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Tiananmen Square continues to bleed hope for freedom of speech
“internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” – EFF co-founder John Gilmore
2005, Yahoo provides information that helped Chinese officials convict a journalist accused of leaking state secrets. Apparently, Shi Tao, a 37-year-old writer for the Dangdai Shang Bao, released a “state secret” which contained a message to Shi’s newspaper warning journalists of the [...]
Twitter gets hacked with poor passwords
Last week wired reported Twitter users falling prey to a password brute force attack. Yes you read correctly, a password brute force attack.
Wired:
An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday’s hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama’s, and the official feed for Fox News.
The hacker, who goes [...]
Facebook Top 8 Security Tips
Efforts by international companies that create mobile broadband technology expands the world wide web’s horizons, making online communities like Facebook today’s version of international inter-racial conferences and meets. Facebook represents the boom the Internet has been enjoying the last couple of years. However, with new opportunities come an equally high number of people trying to [...]
Facebook aka Relationship Killer?
It seems the new social network jargon is developing with words such as Facestalking. Now Facebook has been branded by some as a relationship killer.
I recently heard on BBC where they interviewed a few individuals who say that Facebook have ruined their relationships.
The argument seems to be that both men and women find it easier [...]
Social networking sites – what have I learnt?
I really hope that you’ve enjoyed my previous posts looking at the small print of social networking sites’ T&Cs and privacy policies:
Social networking privacy and data issues
Social networking privacy issues – signing up
Social networking privacy – where are your details stored?
Social networking sites – inviting your friends to sign up
Social networking privacy – forgetting your [...]
