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Entries from December 17th, 2007

Facebook Sues Canadian Internet Porn Company for Hacking Attempt

December 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Data Breaches, Social Networking

The Toronto Star reports on the massive hacking attempts of Ontario porn company, SlickCash, on Facebook’s servers. A Canadian company specializing in Internet porn is being sued by Facebook amid allegations it hacked the popular social networking website’s computers and tried to access the personal information of users, court documents show. A numbered Ontario company, [...]

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U.S. Congressman Joe Barton Quizzes Google on Privacy

December 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Search Engines and Privacy

Rep. Joe Barton has questions for Google, as Declan McCullagh reports. A top Republican in the House of Representatives is demanding that Google answer a barrage of questions about privacy, some of which are related to the company’s proposed purchase of the DoubleClick advertising firm. Rep. Joe Barton, who has positioned himself as a privacy [...]

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Google Street View Empire Expands to 8 More Cities, Including Boston and Detroit

December 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Google and Privacy

Google Street View has arrived in eight more U.S. cities. Can’t get enough of virtually cruising your favorite cities in America via Google Street Views? If not, there is good news. Google has added eight new cities to its growing list of U.S. locations that allow you to browse and explore 360-degree panoramic views of [...]

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