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Facebook simplifies privacy settings, calls them too complex

Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give its members for the first time the option to make the content they post on their profiles available to anyone on the Internet.

| News | Security | Tech & society | 07/01/09 at 2:58 pm |


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CDT: New privacy law getting closer

Comprehensive legislation to protect consumers' privacy is closer to becoming a reality in the U.S. Congress than it's been in several years, officials with the Center for Democracy and Technology said Tuesday.

| News | Legal | Security | 06/30/09 at 1:22 pm |


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Michael Jackson spam spreads, malware attacks likely

Within hours of the death of pop star Michael Jackson, spam trading on his demise hit inboxes, a security firm said today as it warned that more was in the offing.

| News | Security | 06/26/09 at 12:35 pm |


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