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Job Seekers Getting Asked for Facebook Passwords

In their efforts to vet applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person's social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around.

 

Opinion: Government reads your tweets

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Dean Obeidallah asks whether the Department of Homeland Security's surveillance of social media websites is an invasion of our privacy.

 

Get ready for Google privacy changes

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On Thursday, Google's much-discussed new privacy policy goes into effect.

 

Smartphone 'surveillance' app row

Carrier IQ threatens and then drops legal action against a developer who claimed that the company's code could be used to monitor smartphones.

 

Facebook settles FTC privacy complaint, agrees to ask users’ permission for changes

Facebook has settled a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission that the social networking giant deceived consumers by promising privacy protections while it shared and made user data more public, according to the FTC.

 

F.T.C. Said to Be Near Facebook Privacy Deal

F.T.C. Said to Be Near Facebook Privacy Deal

Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are nearing a settlement over deceptive practices related to several Facebook features, including its privacy settings, according to two people briefed on the settlement.

 

Twitter Must Provide Data on 3 Users, Judge Rules

A federal judge ruled that Twitter must give information to the Justice Department about three of its account holders who are under investigation for their links to WikiLeaks.

 

Opinion: GPS a privacy threat

Catherine Crump: Increasingly police are tracking our movements via our cell phones, an invasion that undermines our essential liberties

 

Facebook changes worry privacy advocates

Users and privacy advocates have expressed concerns about Facebook’s planned redesign, the way the change will affect third-party apps and the network’s general approach to privacy. Third-party apps will be fully integrated into a user’s profile page, with updates about activity on each app. That means that users won’t actively click to share updates from apps — the apps will add that information to a user’s page automatically.

Senh: As long as there's a switch to turn it off, I'm fine.

 

Apple blames iPhone tracking on 'bug'

Apple blames iPhone tracking on 'bug'

After a week of silence, Apple on Wednesday responded to widespread complaints about iPhones and iPads tracking their users' whereabouts by saying "the iPhone is not logging your location" and announcing an upcoming mobile software update.

 

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