DNA Anonymity Under Threat
The Scientist A person donating their DNA sequence anonymously for research purposes may in fact be identified by a few simple web searches, according to a paper published today (January 17) in...
View ArticleLawsuit: Google Secretly Tracking Users
Mick Meaney rinf.com Yet again Google finds itself at the center of a lawsuit over privacy breaches. Over 100 Brits are taking landmark action against the company over the way it tracked their online...
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Microsoft Hypocritically Attacks Google Over Privacy
And conveniently forgets to mention it’s own privacy track record RINF Alternative News Microsoft has renewed its attack against Google, this time focusing on the companies email service, Gmail. Yes,...
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Google Wallet Intentionally Shares Private Information
RINF Alternative News An Australian software developer has raised concerns over Google’s app store, after being sent the full names, email and some postal code information of everyone who bought his...
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Asteroid ‘Close Shave’ with Earth
RINF Alternative News A 150 foot wide asteroid is due to fly past the Earth today and is the largest one that’s been ever detected this close to the planet. Asteroid 2012 DA14 is travelling at 5 miles...
View ArticleUS State Mulls Ban on ‘Peeping Tom’ Drones
The register reports that anyone in Oregon owning a drone fitted with a camera could be jailed for six months, or a year if it’s caught flying, if a new state law is passed. The rules were proposed to...
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Google in More Trouble with Privacy Watchdogs
European data watchdogs said they plan to take action against Google by this summer for its privacy policy, which pools user data from across all its services.
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68% of Brits Worried About Google Privacy
RINF Alternative News A new survey conducted by pro-privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has found that an alarming 68% of British people are “very concerned” about Google’s practices which...
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Are We Enslaved By Technology? The Impact On Psychology
RINF Alternative News In order to be able to harness power, you first have to acknowledge power exists. And to some, knowledge no longer is power, but mobile phones are. For real. Mobiles are such a...
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Anonymous Reveals Disturbing Truth About Bank of America
RINF Alternative News Activist group Anonymous has released 14GB of data it obtained about corrupt and unethical corporations including the Bank of America, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, ClearForest and...
View ArticleGoogle Fined (Again) Over Privacy
LBC Google has been fined by German authorities over claims it illegally collected personal data during its Street View project. The Hamburg data protection office fined the company 145,000 euros...
View ArticleGoogle Glasses Hack Reveals Disturbing Level Of Privacy Intrusions
RINF Alternative News A software developer has reportedly hacked Google Glasses, revealing a number of disturbing security flaws. Through a simple modification to the Google Glasses software,...
View ArticleTwitter Evolving Into News Organisation
RINF Alternative News It looks like Twitter is planning to move into news and journalism. A new job posting has appeared seeking applicants for a new ’head of news’ position with the company. “You will...
View ArticleGMO Corn No Longer Resistant to Bugs
Farm lobby group calls on Monsanto and other biotech companies to reimburse for additional pesticide treatments Deirdre Fulton Brazilian farmers say their GMO corn is no longer resistant to pests,...
View ArticleWhat We’ll Lose If ISPs Take Over the Internet
Lee Boot I’m a researcher at the Imaging Research Center at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. We explore new forms of storytelling and image-making that emerging technologies enable. A...
View ArticleTwitter account info requests surge 46%
The number of requests for account information Twitter received from countries around the world has increased by 46 percent in the first half of 2014, the social networking site revealed in its fifth...
View ArticleNew Technology Renews Old Fears of Manipulation and Control
In the first half of the 20th century, Americans gained a new awareness of the malleability and manipulability of the human mind, and the result was a wave of concern over “propaganda” and other...
View ArticleNew York judge upholds US efforts to seize emails from Microsoft
Thomas Gaist New York federal district court Judge Loretta Preska ruled Thursday that US government warrants are valid for data stored overseas, as long as the company storing the data is based inside...
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‘Israel you’re weak’: Anonymous hacktivists shut down key Israeli websites
Worldwide hacker collective Anonymous has unleashed another wave of attacks against Israel’s government websites over their military incursion into Gaza, taking down “hundreds” of portals, including...
View ArticlePresident’s Net Neutrality Views Don’t Square with FCC Proposal
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, President Barack Obama voiced strong support for Net Neutrality and opposition to the type of pay-for-priority Internet rules now being proposed by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler....
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