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Feb 20 2009

Facebook's Privacy Flap: What Really Went Down – PC World

Facebook's Privacy Flap: What Really Went Down
PC World
By JR Raphael, PC World Facebook may have done an about-face with its policies on using user data, but the social network's struggle to balance business with privacy is far from over.
Privacy complaints force Facebook to backtrack on service changes The Tech Herald
Facebook Backs Into a 'Bill of Rights' Washington Post
InformationWeek – guardian.co.uk – Reuters – New York Times
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Feb 20 2009

Facebook Privacy Row: Insider's Story – Techtree.com

ABC News

Facebook Privacy Row: Insider's Story
Techtree.com
In a recent telephonic interview with The Age, Facebook's chief privacy officer, Chris Kelly, revealed that the "entire story was a beat-up and Facebook never intended to use people's personal information outside of the site".
Privacy law call in Facebook row BBC News
Facebook's Privacy Flap: What Really Went Down PC World
The Tech Herald – The Age – Washington Post – InformationWeek
all 1,830 news articles

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Feb 20 2009

Facebook privacy story a beat-up – The Age

CBC.ca

Facebook privacy story a beat-up
The Age
Facebook's chief privacy officer has spoken out defending the company's controversial decision to change its terms of use, saying the entire story was a beat-up and Facebook never intended to use people's personal information outside of the site.
Privacy law call in Facebook row BBC News
Facebook's Privacy Flap: What Really Went Down PC World
The Tech Herald – Washington Post – InformationWeek – guardian.co.uk
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Feb 19 2009

Facebook privacy story a beat-up – The Age

ABC News

Facebook privacy story a beat-up
The Age
Facebook's chief privacy officer has spoken out defending the company's controversial decision to change its terms of use, saying the entire story was a beat-up and Facebook never intended to use people's personal information outside of the site.
Privacy law call in Facebook row BBC News
Privacy complaints force Facebook to backtrack on service changes The Tech Herald
PC World – InformationWeek – Washington Post – New Scientist
all 1,788 news articles

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Feb 19 2009

Privacy complaints force Facebook to backtrack on service changes – The Tech Herald

CBC.ca

Privacy complaints force Facebook to backtrack on service changes
The Tech Herald
by Stevie Smith – Feb 19 2009, 15:00 After making contentious alterations to its terms of service agreement, hugely popular social network Facebook has buckled under the weight of user criticism and temporarily reverted back to the terms it was using …
Facebook's Privacy Muddle Mediapost.com
Privacy law call in Facebook row BBC News
PC World – InformationWeek – Washington Post – FOXNews
all 1,779 news articles

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Feb 19 2009

Privacy complaints force Facebook to backtrack on service changes – The Tech Herald

Sydney Morning Herald

Privacy complaints force Facebook to backtrack on service changes
The Tech Herald
by Stevie Smith – Feb 19 2009, 15:00 After making contentious alterations to its terms of service agreement, hugely popular social network Facebook has buckled under the weight of user criticism and temporarily reverted back to the terms it was using …
Facebook U-turn returns little power to users New Scientist
Facebook backtracks on change to terms of use Los Angeles Times
BBC News – InformationWeek – PC World – Washington Post
all 1,758 news articles

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Feb 19 2009

Privacy complaints force Facebook to backtrack on service changes – The Tech Herald

Sydney Morning Herald

Privacy complaints force Facebook to backtrack on service changes
The Tech Herald
by Stevie Smith – Feb 19 2009, 15:00 After making contentious alterations to its terms of service agreement, hugely popular social network Facebook has buckled under the weight of user criticism and temporarily reverted back to the terms it was using …
Facebook U-turn returns little power to users New Scientist
Facebook backtracks on change to terms of use Los Angeles Times
BBC News – InformationWeek – PC World – Washington Post
all 1,758 news articles

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Feb 19 2009

Black Hat Presentation Highlights SSL Encryption Flaws

nk497 writes “Hackers at the Black Hat conference have shown that SSL encryption isn’t as secure as online businesses would like us to think. Independent hacker Moxie Marlinspike showed off several techniques to fool the tech behind the little padlock on your screen. He claimed that by using a real world attack on several secure websites such as PayPal, Gmail, Ticketmaster and Facebook, he garnered 117 email accounts, 16 credit card numbers, seven PayPal logins and 300 other miscellaneous secure logins.”