When it failed to reach a budget agreement on Monday, the federal government was forced to suspend non-vital functions such as national parks. Yesterday government employees across the nation were instructed to report to work and wait for further instruction. Those employees deemed non-essential were given one to four hours to leave out of office… Continue reading Go Home, NSA: The Letter Dismissing Our Favorite Feds for the Government Shutdown
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Internet security and privacy news.
Working to Save Lives During Emergencies, Twitter Introduces Safety Alerts
Twitter has been an important source of safety information in recent natural disasters and other emergency situations, including during Hurricane Sandy and the manhunt for the Boston bombers. To make it easier for users to find accurate and essential information on the network, the company introduced Twitter Alerts today for local, national, and international institutions… Continue reading Working to Save Lives During Emergencies, Twitter Introduces Safety Alerts
This Marketing Firm Just Released Your Personal Data – but Is It Enough?
Acxiom is a data broker firm that collects information about consumers by prowling public records, collecting customer surveys and warranty forms, and monitoring credit card purchases. Acxiom then sells this information to marketers in aggregated form to help them target offers to the right customers. If, for example, a marketer wants to promote its credit… Continue reading This Marketing Firm Just Released Your Personal Data – but Is It Enough?
Facebook Reveals New Report Detailing Global Government Requests for User Data in 2013
After speculation that major companies like Facebook were involved in PRISM, a secret government program that monitors user data, Facebook aims to bring more transparency to its privacy policy. Previously, Facebook released a statement regarding the user data request process in place for government authorities. Today Facebook follows up on that statement by releasing its first Global Government Requests… Continue reading Facebook Reveals New Report Detailing Global Government Requests for User Data in 2013
The Pirate Bay Celebrates 10th Birthday, Launches Web Browser for Downloading Torrents
The Pirate Bay turned 10 on Friday, quite an accomplishment for a website highly targeted by governments and companies with billions of dollars in revenue. To celebrate its anniversary, the file sharing site has launched a Web browser that will make it easier to download content available from The Pirate Bay. PirateBrowser is a one-click… Continue reading The Pirate Bay Celebrates 10th Birthday, Launches Web Browser for Downloading Torrents
Google vs. 911 [COMIC]
Has Google stepped over the freaky line? [via joyoftech]
The real danger of the NSA spying on you…
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This Dangerous SIM Card Hack Could Put Your Phone at Risk
Though we’ve known for a while that our phones could be hacked through one method or another, one thing we never suspected was that our SIM cards themselves could be turned against us.
