Latest Internet privacy Stories

GENEVA, February 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WISeID Social app and its website WISeID.com are allowing users to encrypt their Facebook wall since 2010 and was the first app providing this service. Now WISeID Social can also encrypt G+ wall postings, SMS and Tweets, allowing privacy over any communication service, even open social networks. The transmitted text and wall posting cannot be decrypted without an "access key". You set the key and share the access key with your friends...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online On Friday, Facebook officials announced a new program that will allow users to pay to promote content posted by their friends, but the new service has almost immediately started raising privacy-related red flags amongst members of the media and users of the social network. The reason people are concerned over the new program is that it does not require the permission of the person who originally published the posts, pictures, or...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Facebook’s business model thrives on the information in gathers from its users, but this information is only beneficial when it’s accurate. As such, Facebook insists that its users only use their real name when using the site. This little policy has earned them the scorn of a German privacy watchdog group, which took Facebook to court over claims that they were violating German law which allows users the right to surf the web...

TorGuard’s latest VPN service features and deals add more options for new and experienced customers, helping make it one of the fastest growing VPN services available. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) February 14, 2013 TorGuard has launched numerous enhancements to their already affective VPN services, including various improvements to service quality, new features, and another round of discounts, making it a good time to check out one of the fastest-growing VPN/Proxy providers of 2013. New features...

Privacy Ref has launched the Privacy Ref Data Privacy Roundtable Series, developed in response to strong demand from participants in Privacy Ref’s “Kick-Starting a Privacy Program" webinar and readers of the IAPP Privacy Advisor newsletter article. Each Roundtable session will be a virtual, interactive meeting focused on a participant-driven privacy-related topic and limited to ten attendees to ensure opportunities for a high level of participation and interaction for all....

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online One could perhaps make the argument any picture a photographer or subject doesn’t want to be made public shouldn’t be put anywhere on the Internet. Yet for a variety of reasons, people do want to share their photos online without fear of them becoming visible to the outside world. Yesterday, a number Flickr users saw their worst fears become reality when they received an email from the photo-sharing website’s president...

CONWAY, Ark., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today PrivacyStar, makers of smartphone applications that enable users to take control of their mobile phones, is announcing the availability of a free SMS spam complaint filing feature for Android smartphones. With an all-new polished and functional interface, the application now offers for the first time the ability for users to easily file text message spam complaints directly to the Federal Trade Commission from their mobile phones....

BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A Valentine's Day survey conducted by Abine, Inc., the makers of DoNotTrackMe, found that, like a third wheel on your date night out, the Internet now has a front row seat to people's romantic lives. "We all know love can make us a little crazy, so it's not surprising that people change their behavior and might go outside their typical comfort zones," said Sarah Downey, privacy analyst for Abine. The survey supports this risky behavior,...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Recently, British news site The Guardian obtained a video from Massachusetts-based  defense contractor Raytheon showing off a software they call “Riot,” or Rapid Information Overlay Technology. Just as it sounds, Riot quickly combines data from a number of sources and overlays it on a map. What makes this technology frightening is, in this instance, “data” means GPS and social media information. To put it plainly,...

BALTIMORE, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, Feb. 21 at 9 PM ET, RLTV will premiere The THORLO Story, a documentary that explores the unique success story and future direction of the family-owned and community-focused American company best known for creating activity-specific padded socks. After responding to the needs of athletes, workers and the military who spend hard hours on their feet, Statesville, NC-based manufacturer THORLO is turning its attention to creating a...