The Washington Post reports on a recently discovered Facebook bug that could have breached the privacy of users. The bug, which has now been fixed, allowed people to easily access all the wall updates and photos of their Facebook friends regardless of the privacy settings.
"No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence"
- From Article 12, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- From Article 12, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Anonymous Phones to be Blocked in Spain – Where Next? Gizmodo reports on a blow for privacy in Spain. The government there apparently plans to disconnect all pre-paid mobile cellphones unless the owners are registered. This Spanish Government has launched an Identifícate campaign to get the ...
CCTV For British Pubs The UK is already the CCTV capital of Europe, possibly the world. Now the surveillance cameras are coming to that most sacred of institutions: the great British pub. Some pubs have had CCTV cameras for ages ...
Privacy Flaw Exposes User Photos on Facebook The Washington Post reports on a recently discovered Facebook bug that could have breached the privacy of users. The bug, which has now been fixed, allowed people to easily access all the wall updates and ...
Father of Web Warns of Internet Snooping Sir Tim Berners-Lee, widely recognised as the father of the modern web, has warned that online snooping could pose a threat to the integrity of the internet. He's particularly concerned by the use of ...
Privacy Flaw Exposes User Photos on Facebook The Washington Post reports on a recently discovered Facebook bug that could have breached the privacy of users. The bug, which has now been fixed, allowed people to easily access all the wall updates and ...
Google Streetview Invades UK Google's Streetview launched yesterday here in the UK and as expected has caused controversy over privacy issues. The problem is that as usual Google has taken significant steps to protect privacy - but as usual ...
US: Court Upholds Privacy of Cable Subscribers A US appeals court has upheld the privacy rights of consumers against a petition from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). The NCTA was seeking to overthrow rules set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...
Canadian Privacy Under Threat Bad news for Canadian residents who value their privacy: this month has already seen three major Big Brother stories from that country. First there was the report that British Columbia will begin introducing new driving licences ...