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Prosecute BT for illegal Phorm trial
BT should face prosecution for its “illegal” trials of a controversial ad-serving technology, a leading computer security researcher has said.
Dr Richard Clayton at the University of Cambridge made his comments after reviewing a leaked BT internal report.
The document reveals details of a 2006 BT trial with the Phorm system, which matches adverts to users’ [...]
Facebook does not care about privacy law
A Canadian privacy group has filed a complaint against the social networking site Facebook accusing it of violating privacy laws.
The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has listed 22 separate breaches of privacy law in its country.
Clinic Director Phillipa Lawson told the BBC that, with over 7 million users in Canada, “Facebook needs to [...]
Shareholders angry as Microsoft says bye bye to Yahoo!
Software giant Microsoft has dropped its three-month-old bid to buy internet firm Yahoo because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price.Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer formally withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang.
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Happy Birthday. Spam is 30 this weekend
Spam - the scourge of every e-mail inbox - celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend.
The first recognisable e-mail marketing message was sent on 3 May, 1978 to 400 people on behalf of DEC - a now-defunct computer-maker.
The message was sent via Arpanet - the internet’s forerunner - and won its sender much criticism from recipients.
Thirty [...]
Unsafe browsers will be blocked says Papal
PayPal is seriously considering blocking some browsers from accessing its site, according to a paper (PDF) available to shareholders.
Titled “A Practical Approach to Managing Phishing,” the paper admits that there’s no one silver bullet to prevent fraudsters from making money on the Internet. However, authors Michael Barrett, PayPal’s chief information security officer, and Dan [...]