Tag: privacy
Pirate Party in Berlin election support surge
The Pirate Party, an independent political group who claim to represent digital rights and civil liberties for file sharers, have gained a landmark 8.9% of votes in the preliminary results of the Berlin local elections. Boasting 12,000 members since forming…
The kids are alright, says Mark Zuckerberg as he wants to allow children on Facebook
There's a strict age limit of 13 on Facebook at the moment, but it seems Mark Zuckerberg has ambitions of stretching his empire further by hooking'em in while they're young. The idea isn't revolutionary – after all reports have…
50% of iPad mag subscribers happy to share info with publishers
It seems that publishers' initial fears that iPad magazine subscribers would not be willing to share their personal info when buying digital reading content were ill-founded, as Apple have now confirmed 50% of all digi-mag subscribers happily offer their…
Apple "fix" location data logging with iOS 4.3.3
Following the controversy surrounding recent reports that iOS devices were logging and saving every single place that a user visited, Apple have rolled out the new iOS 4.3.3 update which should "fix" the privacy invasion. Rather than tracking every single…
Facebook takes sharing further with Social Ads: You like this, and everyone knows it
Last Friday Facebook introduced 'Social Ads', which means you could now see your friends' names and pictures appear next to ads on the social networking site. This means, if you 'like' a page, event or any other item on…
Internet does not favour freedom of speech, says WikiLeaks founder
While the internet allows for greater government transparency and co-ordination of activism, the other side of this coin is how easy it is for authorities to monitor and catch dissidents. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addressed students at Cambridge University…
US courts rules that Twitter isn't private … but then why does it feel so personal?
A US judge has ruled that Twitter has to hand over data pertaining to at least three of its users to the authorities, who are looking into their connection with WikiLeaks. The users in question, some of whom aren't…
Google unsecured Wi-Fi data finally deleted
They took their sweet time about it, but Google have now finally deleted all the unsecured Wi-Fi data that their Street View cars "inadvertently" collected whilst on their rounds. ICO, the UK Information Commisioner's Office confirmed the data had been…
Less than 3% of Germans opt out of Google Street View
Google, who are bringing their Street View mapping service to 20 German cities later this year, have announced that less than 3% of German residents have opted out of having their home displayed on the web app. Since announcing the…
Mum tracks down kidnapped children through Facebook
A Californian mother has tracked down her two missing children through Facebook after they had been kidnapped 15 years earlier. The woman's husband, Faustino Utrera , had left with the children, vowing to never let her contact them again. After…
