Instagram says it has the right to sell your photos

Dec 18, 2012 by

Instagram says it has the right to sell your photos

In its first big policy shift since Facebook bought the photo-sharing site, Instagram claims the right to sell users’ photos without payment or notification. Instagram says it has the right to sell your photos, and there’s no way to opt out Written by Declan McCullagh / Courtesy of CNET.com Instagram said today that it has the perpetual right to sell users’ photographs without...

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Apple’s iOS 6 Includes ‘Government Alerts’

Jun 19, 2012 by

Apple’s iOS 6 Includes ‘Government Alerts’

‘Presidential alerts’ to be mandatory for all cellphone users Apple’s eagerly awaited iOS 6 update for iPhones and iPads will include controversial ‘government alerts’ that some fear are part of the federal government’s takeover of communications networks. “In compliance with the National Alerting Program, the WEA will be coming to Apple devices that will run on the new mobile OS...

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Tracking The Trackers – Who Tracks You Online...

May 31, 2012 by

Tracking The Trackers – Who Tracks You Online?

In this presentation courtesy of TedTalks, Gary Kovacs, CEO of Mozilla Corporation, discusses the subject of privacy on the Web. Even though people would like to believe the Internet is a private place, it is not.  As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil — personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your...

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House Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Measure CI...

Apr 28, 2012 by

House Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Measure CISPA

Written by David Kravets / Courtesy of Wired.com The House on Thursday approved cybersecurity legislation that privacy groups have decried as a threat to civil liberties. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, sponsored by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Maryland), passed on a vote of 248 to 168. Its goal is a more secure internet, but privacy...

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Windows 8 Computers to Have Remote Kill Switch

Feb 25, 2012 by

Windows 8 Computers to Have Remote Kill Switch

The Kill Switch Comes to the PC A feature common in phones will let Microsoft remotely disable malware By Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg Business Week   Janne Kytömäki, a Finnish software developer, was cruising Google’s (GOOG) Android Market for smartphone apps last year when he noticed something strange. Dozens of best-selling applications suddenly listed the same wrong publisher. It was...

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