Category Archives: Security

Facebook reveals its user-tracking secrets

For the first time, Facebook has revealed details about how it tracks users across the web. Through interviews with Facebook engineering director Arturo Bejar, Facebook … Continue reading

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Facebook: Attack identified, most spammed porn removed

Facebook says a hack that exploited some Web browsers was responsible for a flood of porn, violent images and other graphic content that spread across … Continue reading

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Google+ isn’t a social network: it’s a web spider hungry for your data

Newsflash from Monaco: Google+ isn’t a social network after all. Speaking to a well-heeled crowd at the annual Monaco Media Forum, Nikesh Arora, Google’s chief … Continue reading

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Facebook settlement will make all future privacy changes “opt-in”

Facebook is close to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that will require the social network to make all future privacy changes “opt-in.” Facebook … Continue reading

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Microsoft software bug linked to “Duqu” virus

Microsoft Corp said hackers exploited a previously unknown bug in its Windows operating system to infect computers with the Duqu virus, which some security experts … Continue reading

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