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BBC News - Evernote says security has been breached by hackers - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-21644317

hackers Twitter email

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  • It said user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords were accessed.
  • online personal organiser, with users able to save data such as video clips, images, web pages, notes and itineraries in an external storage system commonly known as the cloud.
  • The firm apologised "for the annoyance" caused by the breach, which it said is becoming "far more common" at other "large services".
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  • Apple revealed a "small number" of its computers had been hacked
  • micro-blogging website Twitter announced it had been the victim of a security breach which compromised the accounts of 250,000 users.
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Apple blocks emails containing phrase 'barely legal teen' from iCloud in new 'anti-porn... - 0 views

www.independent.co.uk/...ipornography-move-8517285.html

apple teen iCloud pornography

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  • Apple is deleting all emails on its iCloud service that contain the phrase 'barely legal teen,
  • He's a barely legal teenage driver
  • some would consider the phrase to have a strong association with paedophilia
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  • only the second one got through.
  • The phrase 'barely legal teen' is used in pornographic searches
  • He's barely a legal teenage driver
  • Though Apple has no legal obligation to block the phrase 'barely legal teen', its terms of service state that it has every right to do so.
  • Occasionally, automated spam filters may incorrectly block legitimate email
  • The iBookstore rejected an e-book submission on the hippie movement because it contained photographs of naked people.
  • People do not have to use Apple's iCloud service
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What Does Google Do If the Government Comes Looking for Your Emails? - Rebecca J. Rosen... - 0 views

www.theatlantic.com/...272591

google law enforcement request

shared by Urška Cerar on 04 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Every single day, dozens of requests from law-enforcement officials, courts, and other government agencies pour into Google's offices, requesting that Google hand over different pieces of information its users have amassed
  • many of these requests are legitimate
  • It's important for law enforcement agencies to pursue illegal activity and keep the public safe.
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  • once a request has been deemed valid, Google will notify users when possible.
  • Google says, "When we receive such a request, our team reviews the request to make sure it satisfies legal requirements and Google's policies.
  • Google will not provide a user's search-query information or the contents of a user's account (email content, pictures, documents, etc.) without a warrant.
  • Google has advocated for updating ECPA, "so the same protections that apply to your personal documents that you keep in your home also apply to your email and online documents."
  • If Google can establish clear practices now that somehow balance the competing needs of law-enforcement agencies and private users, that effort will pay off
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BBC News - Court orders UK ISPs to block more piracy sites - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-21601609

court piracy illegal music

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  • Opponents have argued that blocking sites in this way was ineffective.
  • Data seen by the BBC suggested that the blocking of The Pirate Bay had only had a short-term effect on the level of pirate activity online
  • there had been a large reduction in the number of users illegally downloading music
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  • Blocking illegal sites helps ensure that the legal digital market can grow and labels can continue to sign and develop new talent.
  • The UK has now handed the power over what we see on the internet to corporate lobbyists
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The Enduring Myth of the 'Free' Internet - Peter Osnos - The Atlantic - 3 views

www.theatlantic.com/...273515

internet myth free accessofinformation

shared by Urška Cerar on 04 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • The Enduring Myth of the 'Free' Internet
  • The mantra of a "free" Internet has shaped the prevailing view of how we access information and entertainment in the digital age.
  • the role of the broadband Internet is reaching a stage where anything less than total availability at minimal prices is a matter that deserves far more attention than it is currently getting.
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  • But access to this "free" information on the Internet, as everyone acknowledges as soon as it is pointed out, is not gratis.
  • The leading beneficiaries of all these charges are the big multi-platform companies, the pipes for content and digital services
  • the devices that connect us to search engines, countless websites, social media, and e-mail bring us vast amounts of content for which we do not pay separately.
  • 100 million Americans do not have high speed Internet at home, largely because of high costs and the lack of available infrastructure.
  • the Internet is the key to economic growth in the 21st century
  • One promising initiative, at least as it applies to speed and access, comes from Google Fiber. This is a project the company is developing in Kansas City as a trial of what would be a far faster broadband network using fiber-optic communication.
  • No other company can match Google's projected speed, but the price it is planning to charge for that service so far is higher than slower providers
  • For all the progress in delivering information and entertainment in the Internet era, Americans deserve and should demand something closer to the ideal of what is possible with our technology.
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