Tagged: Privacy & Security

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.

Renaming Wi-Fi networks stops Google snooping
Google now allows Internet users to opt out of their Google Location Server by appending "_nomap" to their wireless network name.

Exfoliate your Facebook page
New app lets Facebook users delete old - and potentially off-colour - content permanently from their profile pages.

"Sexy" scams attract men on Facebook
Men are more likely than women to fall for scams on social networking sites, particularly when confronted with sexy females, a new study reveals.

Anonymous puts government sites on the bonfire
Hacker group Anonymous targeted El Salvador and Israeli government websites over the weekend, but called off Mexican drug gang 'Operation Cartel'.

Chinese internet leaders vow to 'intensify control' of social media
The heads of some of China's biggest internet and technology companies have agreed to crack down on social media after three days of talks on intensifying control of the internet.

Removal requests on the rise at Google
Google's release of its bi-annual Transparency Report saw a 71 per cent increase in removal requests in the UK.

HTC acquires child-friendly browser Zoodles
Smartphone maker HTC has announced the acquisition of Inquisitive Minds - creators of child-friendly browser Zoodles to compete with other Android rivals.

Sony security breach suspends 93k on PlayStation Network
Sony users have fallen victim to another security breach involving the PlayStation network, this time with an estimated 93,000 possibly affected.

HTC scrambles to release privacy fix for smartphones
HTC's frantically working on a fix for a flaw found in certain models of its smartphones that could potentially leak users' personal data.