Twitter In Privacy Outrage
In ever continuing privacy invasions by corporations and governments, Twitter has announced it will be selling user tweets to advertisers / marketing companies. A UK company Datasift has access to two years’ worth of Tweets. Companies will also be able to buy users’ history including any GPS information. More than 1,000 companies have joined a waiting list to...
iPad 3
Excitement is in the air as Apple sends out invitations for an event on 7th march (in San Francisco) that promises ‘Something you really have to see. And touch’. This is almost certainly the launch of the much anticipated iPad 3.
As expected, the unveiling will be held in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and with the iPad 3 on sale a short while later. The invitation...
Corporations including Social networks and software houses are using smartphone apps especially free ones as ‘fronts’ to allow them to spy on cameras, intercept calls, users’ text messages, and even track their location, it was revealed to the public and media.
Users are normally just keen on installing chosen apps and readily agree to accepting lengthy small-print terms and conditions when...
Google
Most web users are still unaware about the major privacy change that Google will implement on 1st march 2012. This new change enables them to gather, store and use personal information about its users from all the various Google services.
The new policy, which has been criticised by privacy campaigners across the globe and some of whom have filed a complaint to U.S. regulators, comes growing...
The Home Office is planning to monitor and record every text message, email, phone call, and every website visited by UK citizens. They been in discussion with ISP’s and telecoms companies for a few months and plans could be officially announced in May this year.
Under the proposed plans, the Government will order broadband providers, landline and mobile phone companies to save the information for...
Following a recent discovery, privacy concerns have been raised regarding Twitter. This follows admissions that they are harvesting data from its customers’ iPhone mobile phone address books without consent.
Twitter said it copied lists of email addresses and phone numbers from those who used its smartphone application amid claims it kept them on its database for 18 months.
Its management on Thursday...