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“On Monday, workers for the social networking site learned of a data breach orchestrated by a fellow employee, who collected names, Social Security numbers and compensation information of many of his co-workers.”

Mathiasdm writes “The Invisible Internet Project, also known as I2P, has seen its 0.7.2 release (download). I2P uses multiple encryption layers, and routing through several other computers to hide both sender and receiver of messages. On top of the network, regular services such as mail, browsing, file sharing and chatting are supported. This release (and all of the releases since 0.7) is at the start of a new development period, in which the I2P developers wish to spread the word about the secure network. This new release includes performance improvements, a first edition of an experimental new desktop interface and security improvements (by limiting the number of tunnels a single peer can participate in).”

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theodp writes “Slate’s Farhad Manjoo would gladly pay a hefty monthly fee for immediate access to recent movies and TV shows — if someone would just take his money. In reality, he pays nothing because no company sells such a plan, and instead resorts to getting his programming from the friendly BitTorrent network.

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There are many ways for ISPs to manage the increased load BitTorrent traffic places on their network.

lpress writes “Symmetric, 100 Mbps service in Stockholm costs /month. Conditions in every city are different, but part of the explanation for the low cost is that the city owns a municipal fiber network reaching every block. They lease network access to anyone who would like to offer service. The ISPs, including incumbent telephone and cable companies, compete on an equal footing.”

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myvirtualid writes “The Globe and Mail reports that the Pirate Bay defendants were each sentenced Friday to one year in jail. According to the article, ‘Judge Tomas Norstrom told reporters that the court took into account that the site was “commercially driven” when it made the ruling. The defendants have denied any commercial motives behind the site.’ The defendants said before the verdict that they would appeal if they were found guilty. ‘Stay calm — Nothing will happen to TPB, us personally or file sharing whatsoever. This is just a theater for the media,’ Mr. Sunde said Friday in a posting on social networking site Twitter.” Update: 04/17 12:16 GMT by T : Several updates, below.

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