Tagged: Privacy & Security

Deleted photos live on in Facebook servers
Deleted Facebook photos may still live on in the social network for months after being deleted by users, thanks to a glitch in Facebook's legacy system.

Android Market gets a Bouncer
Google has added a new service - code-named Bouncer - to help scan the Android Market for malicious apps.

Major tech companies join forces to stop phishing
Some of the world's biggest tech companies and financial institutions have announced a broad new alliance to combat email phishing.

Google merges privacy settings
Google has announced that from 1 March it will be moving to one single privacy policy, giving the search giant the ability to 'combine personal information' across the majority of its products and services.

McAfee to plug spam hole
McAfee will be releasing a fix for a spamming hole in its SaaS for Total Protection anti-malware service.

Facebook announces Hacker Cup
Facebook has announced open registration for its second annual Hacker Cup.

Facebook hands out Visa cards to researchers
Facebook is rewarding researchers with "White Hat Bug Bounty Program" Visa debit cards for their efforts to report bugs on the social network.

Facebook ordered to increase privacy by Irish regulators
After an investigation by Irish regulators, Facebook has agreed to tighten privacy and delete unneeded data.

Facebook's photo fail
A security flaw in the system that lets users report inappropriate content on Facebook has allowed private photos to be made public, including those of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Peer-to-peer search engine to take on Google
New search engine YaCy hopes to unsettle the Google's rule by gleaming results from a network of peers.