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A security researcher has compiled the names and URLs of over 100 million Facebook accounts and made it available as a BitTorrent download. Self titled certified penetration tester, Ron Bowles, said he used some quickly written code to collect the … Continue reading

38 US states have formed a coalition to probe Google on how the software that captured payload data from WiFi networks was included in their Street View cars. attorney general of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, said in a statement issued Wednesday: … Continue reading

Google has the power to remove and install application remotely from users Android Phones. Google announced it?s "Remote Application Removal Feature" last week, and that it had been tried and tested, removing two apps from users phone over the airwaves. … Continue reading

According to a report from the French data protection authority, it?s preliminary study has found that the data captured by Google?s street view cars includes passwords and e-mails. the French National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL) has examined part … Continue reading

Google has received a letter from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce asking what action it?s taken over the data it collected from private Wi-Fi networks. Google said it was unable to give the committee details on how many … Continue reading

A browser add-on that opts you out of Google Analytics has been released by Mountain View. The service is currently used by 71% of the top domains. The plug-in was announced by Google on Tuesday in a post to it?s … Continue reading

The addition of SSL to Google?s main search engine will not only protect netizens networks from being sniffed, it will prevent 3rd party webmasters from tracking the search terms used to reach their site. It will be great for those … Continue reading

Google has now added SSL encryption to it main search engine. Google posted a blog a few days ago that announced it has given users the option of using https when using google.com. The service is available under explicit use … Continue reading

Google has now stopped the deletion of data that was collected from open Wi-Fi networks by it?s Street View cars. This is due to the Company having ?some uncertainty? about the deletion process. The Street View cars collected Wi-Fi payload … Continue reading

Sergey Brin, Google co-founder admitted the company screwed up after it?s Street View cars were found to have spent 3 years capturing personal data from open Wi-Fi networks. When addressing a room full of reporters Brin announced "Let me just … Continue reading