The Internet, long viewed as a tool to expand freedom, is an equally effective tool for repression. That is just as true in the United States as anywhere else. Security guru Bruce Schneier noted in a recent blog post, citing Evgeny ...
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Mobile telecoms provider Three has announced a management agreement deal with Chinese ICT provider Huawei. The five-year contract, worth £120m, will see Huawei deliver service management for Three's core network in the UK, ICT ...
An online advertising firm accused of spying on the browser histories of consumers has reached a settlement with the U.S.Federal Trade Commission barring it from further browser history sniffing,the agency announced. Epic Marketplace ...
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New Zealand's High Court ruled Wednesday that Kim Dotcom and a Megaupload colleague can pursue damages against police and one of the country's spy services for illegally intercepting their communications. In her judgment,Justice Helen ...
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Facebook started encrypting the connections of its North American users by default last week as part of a plan to roll out always-on HTTPS(Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)to its entire global user base. For the past several ...
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At a time when cyberattacks on America's critical infrastructure have increased 17-fold(between 2009 and 2011),the need for highly trained cybersecurity professionals is acute.However,83%of federal hiring managers in a recent survey said it ...
IDG News Service-In one of the photos,the dark-haired,bearded hacker is peering into his computer's screen,perhaps puzzled at what's happening.Minutes later,he cuts his computer's connection,realizing he has been discovered. The nation of ...
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Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei has reacted to today's report from a US Congressional Committee that both it, and rival Chinese firm ZTE, represent a "security threat". Further reading US Congress: Huawei and ...
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement with seven rent-to-own companies and a software design firm to settle charges the companies spied on consumers who rented their computers. The settlements bar the ...
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STOCKHOLM -- Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea is promising increasing transparency after spying and bribery scandals in France and Russia a few years ago, and recent revelations of its complicated tax structure, according to a story by ...
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The U.S.Federal Trade Commission has reached proposed settlements with a software vendor and seven rent-to-own stores after the agency accused them of installing spyware on rented computers that captured screenshots of personal ...
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One of New Zealand's intelligence agencies spied on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom after it was given erroneous information on his immigration status, believing he was a foreign national. A memorandum filed with Auckland's High Court by ...
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