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China Make Online News Regulations Tighter
The Chinese Government has announced new regulations which will place further sanctions and restrictions on its online news content. Any organisation wishing to publish news in China must have a license and senior editors must be approved by the Chinese government. This legislation will bring online news companies into line…
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Tinder Investigating After 40,000 Pictures Taken From Site
Tinder is investigating an incident in which over 40,000 user facial pictures were downloaded by a programmer and shared on the internet. The data obtained by the programmer is now offline, however, it was mostly thought to have affected users based in the California region (although activity outside this area is…
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Acer to Pay $115K in Penalties for Credit Card Security Breach
Thousands of user’s personal data was compromised back in June 2016 after an Acer employee enabled debugging mode on the company’s e-commerce platform for nearly a year, between July 2015 through April 2016. This was initially disclosed by the Taiwanese computer manufacturer to the California attorney general last year. When…
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Wikiverse Shows What The Universe of Wikipedia Looks Like
Wikipedia is often regarded as the pinnacle of all human knowledge, with people creating and updating articles all over the world. With so much knowledge, how do you see and understand even the titles let alone the content? Well, one clever little extension is hoping to let you view Wikipedia as…
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KickassTorrents Mirrors Maliciously Taking Your Details
People love torrents. Be it to download a piece of software they own legitimately or to get a copy of Game of Thrones just hours after it airs on TV. KickassTorrents was a favourite location for many, but thanks to a court order the US Department of Justice seized the…
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China Bans News Based on Social Media
When it comes to your news, you can find out the latest from anywhere these days. From a text from a friend to finding it on your favourite technology site, you will find out massive amounts of information on an everyday basis. With the number of people on social media,…
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iOS 10 Won’t Collect Data If You Don’t Want It To
These days the whole decision behind companies and software comes down to as simple a thing as their policies and in that regard Apple seems to be taking on Microsoft by creating an opt-in policy for iOS 10. The new technique, one which Apple is calling its “differential privacy” will…
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The FBI’s Databases Will Be Exempt From Privacy Protections
When it comes to your information, keeping it up to date and private are some of the most important things in an age where companies are hacked on a regular basis and trade with your information. What happens when that information isn’t being stored by a company but a government…
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Geo-Fencing Used To Target Ads Towards “Abortion-Minded Women”
We all hate adverts, be it a large one covering an entire web page or a small video that we can’t seem to stop appearing at the very bottom of a page. With the rise of ad blockers, the companies behind those adverts are having to look at all new…
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Messaging Apps Must Store Data Within Iran’s Borders
With more and more governments requesting access to your private data, the lines between countries are becoming more defined in the digital world. With the revelation of schemes like PRISM offending Europe to a point where they began renegotiating a deal with the US to protect data regarding European citizens, more and…
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Japanese Carrier Will No Longer Tell Customers If They’re Being Tracked
When it comes to your information there is a lot that can be used against you, most of which you provide freely to social media and mobile apps. One piece of information you want to keep private all the time is your location, something that is protected all the time.…
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Researchers Publish Sensitive Information From OKCupid Database
In the modern age, people tend to have a caviler attitude towards their sensitive information and often disclosure personal details on various social media platforms. Of course, it’s rather challenging to keep your data secure as websites like FaceBook make it extraordinarily difficult to understand their privacy terms using clear language.…
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Data Breach Exposes Nearly 800,000 Kiddicare Account Details
When it comes to data leaks there have been two big ones in recent years that have caught people’s eyes. First came TalkTalk and the data breach that some accuse them of trying to cover up, the next was VTech. The VTech hack, while a smaller name in the global…
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Microsoft Looking at Synthetic DNA to Store Data
When it comes to finding and retrieving information, nature is still a thousand steps ahead of man when it comes to containing, storing and processing information. Be it the human brain or the very DNA we are made up of, we are constantly inspired and reminded of ways to upgrade…
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