August 8th, 2012
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[W]hat happened to me exposes vital security flaws in several customer service systems, most notably Apple’s and Amazon’s. Apple tech support gave the hackers access to my iCloud account. Amazon tech support gave them the ability to see a piece of information — a partial credit card number — that Apple used to release information. In short, the very four digits that Amazon considers unimportant enough to display in the clear on the web are precisely the same ones that Apple considers secure enough to perform identity verification. The disconnect exposes flaws in data management policies endemic to the entire technology industry, and points to a looming nightmare as we enter the era of cloud computing and connected devices.

How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

An important read and an important reminder to take your online security more seriously. 

We also recommend that you turn on Google’s two-step verification. Here are the instructions from Google and an article from the Atlantic that outlines more security steps you should take in the wake of this hacking. 

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July 17th, 2012
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Unlike the things you actively post on Facebook, and expect to show up on the pages of your Facebook friends — a hilarious e-card about Friday the 13th, or a set of anthropomorphized corgies from BuzzFeed — the items Facebook posts using your name come from things you “liked” maybe long ago, and can put you in hot water in the here and now.

Facebook reuses your ‘likes’ to promote new stuff - Technolog on NBCNews.com

A new feature from Facebook is publishing posts on behalf of individuals. Friends are seeing posts that look like they have been published by their friends, but which have really been automatically generated by Facebook based on pages a user has liked at some point in the past. 

What are the implications for users and journalists, especially in this election year? 

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July 5th, 2012
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A Criminal Court judge in Manhattan ruled on Monday that Twitter must turn over to prosecutors messages sent by a Brooklyn writer during the Occupy Wall Street protests last fall. In doing so, the judge, Matthew A. Sciarrino Jr., indicated that although private speech was protected, the same did not apply to public comments on Twitter. “The Constitution gives you the right to post, but as numerous people have learned, there are still consequences for your public posts,” Judge Sciarrino wrote. “What you give to the public belongs to the public. What you keep to yourself belongs only to you.

Judge Orders Twitter to Release Protester’s Messages - NYTimes.com

Based on this ruling, we’d like to remind journalists that using direct messages on Twitter is not the best way to correspond with your sources. 

Do you think this ruling will have other implications for digital journalists?

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May 15th, 2012
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Facebook Privacy Policy Change Paves Way For Off-Facebook Advertising - Forbes In case you missed it, Facebook has revamped their “data use policy” to make it clearer that it can use information about you to display ads to you outside of Facebook. 

Facebook Privacy Policy Change Paves Way For Off-Facebook Advertising - Forbes

In case you missed it, Facebook has revamped their “data use policy” to make it clearer that it can use information about you to display ads to you outside of Facebook. 

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May 9th, 2012
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Encryption is your friend : CJR

CJR has four ways for you to protect yourself and your sources. 

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April 30th, 2012
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In the Evening Hours, CISPA Gets Some New Features - ProPublica

A look at the changes the House included when it passed CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence and Sharing and Protection Act, and what’s next for the bill. 

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April 24th, 2012
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All the state’s spies - Salon.com

“Congress is seriously considering a bill called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Intended to allow information sharing both between corporations and between corporations and the government, it presents serious dangers to individual privacy. The most important parts of the proposed act permit corporations to share information about their customers with each other and with the government if they assert that this information sharing is necessary for national security.”

Scott Lemieux highlights six things you should know about CISPA.

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April 24th, 2012
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Press Background Briefing: SOPA Redux: The Problem with CISPA With Rainey Reitman (EFF) and Josh Levy (Free Press)

Looking for more information on CISPA? Call in today, April 24, at 5pm EST.

From the Media Consortium:

There’s a new piece of legislation moving through Congress that experts are calling just as dangerous to online freedom as SOPA and PIPA - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (HR 3523) or CISPA. Civil liberties experts worry that the language in CISPA, like SOPA, is so broad that it may spur unintended and undemocratic side effects. Concerns are that CISPA will allow widespread Internet monitoring and more extensive surveillance of personal communications and lacks information-sharing restrictions. Groups like EFF and Free Press argue that alternatives exist.

The Media Consortium, a national network of over 60 leading independent media outlets, has assembled an in-depth press briefing on CISPA. This briefing will help reporters understand the specifics of CISPA, including where it differs from SOPA. Reporters will also get an update on where the bill is in Congress, who is supporting and opposing the bill, and what actions are being taken. All journalists are invited to attend.

The call is free, but the Media Consortium is requesting that you register in advance. 


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April 18th, 2012
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Zoom What is CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act? The Electronic Frontier Foundation has put together an infographic that shows their concerns with how the bill works.  See the bill and its amendments here. 

What is CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act? The Electronic Frontier Foundation has put together an infographic that shows their concerns with how the bill works. 

See the bill and its amendments here. 

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April 16th, 2012
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Zoom How open is your internet? An interactive map  As part of their ongoing series “Battle for the Internet,” the Guardian has put together an interactive map using data from the OpenNet project, which analyzed government interference in the internet in 74 countries. Head to the Guardian to see and download the data on social sites, tools, transparency, and consistency.

How open is your internet? An interactive map 

As part of their ongoing series “Battle for the Internet,” the Guardian has put together an interactive map using data from the OpenNet project, which analyzed government interference in the internet in 74 countries.

Head to the Guardian to see and download the data on social sites, tools, transparency, and consistency.

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