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Baidu May Be Developing a Glassy Eye April 03, 2013 
Living up to its billing as the Chinese Google, Baidu, China's top search engine, reportedly is working on Baidu Eye, something that sounds a lot like Google's Glass. Worn like eyeglasses, the Internet gadget will be controlled by voice and will feature an LCD display that can recognize images. While these features are rumored to be up and running, the product's design and battery life are still works in progress.
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Congress Puts Privacy Front and Center March 20, 2013 
Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, have introduced legislation to provide stronger privacy guarantees to email. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 calls for the government to get a search warrant before gaining access to email or other digital communication channels.
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Digital Advertisers and Mozilla Fight Over Cookies March 14, 2013 
Proposed changes to the popular Mozilla Firefox browser that would block third-party cookies from websurfers' computers have sparked the ire of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, which claims the move will damage how small businesses use ads to attract customers. Mozilla's proposal will require its browser users to give their permission for the installation of cookies,
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Netflix, Facebook Integration Brings Back the Water Cooler March 13, 2013 
Movie and TV buffs will soon be able to share what they've watched on Netflix more easily, the service announced Wednesday. Users in the United States will be able to take advantage of "frictionless sharing" with their friends on Facebook in the coming days. The sharing will be available only on Netflix by default. Users will be able to allow their friends to see which titles they viewed and to see their friends' ratings.
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Google Hit With $7M Fine at the Privacy Tollbooth March 13, 2013 
Google has settled its Street View privacy case with 38 states and the District of Columbia. As part of the settlement, the company will destroy the personal information it collected under the project, train its employees on privacy issues for a 10-year period, launch a campaign to educate consumers on WiFi security, and pay a $7 million fine.
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GPS and the Law: You Can Run but You Can't Hide March 13, 2013 
There are more than 6 billion mobile devices in the world. As of last July, there were more than 321 million wireless subscriber connections in the U.S. alone. Given the wide penetration of wireless gadgets, it is no surprise that GPS location devices are now getting a great deal of attention in both civil and criminal courts.
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Likes Can Tell the Story of Your Life March 12, 2013 
It is possible to predict intimate personal characteristics such as sexual orientation by studying a person's Facebook Likes, according to findings released Monday by
University of Cambridge researchers. Just by studying Likes, the team was able to determine a person's race, age, IQ, personality type, level of substance use and political views with a surprising degree of accuracy.
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Judge Orders Apple to Quit Pussyfooting Around March 11, 2013 
A judge gave Apple until the end of last week to produce details about how it would provide documents and other evidence requested in a privacy lawsuit. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal issued the order in San Jose, Calif., on March 6, following claims from the plaintiffs' lawyers that Apple was withholding documents it had been ordered to produce.
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Facebook's New Ad Tool Targets You Online and Off February 28, 2013 
Facebook users will soon see ads in their feeds that are more specifically targeted to what they like and where they've shopped -- both online and offline -- thanks to a series of agreements with data companies announced Wednesday. The agreements expand the social network's Custom Audiences program released last September, which was designed to allow advertisers to target their existing customers via Facebook.
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FTC Gives HTC a Good Shaking Over Bungled Security February 25, 2013 
The Federal Trade Commission last week reached a settlement with HTC America over charges the company failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software in its smartphones and tablet computers. The security flaws could have compromised the privacy of millions of consumers, the agency said. This is the FTC's first case against a mobile device manufacturer.
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Of Apps and Antitrust: FTC Monitoring Kicks Into High Gear February 13, 2013 
Periodically we are reminded that the Federal Trade Commission plays a major role in regulating the Internet. For instance, the FTC is in charge of protecting privacy on the Internet in the U.S. and continually starts new privacy initiatives as the use of the Internet evolves.
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Facebook May Be Mapping Out a Location-Tracking App February 06, 2013 
Facebook, which already has a long history of skirmishes with privacy advocates, may be heading toward another fight following reports that the company is working on a mobile location-tracking app. The app would reportedly run in the background even when other apps are running on a smartphone.
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Twitter Hack Ratchets Up Security Jitters February 05, 2013 
Twitter has joined a rapidly growing list of U.S. companies to report a major cybersecurity incident. The social network admitted late last week that it was able to shut down a live attack, but not before hackers may have been able to access personal information on 250,000 users.
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Dotcom Fights the Law With New Mega Site January 21, 2013 
Kim Dotcom on Sunday opened the doors to the new file-sharing website Mega. The site is making a splash in the file-sharing world with its promise of exceptional privacy and security. That is not the only reason Mega's debut is notable, though: Dotcom is the founder of Megaupload, which was shut down by U.S. authorities following indictments for piracy against Dotcom and others.
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Facebook's Graph Search Turns Up Privacy Issues January 19, 2013 
Facebook's introduction of Graph Search has been greeted with -- wait for it -- complaints about privacy. Graph Search is a feature Facebook introduced to allow users to enter parameter-based searches to find friends -- and friends of friends -- who share certain interests. A search for "friends who ski" or even more specifically "friends who ski in Arizona" will narrow the results within that field.
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DeleteMe Mobile App Helps Keep Data Brokers at Bay January 15, 2013 
Data brokers are watching your every move online. They track the sites
you visit, articles you read, purchases you make, and even the names of
your children.To cut through the red tape of monitoring and removing
stored information, online privacy company Abine is offering a mobile version of its DeleteMe monitoring service, which is available for devices running iOS.
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Those Spicy Snapchat Vids Don't Self-Destruct December 28, 2012 
So you thought those photos and videos you sent using Snapchat or Poke -- you know, the embarrassing ones -- were supposed to self-destruct after being viewed by the intended recipient? Not so fast. It turns out that there's a way to save them that doesn't require a lot of skill or expense.
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Bill Loosens Rules for Sharing What You've Watched on Netflix December 28, 2012
Legislation that would allow services such as Netflix to facilitate "frictionless sharing" of a user's viewing history via Facebook or other online services is awaiting President Obama's signature. The U.S. Senate passed the update to the 1988 law late last week; the same bill cleared the House days earlier.
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Mad-as-Hell Instagram User Takes Fight to Court December 27, 2012 
An Instagram user has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company, alleging breach of contract and other violations. The suit claims that Instagram's "unilateral" changes to its terms of use transfer "valuable property rights to Instagram while simultaneously relieving Instagram from any liability for commercially exploiting customers' photographs and artistic content."
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China Doubles Down on Real-Name Web Registration December 26, 2012 
The Great Firewall of China might start requiring ID for admittance. On Monday, China's National People's Congress began discussing a draft decision that would force Internet users to use their real names in order to register for services. The draft decision is, depending on your perspective, a way to protect personal information online, or yet another move by China to restrict freedom of information.
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