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Facebook Graph Update Gets Creepier; Tweak Your Privacy Settings
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Why do we still have Facebook? Every week, it seems, it chips further away at our privacy. Shortly after getting to a tussle with the FTC over their new...
Down With Revenge Porn Sites
By Andrew Chow, Esq. | Last updated on
FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. Smartphones now provide the...
5 Takeaways From the Google Email Scanning Lawsuit
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh (who also presided over the Apple v. Samsung patent dispute) refused to dismiss a series of class-action...
DOJ Files Brief in Hacker's Appeal; Security Experts Disagree
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
Hackers have a bad rap -- but not all hackers are bad. For instance, those wearing "white hats" are A-OK, according to the government in its recently filed...
LexisNexis, Kroll, D and B Hacked by Identity Thieves
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Krebs on Security, a well-known security blog, just released the first part of a long technical series on how an online identity theft ring (SSNDOB) managed to...
BlackBerry Buyout: $4.7 Billion Offer Doesn't Guarantee a Future
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
We'd like to see a future where BlackBerry survives. Duopolies are undesirable, as they stifle innovation. (No, Windows Mobile 8's miniscule market share...