Electronic Privacy Information Center 8 Steps to Facebook Photo Privacy, According to Facebook Engineer (We're Still Confused) Let's get this out of the way first: yes, we found this on Quora, the Q&A service poised for media overhype as the second coming of Twitter or blogging or journalism or whatever. But it was an interesting nugget of information from someone in the know and seemed worthy of sharing. According to Justin Mitchell, an engineer on Facebook Photos, photo privacy on the social network is complex. Is A Facebook Photo Visible? The list below, said Mitchell, is a checklist where the first item for which the condition is met will determine the visibility of a photo posted to Facebook (profiles only, though, not Pages). This is what he wrote: Is it your photo? There is already some debate on the thread about whether or not this list is 100% accurate, but since it's coming from someone at Facebook who would know, we believe it is. Online Privacy Too Complex, Please Give Up Can the average end user read that checklist and really understand the nature of their photos' privacy? What are YOU Hiding? ?
BleachBit | BleachBit News of the World 'hacked 7/7 family phones' 6 July 2011 Last updated at 11:02 GMT The father of David Foulkes, who was killed in the Edgware Road blast, said police had contacted him Families of 7/7 bombing victims may have had their phones hacked by the News of the World, it has emerged. A solicitor for some of the relatives said one family had been told their phone may have been hacked in 2005. The paper has also passed to police e-mails which allegedly show payments by it to the police were approved by the then editor Andy Coulson. Meanwhile, the journalist who sanctioned hacking murdered girl Milly Dowler's phone has been identified. BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said News International executives found the information after a trawl of their documents. He said the information has yet to be handed to police although it was thought likely that they would already know it. News International said it was determined to get to the bottom of this and that it would keep going until people viewed them in a "favourable" light.
How we found the file that was used to Hack RSA The current theory is that a nation-state wanted to break into Lockheed-Martin and Northrop-Grumman to steal military secrets. They couldn't do it, since these companies were using RSA SecurID tokens for network authentication. So, the hackers broke into RSA with a targeted e-mail attack. They planted a backdoor and eventually were able to gain access to SecurID information that enabled them to go back to their original targets and successfully break in. In the aftermath of the attack, RSA was forced to replace SecurID tokens for their customers around the world. Already in April, we knew that the attack was launched with a targeted e-mail to EMC employees (EMC owns RSA), and that the e-mail contained an attachment called "2011 Recruitment plan.xls". This bothered Timo Hirvonen. Timo wrote a data analysis tool that analyzed samples for flash objects. After five months, we finally had the file. And not only that, we had the original e-mail. So, what did the e-mail look like? P.S.
Facebook’s New Way Of Using You As Free Advertising (& How To Stop It) [News] Actions such as checking into places, clicking “Like” on a page, application interactions and posting on Facebook pages can be then used as marketing ammo, sending targeted recommendations to your friends featuring your name and profile picture. Users who are featured in the adverts won’t be paid a penny. This new way for advertisers to target their audience on a startlingly personal level quietly launched in January, and (in a move that’s angered many) each Facebook user’s account, by default, allows this to happen. Despite many voicing their concerns, Facebook insists that this new breed of social advertising falls in line with its current privacy policy.
Little Snitch A firewall protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does! Protect your privacy Network Monitoring Redefined Take a look under the hood to see at a glance who talks to whom. With beautiful animations and informative diagrams it provides fine grained real time traffic information, powerful yet simple options for analyzing bandwidth, traffic totals, connectivity status and more. Silent Mode – Decide Later There are times where you don’t want to get interrupted by any network related notifications. Profiles This allows you to quickly switch between different sets of rules depending if you are at home, at the office or connected to a public network. Automatic Profile Switching New Firewall for incoming connections Simplified Connection Alert Research Assistant And so much more…
ICO issues guidance on disclosing employee personal data under FOI The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said that public sector bodies must assess whether they could avoid disclosing some information about employees whilst still ensuring that "the legitimate interests" of those requesting the information are observed. "For example, could the legitimate interests be met by other means that interfere less with the employee’s rights and freedoms?" the ICO said in new guidance. (32-page / 155KB PDF) "Is it necessary to provide all of the information requested? If not, full disclosure is not necessary, and the additional information is thereby exempt." Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) individuals have a general ‘right to know’, which entitles them to be provided with information held by Government departments and public bodies. However, those bodies can legitimately withhold information requested in some circumstances. However, personal data can be legitimately disclosed in some cases under the DPA.