Privacy articles

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  iOS address book privacy: app developers and Apple respond

  By Adi Robertson on February 15, 2012 02:40 pm

  After a series of high-profile iOS apps have been revealed to surreptitiously upload address book Continue reading…

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  Apple: iOS to require explicit permission for contact data in 'future software release'

  By Dieter Bohn on February 15, 2012 02:04 pm + 123 comments

  Following a full week of drama about the unfettered access all apps have to iOS contacts, Apple has Continue reading…

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  Congress sends Apple letter filled with questions about iOS address book privacy

  By T.C. Sottek on February 15, 2012 12:39 pm + 70 comments

  The iOS address book row is no longer just a tempest in the internet's teapot: members of the US Continue reading…

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  EFF says that thousands of SSL certificates 'offer effectively no security'

  By Jamie Keene on February 15, 2012 09:05 am + 5 comments

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation's SSL Observatory has found that thousands of SSL certificates Continue reading…

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  iOS apps and the address book: who has your data, and how they're getting it

  By Dieter Bohn on February 14, 2012 08:22 pm + 156 comments

  Over the course of the past week, a firestorm has erupted in the world of iOS apps, thanks to the Continue reading…

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  TiVo signs deal to license U-verse subscriber viewing stats from AT&T

  By Andrew Webster on February 13, 2012 06:23 pm + 1 comments

  It wasn't that long ago that AT&T and TiVo settled a DVR patent lawsuit that will pay TiVo at least Continue reading…

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  Valve says Steam hacker probably has data from old transactions

  By Adi Robertson on February 10, 2012 11:47 pm + 12 comments

  Although Valve says there's still no evidence that the Steam hack last November compromised Continue reading…

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  Netflix for Android updated with Facebook sharing features for international users

  By Ryan Heise on February 10, 2012 02:38 am + 8 comments

  Netflix for Android tablets and phones has just been updated to version 1.7, adding the Facebook Continue reading…

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  Google Screenwise pays opt-in users for expanded web tracking

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 8, 2012 08:33 pm + 59 comments

  Google is starting up two new opt-in web monitoring services to help it get even more detailed Continue reading…

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  Congress says FAA must let drones fly in domestic airspace

  By Adi Robertson on February 8, 2012 06:54 pm + 52 comments

  According to a bill passed by Congress on Monday, the US Federal Aviation Administration will have Continue reading…