Privacy
Congress asks Google if and how it's protecting privacy with Glass
The US Congress sent Google a letter listing eight specific privacy areas concerning Glass that legislators would like to know quite a bit more about. As would many of us, now that you mention it.
Monday review - the hot 20 stories of the week
Catch up with all the security news from the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
How effective are data breach penalties? Are ever-bigger fines enough?
Since 2011, data security company ViaSat UK has spiced up the Infosecurity Europe conference by filing a Freedom of Information request for data breach statistics.
In previous years they've fallen out with the regulators over the matter, but things turned out better in 2013...
"Government seeks a warrant to hack" - US judge gives his decision
Do you usually shy away from legal documents?
Well, here's one that's well worth reading: it deals very interestingly with the zone in which busting cybercrooks and protecting privacy intersect...
Monday review - the hot 17 stories of the week
Catch up with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
How to stop your friends' Facebook apps from accessing *your* private information
Many internet users are wary of sharing their personal information willy-nilly with the world, but did you know that sometimes it's your Facebook friends who might be unwittingly passing your private details on?
Facebook plugs Timeline privacy hole
Facebook gets another blow from Europe v. Facebook, which discovered a flaw in the latest timeline redesign that allowed for unintended viewers to see all events a user has attended.
Google: Yep, our cars steamrolled your privacy
A $7 million fine imposed by 38 US states will settle an investigation into Google's grab of private data - including emails, text messages, browsing histories and passwords - from unsecured wireless networks as its cars patrolled neighborhoods, snapping photos around the world.
Google says it is winning the war against Gmail account hijackers
Account takeovers are down a mammoth 99.7% compared with what they were at the height of the spear-phishing plague of 2011, the company (rightfully) brags.
Do not relax: such success doesn't let us users off the hook when it comes to account security beef-up.
Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker, tells all but his name [VIDEO]
![Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker, tells all but his name [VIDEO]](http://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/kai-thumb.jpg?w=115&h=115&crop=1)
Kai, a hitchhiker who used his hatchet to stop a man that thought he was Jesus Christ from killing people in Fresno, California, has become a YouTube sensation.
And he also knows how to keep his personal information private.
Top 10 tips to keep your kids and teens safe online
Today is Safer Internet Day. And with 86% of 7-11 year olds and 96% of 11-19 year olds communicating online it's important everyone knows how to stay safe. So here are some tips for you to pass on to youngsters to make sure they're clued up about their online safety.
Monday review - the hot 26 stories of the week
In case you missed any recent stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.
Facebook is turning facial recognition back on - so here's how to check your "photo tagging" settings
Facebook is turning its controversial facial recognition feature back on so that your "friends" can tag you more easily in photographs.
Now would be a good time to revisit your photo tagging security settings - here's how.
SSCC 101 - Private things made public, the Java saga, PWN2OWN, and precision versus accuracy
Chester talks to Paul Ducklin in Sophos Security Chet Chat Episode 101.
Spend an enjoyable quarter-hour as our duo take on a range of security issues with their usual mixture of insight, expertise, scepticism, advice and occasional outright puzzlement.
WhatsApp's privacy investigated by joint Canadian-Dutch probe
Privacy commissions in Canada and The Netherlands have investigated poor privacy practices in the popular mobile phone application WhatsApp. What's the problem and what should you do?
How to find single women who like men *and* like getting drunk, with Facebook Graph Search
Check what you share on your Facebook account *before* Facebook Graph Search is rolled out to a wider audience - or else prepare to suffer the consequences..
Monday review - the hot 24 stories of the week
It's weekly roundup time.
Here's everything we've written in the past seven days.
Kim Dotcom's coders hacking on Mega's cryptography even as we speak - true "perpetual beta" style
Kim Dotcom's new venture, Mega, wants to shield itself from accusations of failing to take action against piracy.
It does so by using cryptography to make sure it doesn't see, and indeed cannot tell, what you've uploaded. But you have to get the crypto right...
Facebook's Graph Search announcement - should you be cynical, cautious or excited?
Facebook's "big announcement" turns out to be Graph Search.
Paul Ducklin looks at what it is, when you'll actually be able to use it, and what it means for privacy...
My Birthday Calendar warning spreads quickly on Facebook, generating panic
Facebook users are spreading a warning to their friends and family online about a supposedly malicious application called "My birthday calendar".
But are there real lessons to be learnt about sharing information on Facebook?
![Password security infomerical leaves Ellen DeGeneres in disbelief.. and it will you too [VIDEO]](http://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/ellen-thumb.jpg?w=75&h=75&crop=1)
![Can multiple moving cursors really hide your password from spyware and peepers? [VIDEO]](http://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cursors-thumb.jpg?w=75&h=75&crop=1)
![Hacked TV channels broadcast zombie apocalypse emergency alert [VIDEO]](http://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/zombie-thumb.jpg?w=75&h=75&crop=1)
