If Data Is the New Oil, Are Tech Companies Robbing Us Blind? (digitaltrends.com)
Yro ·
Business ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the blind-as-a-bat dept.
· 154 comments
China Blocks WhatsApp (theverge.com)
Yro ·
Censorship ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.
· 104 comments
'Banned Books Week' Recognizes 2016's Most-Censored Books (and Comic Books) (newsweek.com)
Yro ·
Books ·
· posted by
EditorDavid
· from the rebellious-readers dept.
· 166 comments
Cloudflare Pays First $7,500 Bounties In War Against Patent Troll (cloudflare.com)
Yro ·
Patents ·
· posted by
EditorDavid
· from the punished-with-prior-art dept.
· 35 comments
Spain's Crackdown on Catalonia Includes Internet Censorship (internetsociety.org)
Walmart Wants To Deliver Groceries Straight To Your Fridge (consumerist.com)
Yro ·
Privacy ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the direct-to-fridge dept.
· 179 comments
Passwords For 540,000 Car Tracking Devices Leaked Online (thehackernews.com)
Yro ·
Privacy ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the public-domain dept.
· 33 comments
DC Court Rules Tracking Phones Without a Warrant Is Unconstitutional (cbsnews.com)
Yro ·
Privacy ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the personal-bubble dept.
· 84 comments
EU Paid For Report That Said Piracy Isn't Harmful -- And Tried To Hide Findings (thenextweb.com)
Yro ·
Eu ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the brushed-under-the-rug dept.
· 169 comments
Judge Kills FTC Lawsuit Against D-Link for Flimsy Security (dslreports.com)
Yro ·
Business ·
· posted by
msmash
· from the rubbishing-it dept.
· 100 comments
Waymo Wants Uber to Pay $2.6 Billion Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft (reuters.com)
Yro ·
Business ·
· posted by
msmash
· from the testing-the-limits dept.
· 25 comments
Popular Steam Extension 'Inventory Helper' Spies On Users, Says Report (windowsreport.com)
Yro ·
Privacy ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the hide-and-seek dept.
· 66 comments
Twitter Suspends 300,000 Accounts Tied To Terrorism In 2017 (bloomberg.com)
Yro ·
Twitter ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the ahead-of-the-curve dept.
· 69 comments
Pepe the Frog's Creator Is Sending Takedown Notices To Far-Right Sites (vice.com)
Yro ·
Court ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the take-over-the-reins dept.
· 332 comments
EFF Resigns From Web Consortium In Wake of EME DRM Standardization (eff.org)
Yro ·
Eff ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the cause-and-effect dept.
· 221 comments
AI Just Made Guessing Your Password a Whole Lot Easier (sciencemag.org)
Yro ·
Ai ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the easy-as-1-2-3 dept.
· 136 comments
Jeweler Forged Judge's Signature To Force Google To Kill Negative Reviews (thedailybeast.com)
Yro ·
Google_Fb ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the you-gotta-do-what-you-gotta-do dept.
· 52 comments
Equifax Stock Sales Are the Focus of US Criminal Probe (bloomberg.com)
Yro ·
Crime ·
· posted by
BeauHD
· from the rule-breakers dept.
· 48 comments
Illinois Tests A Blockchain-Based Birth Registry/ID System (illinoisblockchain.tech)
Yro ·
Privacy ·
· posted by
EditorDavid
· from the going-on-your-permanent-record dept.
· 151 comments
NSA Launches 'Codebreaker Challenge' For Students: Stopping an Infrastructure Attack (ltsnet.net)
WordPress Ditches ReactJS Over Facebook's Patent Clause (techcrunch.com)
Yro ·
Facebook ·
· posted by
EditorDavid
· from the leaving-over-licenses dept.
· 72 comments
Can The Pirate Bay Replace Ads With A Bitcoin Miner? (betanews.com)
Yro ·
Piracy ·
· posted by
EditorDavid
· from the behind-the-scenes dept.
· 123 comments