October 22, 2015 Iran building software to control networking sites Iran's police chief says the Islamic Republic is developing new software to control social networking sites.
October 22, 2015 Former Engadget editor-in-chief quits Instagram, Facebook Ryan Block, the former editor in chief of Engadget and the co-founder of Gdgt claims he doesn't find the world’s largest, most powerful social network to be particularly useful.
October 22, 2015 Internet censorship, restrictions around the globe Envoys in Dubai signed a new U.N. telecommunications treaty Friday that a U.S.-led delegation says endorses greater government control of the Internet. The U.S. and more than 20 other countries refused to ratify the accord by the 193-nation International Telecommunications Union.
October 22, 2015 Facebook poised to roll out more privacy controls Facebook is trying to make its privacy controls easier to find and understand in an effort to turn the world's largest social network in to a more discreet place.
October 22, 2015 You have not lost all rights to your stuff on Facebook A message has been spreading like news of a sale on Cyber Monday: Post a few lines to your Facebook page and you’ll protect your copyright and privacy. And it’s completely bogus.
October 22, 2015 1 million Facebook users sold for $5 Although they may be very valuable to you, your personal details could be sold on the Internet for fractions upon fractions upon fractions of a penny.
October 21, 2015 Boeing plans Black, a tamper-proof smartphone Boeing hopes the security-oriented Black smartphone will prove popular with government agencies dealing with highly sensitive information -- when it eventually hits the market.
October 21, 2015 Programmer behind webcam-snooping website replaces site with a job ad The programmer behind a webcam-snooping website that hit the headlines last week for showing live streams from inside people's homes has replaced the site's content with, of all things, a job ad. The post Programmer behind webcam-snooping website replaces content with a job ad appeared first on Digital Trends.
October 21, 2015 Facebook will now alert you if your account is targeted by 'state-sponsored actors' While the chances of nation-state agents breaking into your Facebook account must surely be pretty slim, the social networking giant has nevertheless put in place measures that mean you'll be the first to know should it uncover any such nefarious behavior.
October 21, 2015 Trump hotel chain confirms year-long data hack The Trump hotel chain has confirmed a data security breach involving malware that the company says was on its payment systems for just over a year.
