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Twitter Reluctantly Coughs Up Occupy Protester’s Data  17 September 2012 
Source: Wired - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Twitter on Friday reluctantly complied with a judge’s order to divulge the tweets and account information connected to an Occupy protester.
 
Millions Will Flow to Privacy Groups Supporting Weak Facebook Settlement  16 July 2012 
Source: Wired - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Privacy and consumer groups are urging a federal judge to sign off on a controversial Facebook settlement over its “Sponsored Stories” advertising program which will net them a combined payout of $10 million, despite indifference to or confusion over the terms of the vaguely written settlement, according to interviews, e-mail and court records.
 
Twitter: This year so far we have ratted out 948 users to the US govt  03 July 2012 
Source: The Register UK - Posted by Anthony Pell   
The US government demands more data from Twitter than any other nation, the micro-blogging website has revealed.
 
Trojan poses as privacy tool, spies on Iranian surfers  30 May 2012 
Source: The Register UK - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Backdoored versions of a widely used privacy tool have surfaced in Iran, raising fears that its government is using the Trojanised software to spy on its citizens.
 
FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging  06 May 2012 
Source: Wired - Posted by Anthony Pell   
The FBI has been lobbying top internet companies like Yahoo and Google to support a proposal that would force them to provide backdoors for government surveillance, according to CNET.
 
Mozilla Slams CISPA, Breaking Silicon Valley's Silence On Cybersecurity Bill  02 May 2012 
Source: Forbes - Posted by Dave Wreski   
While the Internet has been bristling with anger over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, the Internet industry has been either silent or quietly supportive of the controversial bill. With one exception.
 
EPIC demands full copy of FCC's probe of Google Street View  20 April 2012 
Source: CNET - Posted by Anthony Pell   
An Internet privacy advocacy group wants the Federal Communications Commission to release the full report of its investigation of Google Street View's collection and storage of data from unencrypted wireless networks.
 
Austrian ID card vulnerable to spoofing attack  19 April 2012 
Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Security expert Wolfgang Ettlinger has discovered a vulnerability in the Austrian Citizen Card that allows attackers to spoof the credentials of their victims. This is the second time the card has been hacked.
 
Disguising Tor Traffic as Skype Video Calls  13 April 2012 
Source: Bruce Schneier - Posted by Dave Wreski   
To prevent the Tor traffic from being recognized by anyone analyzing the network flow, SkypeMorph uses what's known as traffic shaping to convert Tor packets into User Datagram Protocol packets, as used by Skype. The traffic shaping also mimics the sizes and timings of packets produced by normal Skype video conversations. As a result, outsiders observing the traffic between the end user and the bridge see data that looks identical to a Skype video conversation.
 
Got Privacy? Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Will Help Ensure It.  11 March 2012 
Source: PC World - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Say the word “privacy,” and most of us think of online privacy--along with the never-ending battle against spyware, tracking, and other opponents of the cause.
 
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