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November 3, 2015

Google coughs up $2,250 for showing a woman’s cleavage in Street View

Earlier this month, Google was ordered to pay a Canadian woman $2,250 for showing her cleavage in Street View on Google Maps. The lawsuit was initially filed back in 2011. 

November 3, 2015

Security flaw could turn Samsung’s Find My Mobile feature against you

A security flaw has been discovered in Samsung's Find My Device feature, which could turn its functionality against you, should you be unlucky enough to fall victim to it. The post Security flaw could turn the benefits of Samsung’s Find My Mobile feature against you appeared first on Digital Trends.

November 3, 2015

Tech Q&A: Ello, Wi-Fi safety, Windows 10, and more

Kim Komando answers your questions about Ello, the 'anti-Facebook,' web safety, the new Windows 10, and more.

November 3, 2015

JP Morgan Chase hack: 4 steps you must do now

JP Morgan Chase Bank has revealed that 76 million household accounts, along with 7 million business accounts, were compromised in a recent cyber-attack. This attack ranks among the largest ever disclosed. Details indicate the hack occurred during June and July this past summer.

November 3, 2015

NSA faces more cyber-snooping allegations in Germany

The National Security Agency is facing more allegations of cyber-snooping after reportedly targeting German telecom networks Deutsche Telekom and Netcologne as part of a sophisticated program to map the Internet.

November 3, 2015

60,000 people join class-action privacy lawsuit against Facebook in Austria

An Austrian court ordered Facebook to respond to a class action lawsuit that accuses the social network of breaking EU privacy laws. The lawsuit now has the support of 60,000 people. 

November 3, 2015

UK, US spies hacked into webcam feeds of millions of Yahoo users

U.S. and British spy agencies intercepted and stored images from the webcams of millions of likely innocent Yahoo users, including large quantities of sexually explicit images -- a revelation the web giant described as “a whole new level of violation.”

October 29, 2015

Facebook Search is universal now, so you better double check your privacy settings

Back in early 2013, Facebook launched Facebook Graph Search to give users an easier way to find people and past posts. Fast forward to 2015 and Facebook says it has more than 2 trillion posts in its search index users and its users make more than 1.5 billion searches a day . And it isn't hard to see why.

October 28, 2015

Twitter slams controversial cybersecurity bill

Twitter is the latest tech heavyweight to voice its opposition to CISA, a controversial cybersecurity bill that could hit the Senate floor as early as Tuesday.

October 22, 2015

Federal judge upholds government's right to search electronics at border

U.S. border agents should have the authority to search laptop computers carried by news photographers and other travelers at international border crossings without reasonable suspicion, a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled Friday.