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Here are some simple tips to secure your smartphone.

Recently uncovered PowerPoint slides used by the National Security Agency and its British equivalent indicate that the spy agencies have been intercepting personal data sent by “leaky” smartphone apps.
The New York Times, the Guardian and ProPublica all reported that documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden showed that the agency and Britain’s GCHQ collected data transmitted “in the clear” by “Angry Birds,” Facebook, Flickr, Flixster, Google Maps, LinkedIn, Photobucket and Twitter.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/7-ways-stop-nsa-spying-your-smartphone-2D12008815
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From “Angry Birds” to “Gooogle Maps”, governments will stop at nothing to spy on its citizens!
Is Privacy dead?

British and American spy agencies use mobile phone applications such as the game Angry Birds to gain access to users’ personal data, leaked documents revealed.
GCHQ, the government’s listening post, and the US National Security Agency (NSA) are using smartphone applications to gather private details such as age, gender and location, as well as contacts and websites visited.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/28/angry-birds-spy-gchq_n_4678269.html
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First Target then Neiman Marcus and now Michaels.
All victims of credit card theft!
Are you a victim too?

In what’s becoming a growing trend as of late, arts and crafts retailer Michaels is investigating a possible data breach that may have put customers’ credit card data at risk. The news first surfaced via Krebs on Security but has since been confirmed by the US Secret Service and a statement from Michaels.
Read more: http://www.techspot.com/news/55450-arts-and-crafts-retailer-michaels-latest-victim-of-credit-card-data-theft.html 
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Unencrypted data including names, social security numbers, and addresses of 74,000 employees were on these stolen laptops.

Coca-Cola Co. said on Friday that personal information on as many as 74,000 employees, contractors and suppliers were on laptops that it said were temporarily stolen from its Atlanta headquarters.
The beverage giant told its U.S. and Canadian employees the data on the laptops, which wasn’t encrypted, included names, Social Security numbers and addresses, as well as details like financial compensation and ethnicity.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/25/coca-cola-stolen-laptops-had-personal-information-74000/
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Republicans take the lead and call for an end to mass surveillance of Americans domestic phone calls!

In the latest indication of a growing libertarian wing of the GOP, the Republican National Committee passed a resolution Friday calling for an investigation into the “gross infringement” of Americans’ rights by National Security Agency programs..
Read more: Republican Party Calls For End To NSA Domestic Phone Records Program | TIME.com http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/24/exclusive-republican-party-calls-for-investigation-into-nsa-snooping/#ixzz2rQu7MRmP
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/24/exclusive-republican-party-calls-for-investigation-into-nsa-snooping/#ixzz2rQtstEQM
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With the Internet of Things we need to make sure our connected things talk to us and not to strangers!

All of the wonderful sites and services and content that we enjoy today, much of it free of charge, is powered by data that’s collected, often to better advertise, but sometimes just to better tailor services to it.
Of course, it could be true that some of that data can be misused and that some consumers might not be aware of how it used, and we need to do a better job of educating them about this.
Read more: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/nation/jan-june14/privacy2_01-23.html
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Privacy issues are front and center at the
World Economic Forum in Davos.

Internet users will never have total privacy, a group of chief executives of communication and Internet companies said Wednesday.
“I don’t think we as a society want 100 percent privacy,” said AT&T Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson, speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. “But I think the debate is right.”
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57617641-93/privacy-dominates-tech-execs-discussion-at-davos/
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More users than we think are using Privacy tools to anonymize their Internet access.

The world and its pooch appears to be rushing to buy security tools to keep hackers and government snoops out of their PCs, according to a new survey.
The survey – by GlobalWebIndex – said that more than 56 percent of the world felt the internet was eroding their personal privacy and more than 415 million people or 28 percent of the online population use tools to disguise their identity or location.
Read more: http://news.techeye.net/business/worlddog-rushes-to-buy-privacy-tools#ixzz2r7wG24td
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If America doesn’t get serious about online Privacy, businesses will begin to move elsewhere.

Even before President Obama outlined his proposed changes in how the NSA should collect data for surveillance, many tech giants, like Google, Apple and Facebook, were vocal in their criticism. In public and in private White House meetings, executives complained the government is using their software to vacuum up data like e-mail addresses and phone numbers.
On Friday, the president pledged additional privacy protection and to allow companies to be more transparent about how often they are required to cooperate with the government on such requests. But there were few specifics, and the president said the government is not the only one gathering and storing such information.
Read more: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/government_programs/jan-june14/tech_01-20.html
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