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NHS patient data to be made available for sale to drug and insurance firms | Society | ... - 0 views
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"Drug and insurance companies will from later this year be able to buy information on patients - including mental health conditions and diseases such as cancer, as well as smoking and drinking habits - once a single English database of medical data has been created."
Facial recognition app matches strangers to online profiles | Crave - CNET - 0 views
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"Intentions aside, the app seems to cross some pretty serious privacy boundaries. Generally speaking, people like to choose who they identify themselves to, and having your online information freely available to anyone who sees you in public seems an uncomfortable prospect. Google seems to think so, too; the Web giant does not currently allow facial recognition apps on the MyGlass app store. "
UK set to sell sensitive NHS records to commercial companies with no meaningful privacy... - 0 views
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"The information sharing is on an opt-out basis, so if you don't want your "clinical records, mental health consultations, drug addiction rehabilitation details, dsexual health clinic attendance and abortion procedures" shared, along with your "GP records, HS numbers, post-codes, gender, date of birth," you need to contact your doctor and opt out of the process. "
Russian Olympic official to reporters: stop complaining about hotels or we'll release C... - 0 views
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"Just a reminder for anyone thinking of travelling to Sochi after the Olympics for a spot of tourism: according to Russia's deputy prime-minister, the hotel bathrooms have surveillance cameras that watch you in the shower."
Full NHS hospital records uploaded to Google servers, "infinitely worse" story to come ... - 0 views
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"The news of the breach comes after the collapse of a scheme under which the NHS would sell patient records to pharma companies, insurers and others (there was no easy way to opt out of the scheme, until members of the public created the independent Fax Your GP service). "
Capturing images of bystanders by zooming in on pictures of corneas - Boing Boing - 0 views
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"It's an interesting wrinkle on the problem of information-leakage, and implies that future privacy-filters will have to scrub photos of reflective surfaces (especially eyes) of identifying faces before they're posted. "
Security Expert Bruce Schneier On Passwords, Privacy and Trust - 0 views
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"They aren't limited by human notions of attention; they can watch everyone at the same time. So while it may be true that using encryption is something the NSA takes special note of, not using it doesn't mean you'll be noticed less. The best defense is to use secure services, even if it might be a red flag. Think of it this way: you're providing cover for those who need encryption to stay alive."
Turkey blocks use of Twitter after prime minister attacks social media site | World new... - 0 views
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"Turkey restricted access to Twitter hours after its prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, threatened to "root out" the social media network where wiretapped recordings have been leaked, damaging the government's reputation ahead of local elections."
How can universities stop students cheating online? | Education | theguardian.com - 0 views
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"If students want a verified certificate for their online course, they can pay a fee of $30-90 (approximately £17-54) for the Signature Track service. They will be asked to submit a webcam photo and identification card to check their identity. "
Public apathy over GCHQ snooping is a recipe for disaster | Technology | The Observer - 0 views
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"Now spool forward to the present. One of the things that baffles me is why more people are not alarmed by what Edward Snowden has been telling us about the scale and intrusiveness of internet surveillance. My hunch is that this is partly because - strangely - people can't relate the revelations to things they personally understand."
The principle of privacy is worth fighting for | Technology | theguardian.com - 0 views
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"The principle of privacy, if we want privacy, needs to be fought for at every level. It has become a terrible cliche to talk about George Orwell's nightmare vision of 1984, but read the book again and be reminded of the horror it depicts. And then realise how short a step it is from the telescreen to your iPhone screen."
Bomb threats made on Twitter to female journalists | Technology | theguardian.com - 0 views
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"Grace Dent, a columnist for the Independent and former Guardian writer, received the same message as Freeman, which she took a screen grab of. It states: "A BOMB HAS BEEN PLACED OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. IT WILL GO OFF AT EXACTLY 10.47PM ON A TIMER AND TRIGGER DESTROYING EVERYTHING.""
Edward Snowden's secure email provider Lavabit forced to close by US security services ... - 0 views
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"The secure email service used by US whistleblower Edward Snowden has shut down rather than comply with orders from US security services - and is also legally barred from speaking out. The owner and operator of Lavabit, Ladar Levison, took the service down yesterday "for maintenance" before revealing today that the real reason was demands from US intelligence."
Lavabit competitor Silent Circle shuts down its secure email service, destroys servers ... - 0 views
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"Silent Circle, a secure communications company founded by PGP creator Phil Zimmerman, has pre-emptively shut down its secure, encrypted email service and destroyed the servers so that it cannot be forced to reveal its customers' secrets to NSA spooks. "
Lavabit founder has stopped using email: "If you knew what I know, you might not use it... - 0 views
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"After discussing the general absurdity and creepiness of not being allowed to freely criticize the government for the order they brought to his company, he concludes by saying that he's stopped using email altogether, and "If you knew what I know about email, you might not use it either." "
BBC News - Data haul by Android Flashlight app 'deceives' millions - 0 views
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poor privacy policy,
Find the ungoogleable with crowdsourced search engine - tech - 04 December 2013 - New S... - 0 views
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THERE'S nothing like the human touch.
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DataSift is new kind of search engine that uses crowdsourced human intelligence to answer vague, complex or visual questions, even when the users are not sure what they are searching for.
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answered easily and quickly by human workers
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