Poet whose outlook spanned anarchism, ecology and small business, as founder of the City Lights Bookstore in San FranciscoLawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, artist, activist and founder of San Francisco’s famous City Lights Bookstore, who has died aged 101 of interstitial lung disease, was the least... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-02-23 22:42:13 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble said the personal information of its shoppers may have been stolen after its computer systems were hacked Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2020-10-15 15:58:05 UTC ]
The Digital Content NewFronts have always been a smorgasbord of little-known startups, mixed among the publishing stalwarts, searching for their big breaks the one time of year the whole industry is paying attention. But this year, it’s not the little guys with their internet-friendly names... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. said Thursday that it had left “hundreds of millions” of users’ passwords exposed in plain text, potentially visible to the company’s employees, marking another major privacy and security headache for a tech giant already under fire for mishandling people’s personal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-21 20:35:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. said Thursday that it had left “hundreds of millions” of users’ passwords exposed in plain text, potentially visible to the company’s employees, marking another major privacy and security headache for a tech giant already under fire for mishandling people’s personal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-21 20:35:00 UTC ]
A year on from the Observer exposé, what has really changed for Facebook and its users?The Cambridge Analytica revelations, the most damning of which were published by the Observer and the New York Times a year ago, quickly morphed from a scandal about a British political consultancy into one... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
You say you care about privacy, but you don’t really, and neither do millions of other Americans. This collective indifference is what keeps Big Data in business and keeps consumers constantly scrambling to find out who has access to their personal information. Worse, privacy experts tell me that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an interview released for the first time today, the Facebook CEO discussed privacy with Freaknonomics Radio last summer. It was a simpler time. Last summer, months before Mark Zuckerberg was feeling the intense pressure of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, the Facebook CEO said he knew... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just a few days ago, the BBC revealed that it was planning to introduce password checks for iPlayer users so it could ensure that a valid TV license is in place. Following on from this, the corporation has updated its Privacy and Cookies Policy. The changes mean that personal information is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the past few years, the wave of the cybercrime has risen rapidly. Nowadays, your personal information, bank account details, and your corporate database are some of the many targets for digital criminals. So, how can we investigate these crimes? Using digital forensics. The Practical... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Federal Communications Commission is moving quickly on new privacy regulations for internet service providers, but the Association of National Advertisers is saying "not so fast."It has asked the FCC to slow the process by asking for more time to weigh in on 147 pages of a proposal that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The industry conversation about data tracking and collection practices generally keeps to a dull roar, but recently, with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) working to push its "Do Not Track" (DNT) specification to final adoption, the volume has picked up. Adding heat but no light, Jason Kint,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The carrier refuses to comply with an order to allow a peek at the personal information of alleged ebook pirates. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]