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Amazon Disables Encryption On Fire OS

Mar 9, 2016

It's emerged that Amazon has disabled encryption on the latest version of Fire OS. While the battle rages on between Apple and the FBI concerning encryption and user privacy, one other major tech company has been quietly undermining its ...

Tags: Amazon, Fire OS

Apple TV Service to Offer Feedback on Viewer Demographics

Mar 17, 2015

In the latest of a series of reports on the subject in the last week, the New York Post says the company is willing to offer feedback on viewer demographics and disclose what viewers are watching and when they're watching it. The ...

Tags: Apple TV Service, Apple Network, Consumer Electronics

A New Switzerland-Based Joint Venture and Its Inaugural Product

Jan 16, 2014

Silent Circle and Geeksphone today announced a new Switzerland-based joint venture and its inaugural product, Blackphone, the world's first smartphone placing privacy and control directly in the hands of its users. Blackphone, powered by ...

Tags: Blackphone, Silent Circle, Geeksphone, Zimmermann

Facebook Has Been Accused of Intercepting Private Messages of Its Users to Provide Data

Jan 5, 2014

Facebook has been accused of intercepting private messages of its users to provide data to marketers, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in a federal court in California. The social networking company scanned plaintiffs' private ...

Tags: Computer Products, Facebook

Lengthy Planning Process

Nov 26, 2013

Eastman Chemical Co. has successfully implemented the AtHoc Interactive Warning System(AtHoc IWS) for its next generation, emergency mass notification system. By selecting an IP-based mass communications platform, Eastman unifies ...

Tags: keep, safety, standard, high

Facebook Is Positioning Itself as a Mobile-First Social Network

Nov 6, 2013

Facebook is positioning itself as a mobile-first social network, so its interest in the moves of major smartphone companies is natural. BlackBerry is a sinking ship searching desperately for a rescue, so its turning to any major mobile ...

Tags: Facebook, Computer Products, smartphone, Blackberry

Six Privacy Groups Have Asked FTC to Strike Down Proposed Changes to Facebook's Policies

Sep 6, 2013

Six privacy groups have asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to strike down proposed changes to Facebook’s policies, as they violate a 2011 settlement with the agency over user privacy. “The changes will allow Facebook to ...

Tags: Privacy Groups, Facebook's policies

Imagine Your Manager Offered to Eliminate Much of The Red Tape

Sep 2, 2013

Imagine your manager offered to eliminate much of the red tape, bureaucracy and distractions you encounter daily. Imagine eliminating the hours spent in meetings to discuss the need for more meetings. Imagine your manager were able to ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

The World Wide Web Consortium Has Finalized Its Specification for Web Storage

Aug 5, 2013

The World Wide Web Consortium has finalized its specification for Web Storage, a technology that would give Web applications more flexibility in storing data on user machines. Now that Web Storage is an official specification, browser ...

Tags: Web Storage

Yahoo Has Won a Court Ruling That Allows The Release of Records

Jul 18, 2013

Yahoo has won a court ruling that allows the release of records that show how the web firm fought against demands to hand over data under Prism, when the web monitoring system was first established in 2008. A court ruled that the United ...

Tags: Yahoo, Computer Products

Google to Build Its New Hangouts IM and Audio/Video Chat Product

May 30, 2013

Google is feeling the heat over its decision to build its new Hangouts IM and audio/video chat product with proprietary technology that doesn't support server federation via the XMPP industry standard, but the company is defending its move. ...

Tags: Google, Computer Products

More Than Half of UK Organisations Are Still Not Compliant

May 30, 2013

More than half of UK organisations are still not compliant with the EU "cookie directive", a year after the legislation was introduced, according to consultants KPMG. It analysed 55 major UK organisations across the private and public ...

Tags: Computer Products

Washington's Biggest Problem May Just Be That Policymakers on The Hill Don't Know Enough

May 19, 2013

Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. That was the general consensus of a panel of legal experts speaking Saturday at a Silicon Valley conference ...

Tags: Bitcoin, Washington

Mobile Security Vendor Lookout Plans to Start Flagging as Adware Mobile Apps

May 15, 2013

Mobile security vendor Lookout plans to start flagging as adware mobile apps that use aggressive ad networks if they don't obtain explicit consent from users before engaging in behavior that potentially invades privacy. Ad networks, ...

Tags: Mobile security vendor, Lookout

Hackers Can Influence Real-Time Traffic-Flow-Analysis Systems

Mar 15, 2013

Hackers can influence real-time traffic-flow-analysis systems to make people drive into traffic jams or to keep roads clear in areas where a lot of people use Google or Waze navigation systems, a German researcher demonstrated at BlackHat ...

Tags: Hackers, software, Computer Products, system, google map

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