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Why would anyone target me? Web security and piracy hot topics at IT event

November 30, 2011 in News Roundup

This month’s North East IT get together SuperMondays, was built around two of the most complex subjects surrounding the web – security and privacy.

Hosting and security consultant Andrew Waite talked about information security while Chris Stainthorpe, developer at Customer Sure, focused on names and pseudonyms.

Local web and mobile developer Peter Bull was at the event and sent New Media Now his summaries of the both talks.

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Facebook Splits Privacy 170 Ways

May 19, 2010 in Blog, News Roundup

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The New York Times made a feature of Facebook’s privacy policy in an extensive review of how, when, and where you can make your private stuff private on the world’s largest social network. It turns out that Facebook’s privacy policy is now so complicated that it’s longer than the Constitution of the United States. Take a look at the infographic (which doesn’t quite explain how to hide those pictures of last weekend from your mum) here.

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Google verdict astonishes the online world

February 26, 2010 in News Roundup

The most interesting news from the digital world this week came undisputedly from Italy. Three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations over a YouTube video showing an autistic teenager being bullied.

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Among the convicted was Google’s chief legal officer, David Drummond, who has said he’s “outraged” by a decision he describes as setting a “chilling precedent”.

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