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  US government claims Huawei and ZTE pose a risk to national security: the accusations, responses, and fallout

  By Nathan Ingraham on October 11, 2012 11:43 am

  The US government has released a report in which it claims that Huawei and ZTE pose a national Continue reading…

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  The troubled history behind Diaspora, the $200,000 'Facebook killer' launched on Kickstarter

  By Ben Kersey on October 8, 2012 05:31 am + 35 comments

  The original Kickstarter darling Diaspora was born out of people’s frustration with Facebook’s Continue reading…

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  License plate readers and the rise of a surveillance industry

  By Amar Toor on September 29, 2012 03:07 pm + 13 comments

  There are many ways for law enforcement agents to track your behavior nowadays, but among the most Continue reading…

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  California governor signs laws protecting social media accounts from employers, universities

  By Jeff Blagdon on September 28, 2012 06:34 am + 17 comments

  The fight to prevent California employers and universities from demanding your Facebook login as a Continue reading…

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  FTC says PC rental companies spied on 'intimate' customer activities, gathered private data

  By Chris Welch on September 26, 2012 02:11 pm + 14 comments

  Rent-to-own businesses are more often than not a bad idea for consumers struggling financially; Continue reading…

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  Identity crisis: how Social Security numbers became our insecure national ID

  By Adrianne Jeffries on September 26, 2012 12:00 pm + 100 comments

  Last week, the White House announced $9 million in funding for five pilot projects as part of its N Continue reading…

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  TSA convinces court to push 'nude' scanner hearings to March

  By Amar Toor on September 26, 2012 06:25 am + 41 comments

  A Washington, DC appeals court has given the TSA until the end of March to hold public hearings on Continue reading…

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  Facebook's efforts to track users' offline purchases for advertisers raises privacy concerns

  By Kimber Streams on September 24, 2012 01:43 pm + 39 comments

  Facebook is trying prove that its ads actually work by teaming up with data company Datalogix to Continue reading…

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  Facebook disables facial recognition in EU as Ireland publishes positive privacy report

  By Louis Goddard on September 21, 2012 12:47 pm + 13 comments

  Facebook has disabled its Tag Suggest facial recognition feature for all new users in the European Continue reading…

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  Facebook launches Shared Activity plugin to make controlling privacy in web apps easier

  By Chris Welch on September 20, 2012 03:17 pm + 1 comments

  Facebook has just rolled out what it's calling the Shared Activity plugin, a tool that will permit Continue reading…