November 4, 2015 5 Facebook settings to change now Kim Komando has five Facebook privacy settings you should change now.
November 4, 2015 Yahoo says it faced $250,000-a-day fine for opposing NSA data demand Yahoo said Thursday that the US government threatened it with a $250,000-a-day fine if it refused to supply the National Security Agency (NSA) with user data for its controversial PRISM surveillance program.
November 4, 2015 Data heist puts spotlight on password management tools Last week’s massive data breach has shone a spotlight on the technologies that can help users lock down their passwords.
November 4, 2015 Internet companies, two FCC commissioners disagree with proposed broadband regulations More than 100 Internet companies and two of five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission are taking issue with Chairman Tom Wheeler's plan to regulate broadband providers.
November 4, 2015 Crossing a line? California school district hires company to watch students’ social media In California, a school district is paying a social media monitoring firm to keep an eye on students' social media activity. Privacy advocates are calling foul. But when kids are at risk, where do we draw the line?
November 4, 2015 Popular law site Groklaw closes blog citing concern over NSA spying The editor of the popular law blog Groklaw announced the closing of her site saying she cannot conduct business with the possibility of the government reading her emails.
November 4, 2015 Is Google Glass watching? Officials from six nations worry Privacy concerns surrounding Google Glass show little sign of going away with news that officials from six nations have sent a joint letter to Larry Page highlighting a number of questions they want answered about the high-tech device.
November 4, 2015 Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That's so 2009 Relieved your kids aren't posting embarrassing messages and goofy self-portraits on Facebook? They're probably doing it on Instagram and Snapchat instead.
November 4, 2015 Facebook wins court battle against German privacy watchdog over ban on using fake names Facebook has won a court battle against a German privacy watchdog that challenged the social networking site's policy requiring users to register with their real names.
November 4, 2015 How to delete yourself from the Internet Are there days when you wish you could just disappear from the Internet? It's not terribly difficult to pull the Internet equivalent of escaping to a deserted island. All it takes is tenacity.