Tag: social networks
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10/28 Defcon: The Dark Ages & Leaking Data
One EMP burst and the world goes dark // Feds let Google off with warning for Wifi–sniffing cars // Google admits street view cars took emails & passwords from computers // Netflix now accounts for 20% of downstream bandwidth during peak
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10/21 Defcon: Do-It-Yourself Domestic Domains
US says military can respond to domestic cyberthreats // Cyberspace is the new domain of warfare // Cybercom operational this month
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Corps & Govts: Violating Privacy With Legal Ease
Google Inc. violated Canadian privacy law by collecting personal information from unsecured wireless networks across the country for its Street View service
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10/14 Defcon: Settlements, Citizenship & Commercial Gain
School district pays $610k to settle webcam spying lawsuits // Comcast pushes bot alert program nationwide // Facebook is ‘killing privacy for commercial gain’
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9/16 Defcon: Tracking Devices & Small Worlds
Have cell phones become personal tracking devices? What your phone could be telling the govt // Fired Google engineer stalked teens, spied on chats // Mom obsessed with video game ‘small worlds’ neglects children, dogs starve to death
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Defcon 7/29: Leaky Lawsuits
100 million Facebook pages ‘leaked’ on torrent site // ‘Minority Report’ technology used by UK police to predict crimes // Tokyo trials digital billboards that scan passers-by // 2nd student sues school district over webcam spying
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Defcon 5/20: Dumb F*cks, Spy Planes & Bar Codes
Facebook founder called trusting users ‘dumb fucks’ // Students to be given access to laptop spy photos // Where’s Jimmy? Just Google his bar code
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“How Do I Delete My Facebook Account?” Query Grows In Popularity
Facebook doesn’t make it easy to delete your account, but a growing number of people appear to be turning to Google to find out how to do just that. Google Suggest, the drop-down box that offers suggested search query completions based on absolute and recent upticks of popularity, now guesses that if you start typing…
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Defcon 5/6: Global Cooperation & Orwellian Legislation
Summit in Dallas targets cybercrime – sponsored by Goldman Sachs & Microsoft, etc // IBM’s city sim trains planners to tackle future problems for growing urban centers // Cyber attacks hyped to justify net regulation // Report reams admins for secretly snapping student pics