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Facebook's most recent API allows applications to post status updates to a user's wall without their intervention. This is part of Facebook Instant and is known as frictionless sharing. This means users no longer have to proactively decide to share an item, and there's a risk that something could be...
New developments announced by Facebook at its F8 Developer Conference in San Francisco on Thursday might give the social networking king new advantages over Google as the two battle for dominance. They may also create a world of hurt for Apple. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Timeline, which ...
Providers of apps for mobile devices are just as responsible as other electronic commerce vendors in terms of protecting the privacy of customers. In a recent enforcement action, the Federal Trade Commission signaled that mobile apps fall within the agency's jurisdiction, and that it will not hesita...
Federal regulations designed to protect children's privacy cover the burgeoning mobile apps business as well as other online vehicles accessible through laptops or desktops. In fact, providers of mobile apps need to pay attention to the privacy impact not only of services offered specifically to chi...
H.R. 1981, a U.S. federal bill which apparently seeks to combat child pornography, has stirred up opposition from various lawmakers as well as civil rights groups. The proposed law, introduced in May and now under consideration in Congress, is the joint creation of Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairma...
It's been another wild and crazy week for the security community. Scotland Yard arrested two suspected members of Anonymous and LulzSec Thursday. Meanwhile, the major players in the browser market -- Google, Microsoft and the Mozilla Foundation -- have chopped Dutch certificate DigiNotar off at the ...
In a nod to users who have complained about Facebook's privacy settings for years, the social network announced new, simplified settings Tuesday that allow users to exercise greater control over what information is shared across the network. Going forward, users can choose a feature called "Profile ...
This past week saw considerable hacker activity: AntiSec released to the Internet 1 GB worth of emails and documents stolen from the account of VanGuard Defense Industries SVP Richard Garcia. A related hacker community, Anonymous, hacked into the servers of the BART Police Officers' Association. Ano...
London's burning, and it may lead to a clampdown on social media in the UK. UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday suggested censoring social media in response to the violence. Mobs reportedly communicating in part through BlackBerry Messenger, and later social media sites, wreaked havoc throug...
In terms of online communication, social media is the biggest trend in recent years. There are billions of participants around the globe as well as an array of forms: blogs, forums, wikis, multimedia content, social bookmarking and, of course, popular platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+....
Could Facebook be the next target in hacker group Anonymous' crosshairs? A tweet from the Twitter handle "OP_Facebook" -- which is labeled "Anonymous" yet had only a single tweet in its history as of mid-day Wednesday -- urged readers to go to a Pirate Bay Web page or watch a YouTube video in which ...
The recent launch of Google+, which offers users a convenient way of managing who gets to see what, addresses the social networking privacy issue to an extent. However, the vast majority of Facebook's multitudes are still not terribly concerned -- they're having too much fun. There's a need to pay m...
It's been a mighty interesting week in security. Kids learned about cryptography and received a visit from federal authorities at a special session at DefCon, McAfee is duking it out with other security vendors over Operation Shady Rat, facial recognition is stripping away what little is left of our...
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a system that combines facial recognition technology with social networking data and information drawn from other sources, raising new privacy concerns. The research team, led by Alessandro Acquisti, associate professor of information technology ...
Google has begun cleaning up its recently launched Google+ service, and in doing so, it's deleted some legitimate users' accounts. Those with dumped accounts include a user calling himself "Dylan M," who has the Twitter handle @thomasmonopoly, as well as Limor Fried, A.K.A. "Ladyada." Dylan M. was a...
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