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Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.
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Monday 26 May 2014
- Over 100 arrested in FBI Blackshades RAT raids
- FCC net neutrality proposals tackle internet fast lane – why no one is happy
- Android "police warning" ransomware – how to avoid it, and what to do if you get caught
- First Aid for Android: How to unlock your ransomed phone
- Snapchat, AT&T, Amazon = worst privacy protectors says EFF
- Facebook enlists users to pester each other with questions via 'Ask' button
Tuesday 20 May 2014
- Chip-and-PIN should be "Chip-and-Skim," say Cambridge card-cloners
- UK convicts two child abusers who used Facebook to groom victims
- Education data mining puts kids' privacy at risk
- US charges Chinese military officers with cyber espionage
- Fitness apps are a "privacy nightmare", shedding personal data to the highest bidder
Wednesday 21 May 2014
- Chinese government shuns Windows 8 – security, economy or politics?
- eBay becomes the latest online giant to own up to a password breach
- LifeLock pulls Wallet app, says it wasn't compliant with data security standards
- FBI mulls making marijuana users into crack computer security squad
- Facebook rape joke posted by 'hackers', Hooters insists
- SSCC 148 – Cloud privacy policies not related to data security [PODCAST]
Thursday 22 May 2014
- Buzzkill: FBI director says he was joking about hiring weed-smoking hackers
- Facebook wants to listen in on your TV and music
- SourceForge's turn to reset passwords – this time in a good cause!
- Weev invoices feds for 'kidnapping' him for 3 years
- Facebook introduces Bullying Prevention Centre for UK, Europe
Friday 23 May 2014
- 'Hack-proof' drone revealed by Pentagon
- Facebook finally makes public sharing 'opt-in' for new users, gives everyone else more controls
- Apple Safari 7.0.4 closes 22 holes, including 21 listed under "arbitrary code execution"
Saturday 24 May 2014
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