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NSA whistleblower talks turkey about personal surveillance

The guide covers everyone from the typical concerned citizen to someone who may be handling highly sensitive documents!

If you want to limit how much governments and companies know about you and your private life, then use Tor, download specific apps and plug-ins, encrypt your hard drive, and use a password manager.  Those are among the tips provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden …
Read more:  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/12/snowden_guide_to_practical_privacy/

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Belgian court gives Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking users

Belgium’s privacy watchdog said Facebook indiscriminately tracks Internet users through browser histories, or “cookies,” left on the computer after they click “like” or “share” on a site!
The order follows a case lodged by Belgium's privacy watchdog in June which said Facebook indiscriminately tracks Internet users
A Belgian court on Monday gave Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking Internet users who do not have accounts with the US social media giant or risk fines of up to 250,000 euros ($269,000) a day, a statement said.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-11-belgian-court-facebook-hours-tracking.html
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World’s biggest tech companies get failing grade on data-privacy rights

If they don’t earn the trust of the user, it’s going to be much harder to succeed as a multinational company and earn the trust of users across borders!
There are no winners, said the group in its executive summary. “Even companies in the lead are falling short.<br>
The world’s top tech companies are failing when it comes to privacy and freedom of expression, according to the most comprehensive assessment to date of their user agreement policies.
‘If this was a test, nearly everyone failed’: how tech giants deny your digital rights
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Tech firms including US giants Facebook, Google and Microsoft, Europe’s top mobile companies Vodafone and Orange, China’s Tencent…
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/03/data-protection-failure-google-facebook-ranking-digital-rights
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Firefox 42 now available, adds Tracking Protection in Private Browsing mode

Private Browsing mode with Tracking Protection blocks some page elements that could be used to track user behavior across sites!
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Mozilla on Tuesday pushed Firefox 42 out on its public channel with plenty of noteworthy additions in tow. The biggest change of all, however, is the addition of a feature called Tracking Protection.
Read more: http://www.techspot.com/news/62655-firefox-42-now-available-adds-tracking-protection-private.html
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‘Hell No Barbie’ campaign targets Hello Barbie over privacy concerns

Hello Barbie may be a corporate spy that could jeopardize children’s privacy!
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Hello Barbie, an interactive doll with artificial intelligence, has made her big debut. She’s now available for pre-order online in the U.S., just in time for the lucrative Christmas shopping season.
This Barbie’s added accessory is a showstopper — she can make real conversation.
But an American advocacy group wants to silence the chatty doll, claiming Hello Barbie may be a corporate spy that could jeopardize children’s privacy.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/hello-barbie-1.3292361
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Abuse consumers’ personal data and your business will be destroyed

Businesses must realise that consumers are starting to demand more control over their personal data and act accordingly or they will be “destroyed” by innovative newcomers!
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Businesses must realise that consumers are starting to demand more control over their personal data and act accordingly or they will be “destroyed” by innovative newcomers.
That’s the view of Amit Pau, managing director of Ariadne Capital, an investment and advisory firm specialising in tech start-ups. Speaking at an event organised by industry body the Mobile Enterprise Forum (MEF), Pau said that a new model is rapidly emerging.
Read more: http://m.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2431935/abuse-consumers-personal-data-and-your-business-will-be-destroyed-says-ariadne-capital-md-amit-pau
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APPLE CEO TIM COOK GETS PASSIONATE ABOUT PRIVACY DURING TECH CONFERENCE INTERVIEW

“We feel a significant obligation to help our customers protect their information, and the only way we know how to do that is to encrypt.”

“Privacy is a key value of our company,” Cook began, in a manner similar to his previous statements on the topic. “We think it will become increasingly important to more and more people over time as they realize that intimate parts of their lives are in the open and being used for all kinds of things.” He explained that Apple encrypts personal information and keeps it on your phone, drawing an unstated contrast with Google, whose fundamental business model involves storing personal data in the cloud where the company can slice it, dice it, and monetize it with advertising.
Read more: http://www.fastcompany.com/3052475/tim-cook-gets-passionate-about-privacy-at-the-wall-street-journals-tech-conference
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Apple removes apps that collected users’ private data

The researchers said they found 256 apps — together accounting for an estimated 1 million downloads — that used the affected software from Youmi.
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Apple has pulled several apps from its store, following security researchers’ findings that hundreds of iOS apps have been accessing users’ private data.
In a report published Sunday, researchers at security firm SourceDNA said they found 256 apps that were violating Apple’s security guidelines by using software that was able to collect users’ personal information, including their email and device identification numbers.
Read more: http://mashable.com/2015/10/19/apple-removes-apps/
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Online ad industry, battling ad blockers, admits it messed up

Across Europe, the report said 77 million people are using ad blockers, a 35 percent increase in the past year!
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In a frank post on Thursday, a senior executive of the largest online advertising trade group admitted that the surge in online ads over the years — and the accompanying performance issues — have alienated many.
Read more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2993927/online-ad-industry-battling-ad-blockers-admits-it-messed-up.html
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