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• Hoaxer Behind 2,400 Fake Bomb Threats Caught After Gaming Site Breach (krebsonsecurity.com)
  Yro · Crime · 2019-02-16 05:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the 80-years-in-prison dept. · 137 comments
• Free Software Foundation: Dating Is a Free Software Issue (fsf.org)
  Yro · Drm · 2019-02-16 04:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the join-us-now-and-share-the-dating-apps dept. · 135 comments
• Academics Confirm Major Predictive Policing Algorithm Is Fundamentally Flawed (vice.com)
  Yro · Government · 2019-02-16 01:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the flawed-by-software dept. · 145 comments
• 18,000 Android Apps Track Users By Violating Advertising ID Policies (bleepingcomputer.com)
  Yro · Advertising · 2019-02-15 12:50 · posted by BeauHD · from the are-we-really-surprised dept. · 33 comments
• Even Years Later, Twitter Doesn't Delete Your Direct Messages (techcrunch.com)
  Yro · Twitter · 2019-02-15 12:10 · posted by BeauHD · from the marked-for-deletion dept. · 30 comments
• GAO Gives Congress Go-ahead For a GDPR-like Privacy Legislation (zdnet.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2019-02-15 09:32 · posted by msmash · from the now-we-wait-for-stars-to-align dept. · 54 comments
• Copyright Office Refuses Registration for 'Fresh Prince' Star Alfonso Ribeiro's "Carlton Dance" (hollywoodreporter.com)
  Yro · Court · 2019-02-15 07:33 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 61 comments
• Venezuela's Government Appears To be Trying To Hack Activists With Phishing Pages (vice.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2019-02-15 04:55 · posted by msmash · from the growing-tension dept. · 74 comments
• Software Pirates Use Apple Tech To Put Hacked Apps on iPhones (reuters.com)
  Yro · Piracy · 2019-02-14 04:05 · posted by msmash · from the opening-pandora-box dept. · 38 comments
• Man With 3-D-Printed Gun Had Hit List of Lawmakers, US Says (nytimes.com)
  Yro · Crime · 2019-02-14 02:06 · posted by msmash · from the breaking-news dept. · 277 comments
• Game of Thrones Hacker Worked With US Defector To Hack Air Force Employees of Iran (zdnet.com)
  Yro · Government · 2019-02-13 12:50 · posted by BeauHD · from the fraternizing-with-the-enemy dept. · 67 comments
• Google Play Store App Rejections Up 55% From Last Year, App Suspensions Up 66% (zdnet.com)
  Yro · Android · 2019-02-13 10:10 · posted by msmash · from the for-what-it-is-worth dept. · 23 comments
• Ask Slashdot: Is It Ethical To Purchase Electronics Products Made In China?
  Yro · China · 2019-02-12 11:30 · posted by BeauHD · from the cause-and-effect dept. · 375 comments
• Lufthansa Sues Passenger Who Missed His Flight in an Apparent Bid To Clamp Down on 'Hidden City' Trick (cnn.com)
  Yro · Court · 2019-02-12 04:07 · posted by msmash · from the let-the-game-begin dept. · 502 comments
• Android Phones Can Be Hacked Remotely By Viewing Malicious PNG Image (csoonline.com)
  Yro · Android · 2019-02-11 13:30 · posted by BeauHD · from the innocent-but-potentially-harmful dept. · 149 comments
• Trump Administration Unveils Order To Prioritize and Promote AI (reuters.com)
  Yro · Government · 2019-02-11 02:44 · posted by msmash · from the up-next dept. · 128 comments
• Should All Government IT Systems Be Using Open Source Software? (linuxjournal.com)
  Yro · Government · 2019-02-09 20:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the world-domination dept. · 206 comments
• 83% Of Consumers Believe Personalized Ads Are Morally Wrong (forbes.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2019-02-09 14:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the surveying-surveillance-capitalism dept. · 219 comments
• 'Why Data, Not Privacy, Is the Real Danger' (nbcnews.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2019-02-09 06:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the probing-your-profile dept. · 99 comments
• Amazon's Home Security Company Is Turning Everyone Into Cops (vice.com)
  Yro · Communications · 2019-02-08 11:20 · posted by BeauHD · from the eye-witness-news dept. · 256 comments
• Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides Public Court Filings (nytimes.com)
  Yro · Court · 2019-02-08 02:01 · posted by msmash · from the know-your-rights dept. · 158 comments
• Green New Deal Bill Aims To Move US To 100 Percent Renewable Energy, Net-Zero Emissions (arstechnica.com)
  Yro · Earth · 2019-02-07 10:50 · posted by BeauHD · from the symbolic-measures dept. · 534 comments
• Facebook Ordered To Stop Combining WhatsApp and Instagram Data Without Consent in Germany; Company Says It Needs That Data To Fight Terrorism and Child Abuse (theverge.com)
  Yro · Facebook · 2019-02-07 02:00 · posted by msmash · from the how-about-that dept. · 66 comments
• Many Popular iPhone Apps Secretly Record Your Screen Without Asking (techcrunch.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2019-02-07 01:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the sneaky-bastards dept. · 97 comments
• NYPD To Google: Stop Revealing the Location of Police Checkpoints (nypost.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2019-02-06 19:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the location-acquired dept. · 389 comments