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.: Facebook privacy practices get FTC shakeup - 30th Nov 2011
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"Facebook settled a federal complaint about its privacy practices, making major changes to the way it handles user information in order to clear away an issue that could have overshadowed its expected- and long awaited - IPO..."
[news.com] |
.: A Day in the Life of Privacy - 16th Oct 2011
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"Everyday we Make Compromises in the Face of Privacy, and None of us Have as Much Privacy as we Want. As soon as I woke up this morning my privacy was compromised. My Android phone has GPS enabled so that the phone, and any widget on it, can determine my geolocation..."
[Security Week] |
.: Microsoft Drops Use of 'Supercookies' on MSN - 20th Aug 2011
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"In response to work by Stanford University researchers who found that Microsoft and several other high-profile companies were using a controversial technique to keep persistent cookies on users' PCs to track their movements, Microsoft says it has discontinued the practice of using so-called "supercookies..."
[Threat Post] |
.: Google adds malware warning to search results - 20th Jul 2011
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"Google announced today it is instituting a malware warning system on its search results page to alert users to the possibility that their computer is infected. The Internet giant said it took the action after discovering unusual patterns of activity on the Web that it identified as a strain of malware that causes infected computers to send traffic to Google through proxy servers..."
[news.com] |
.: Study: Ad networks not honoring do-not-track promises - 15th Jul 2011
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"Some online advertising networks continue to track Web users after tracking opt-out requests, even though the networks have promised to honor those questions, according to a new study from Stanford University's Center for Internet Society. Eight members of the Network Advertising Initiative, a cooperative of online marketing and analytics companies, promise to stop tracking people who use the NAI's service..."
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