Tag: privacy
[UPDATED] Facebook remove group campaigning against men who take unsolicited photos of women on trains
Facebook moderation is under a fire again following a decision by the company to remove a group campaigning against another, much creepier group. You might remember a group called "Women who eat on Tubes" that made headlines last month. The…
Jimmy Wales says he'd go "ballistic" if NSA tried to gain backdoor into his new mobile operator
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has told TechDigest that he will go "ballistic" if the NSA try to gain backdoor access into The People's Operator, the new mobile phone network that it has just been announced Wales will become co-chair of….
Facebook: No private messages appeared on Timelines
Facebook have gone into PR overdrive this morning, after numerous users claimed yesterday that private messages were appearing on their public Timelines, something which Facebook have vehemently denied. The majority of complaints originated in France, where users claimed that private…
Facebook launch "Find Friends Nearby" feature
Facebook has just launched a new feature called 'Find Friends Nearby', which allows you to search for fellow Facebook users nearby in the real world and send them a friend request. According to Venture Beat, new feature, which you can…
Apps with UDID access getting cold shoulder from Apple
Developers whose apps request an Apple device's Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) are increasingly finding their work rejected by the Cupertino tech firm, who are tightening access allowances for dev teams following growing privacy concerns. Apple warned that the change…
O2 fix number leak problem, aplogise for "concern we have caused"
O2 have apologised for and fixed a problem with their network that was giving away their users' mobile phone numbers every time they accessed a website from their handsets. Spotted this morning, the security issue meant that any website owner…
O2 network giving customers' mobile phone numbers to websites they visit
O2 could be about to face a serious customer backlash, after it was revealed today that the network was revealing users mobile phone numbers to websites they visit on their handsets. Twitter user @lewispeckover spotted the problem, and put together…
Rebel or Obey: Anti-Facebook network Unthink is here
Rebel or Obey? Freedom or Control? Inspire or Oppress? Emancipate yourself! Welcome to Unthink, a new social network set up as a contrast to Facebook. It's just opened up to the first round of beta testers, aiming to provide…
Spotify adds Private Listening feature to Facebook integration
We're massive fans of Spotify here at Tech Digest. We've covered it from its first baby-steps up to the world-conquering music streaming service it has become today, with hardly a bad word to say about it. However, the recent, deep…
Just a few of the scary things Facebook keeps about your life forever
It's been a busy few weeks for Facebook. Expanding upon the Open Graph model and introducing the site's biggest profile change-up since its launch with the arrival of the Timeline, Zuckerberg and co. are looking to lock you into the…
