60 Second Security*, where we aim to touch on some of the more thought-provoking security topics of the past week in just one minute of video. Why not give this week's...
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Google paves the way for Glass; throws lobbyists in front of...
Google has hired lobbyists in at least three US states to battle proposed restrictions on driving with headsets such as Google Glass.
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US woman wins $500K in revenge-porn suit against ex-boyfriend
In a court decision that could prompt a change in state law, a Texas woman has been awarded a half-million dollars in a civil lawsuit she brought against her ex-boyfriend for plastering nude photos on...
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Proposed law seeks to make retailers financially responsible for data breaches
Fallout from the epic Target data breach continues, as state lawmakers seek to hold retailers liable for financial damages caused by breaches spawned by their businesses, rather than financial...
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Spam in Canada goes "strictly opt-in" in one week - with a grace period of...
It's been a long, long, long time coming, but spam in Canada really does go "strictly opt-in" on this year's Canada Day, 01 July 2014. After that, you will have a meagre THREE YEARS to adapt your...
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Delaware passes law to give others access to our e-lives when we die
It's the broadest law regarding digital assets of the deceased to be passed in the US, and internet companies and privacy advocates aren't too crazy about it. At the end of the day/your days, a will...
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California passes "landmark bill" to protect students' personal data
There's a lot at stake: think student records that cover attendance, grades, discipline, health, academics, intimate details about family members, parent and student contact information, biometrics,...
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Barack Obama proposes shielding companies that share cyber threat data
President Obama on Tuesday proposed new cybersecurity legislation that would put cybercrime on par with racketeering and would protect companies from getting sued if they share computer threat data...
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger could be banned by UK's newly proposed bill
Newly proposed UK legislation will demand that messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Snapchat remove encryption from their apps altogether or see them banned.
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Bill requiring reporting of social media terrorist content is back
Meanwhile, Google's Schmidt proposes a "hate spell-checker" to sniff out and suppress radical and terrorist content.
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Border agents could be forced to get a warrant before searching devices
Senator warns that border agents' 'digital dragnets' are distracting them from actual threats
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Bill proposes letting victims of cybercrime hack the hackers
What could possibly go wrong? Republican Tom Graves' bill 'might result in harm to innocent parties', warns law professor
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You could soon have to share your genetic screen results with your boss
Opposition growing to bill that would permit 'invasive questions' to be asked and penalise those who decline to answer
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Should IoT vendors be told what to do by the government? [VIDEO]
Paul Ducklin discusses the thorny issue of whether to kick IoT vendors up the [redacted] to get them to admit that security matters.
View ArticleDrunk droning could cost you jail time in New Jersey
The New Jersey law would make inebriated droning a disorderly person's offense.
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