FBI officials confirmed Thursday that the bureau has opened an investigation into data breaches involving AT&T and Apple's recently released iPad.
"The FBI is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation to address the potential cyber threat," said Special Agent Jason Pack, an FBI spokesman.
The investigation is being overseen by agents from the FBI's Washington field office, according to FBI officials.
Some high-profile government officials are known to use the iPad and it is possible government e-mail addresses may have been compromised.
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Facebook Privacy Now Has an Official Fan Page.
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Facebook’s newly launches Facebook and Privacy Page.
The social networking site announced on its blog that it has created a page all about everyone’s favorite topic: Facebook privacy.
This page has been created because of severe backlash from the users and as well as media agencies. Time magazine even put privacy on its cover. Finally, Facebook launched new, simplified privacy settings in an attempt to make good.
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The social networking site announced on its blog that it has created a page all about everyone’s favorite topic: Facebook privacy.
This page has been created because of severe backlash from the users and as well as media agencies. Time magazine even put privacy on its cover. Finally, Facebook launched new, simplified privacy settings in an attempt to make good.
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Yahoo tries new feature for the email which cost the users there privacy.
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Yahoo Inc. is hoping to turn on a new sharing option in its popular e-mail service without shocking users who prize their privacy.
That's why the Internet company is advising its 280 million e-mail account holders to review their privacy settings along with their incoming messages.
Yahoo posted the privacy reminder this week as it prepares to unveil new features that will share its e-mail users' online activities and interests with people listed in their address books unless they take steps to prevent the information from being broadcast. The new sharing tools will be appearing in people's e-mail accounts this month.
That's why the Internet company is advising its 280 million e-mail account holders to review their privacy settings along with their incoming messages.
Yahoo posted the privacy reminder this week as it prepares to unveil new features that will share its e-mail users' online activities and interests with people listed in their address books unless they take steps to prevent the information from being broadcast. The new sharing tools will be appearing in people's e-mail accounts this month.
Facebook to Undergo Judiciary Committee Probe.
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Despite recent efforts to changes to its personal privacy settings interface, Facebook is still under fire for past privacy-related mistakes. This time, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is getting involved.
In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, committee chair John Conyers wrote, “We would appreciate a detailed explanation of the information about Facebook users that your company has provided to third parties without the knowledge of the account holders — particularly in circumstances in which the users did not expressly opt for this kind of information sharing.”
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In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, committee chair John Conyers wrote, “We would appreciate a detailed explanation of the information about Facebook users that your company has provided to third parties without the knowledge of the account holders — particularly in circumstances in which the users did not expressly opt for this kind of information sharing.”
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facebook acts, simplifies privacy controls.
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Faced with a backlash that wouldn't go away, Facebook announced changes Wednesday that will make it easier for users to change privacy settings and block outside parties from seeing personal information.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that feedback from users over recent privacy changes, which made some user information public by default, was crucial in the decision to tighten controls.
"We think that they're the right thing to do," he said. "We listened to the feedback, and we agree with it."
Facebook will begin rolling out the new privacy controls Wednesday, he said, and they should be in place for most users within the next few weeks.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that feedback from users over recent privacy changes, which made some user information public by default, was crucial in the decision to tighten controls.
"We think that they're the right thing to do," he said. "We listened to the feedback, and we agree with it."
Facebook will begin rolling out the new privacy controls Wednesday, he said, and they should be in place for most users within the next few weeks.
facebook facing the heat, pledges for easier privacy.
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg pledges easier privacy. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook "missed the mark" over recent privacy concerns.
In a column in the Washington Post newspaper, he said the social network would soon make changes to users' privacy options.
The move may placate some of the growing band of members who had pledged to quit the social network on 31 May.
"Sometimes we move too fast - and after listening to recent concerns, we're responding," wrote Mr Zuckerberg.
In a column in the Washington Post newspaper, he said the social network would soon make changes to users' privacy options.
The move may placate some of the growing band of members who had pledged to quit the social network on 31 May.
"Sometimes we move too fast - and after listening to recent concerns, we're responding," wrote Mr Zuckerberg.
Uprise of facebook rivals ?
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Facebook has brought world wide negative attention due to change in its privacy law which made some people to quit the social networking to quit. Almost 11,000 members pledged to quite the facebook by May 31st which facebook might not bother due to its large members in millions.
Right now the only competitor of the facebook is twitter the micro blogging service site which recently entered into world top 10 sites in Alexa based web ranking. Though other rivals like Bebo, Myspace, friendster had seen decline in their property in the last 24 months.
Uprising of new and young rivals
The latest round of privacy issues with Facebook has provoked considerable interest in some more embryonic social network projects.
Mr Bryant said: "Many people are looking to Diaspora as a new model - something which is standards-based, open-source and distributed."
Right now the only competitor of the facebook is twitter the micro blogging service site which recently entered into world top 10 sites in Alexa based web ranking. Though other rivals like Bebo, Myspace, friendster had seen decline in their property in the last 24 months.
Uprising of new and young rivals
The latest round of privacy issues with Facebook has provoked considerable interest in some more embryonic social network projects.
Mr Bryant said: "Many people are looking to Diaspora as a new model - something which is standards-based, open-source and distributed."
Group sets May 31 as 'Quit Facebook Day'
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Over privacy concerns many people are considering to quit facebook and follow its alternative twitter. Many Celebs like Cory Doctorow, an author and co-editor of the popular blog BoingBoing, tweeted that he had signed off from Facebook for good.
Frustrated by Facebook's recent privacy changes, a group is urging users to delete their Facebook accounts en masse on May 31.
The campaign comes amid complaints that the social-networking juggernaut is diminishing users' privacy with its "open graph" model that adds Facebook connections on other sites across the internet. A handful of glitches during the rollout of the changes have, in fact, put some personal info at risk, if only briefly.
Frustrated by Facebook's recent privacy changes, a group is urging users to delete their Facebook accounts en masse on May 31.
The campaign comes amid complaints that the social-networking juggernaut is diminishing users' privacy with its "open graph" model that adds Facebook connections on other sites across the internet. A handful of glitches during the rollout of the changes have, in fact, put some personal info at risk, if only briefly.
More than half of Facebook users 'could quit the site over privacy worries'
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Report claims that around 60 per cent of Facebook users are considering deleting their profile.
Concerns about privacy are running so high that 60 per cent of the 1,588 Facebook users questioned by Sophos, a computer security organisation, said they were considering deleting their accounts on the social networking site.
A further 16 per cent said they had already stopped using Facebook because they felt they had inadequate control over their data, while a quarter said that they would not be quitting the social networking site, which has almost 500 million users worldwide.
Concerns about privacy are running so high that 60 per cent of the 1,588 Facebook users questioned by Sophos, a computer security organisation, said they were considering deleting their accounts on the social networking site.
A further 16 per cent said they had already stopped using Facebook because they felt they had inadequate control over their data, while a quarter said that they would not be quitting the social networking site, which has almost 500 million users worldwide.
How to: delete your Facebook account, and adjust key privacy settings
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By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor of telegraph.co.uk
Facebook's privacy policy is a whopping 5,830 words long. As the New York Times recently pointed out, the Constitution of the United States is just 4,543. In recent months, Facebook has made revisions to its privacy policy that makes a growing amount of information public by default; users must opt out if they want to keep their information private, or share it only with a trusted group of friends.
The changes have caused something of a backlash among both the user community and the technology industry, with some commentators questioning whether these changes are the thin end of the edge, and may even result in users leaving the social-networking site in their droves.
Facebook's privacy policy is a whopping 5,830 words long. As the New York Times recently pointed out, the Constitution of the United States is just 4,543. In recent months, Facebook has made revisions to its privacy policy that makes a growing amount of information public by default; users must opt out if they want to keep their information private, or share it only with a trusted group of friends.
The changes have caused something of a backlash among both the user community and the technology industry, with some commentators questioning whether these changes are the thin end of the edge, and may even result in users leaving the social-networking site in their droves.
Facebook rolls out its new feature.
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With the privacy concern from all over the world the facebook had recently added a new feature in which you can as to notify via mail or text if you account has been accessed from unfamiliar address.
Facebook is also adding roadblocks when it notices unusual activity, such as simultaneous log-ins from opposite sides of the planet. For example, you might be shown a photo with your friends tagged, and be asked to correctly identify who they are before the second log-in goes through.
Facebook privacy policy is longer than United States Constitution
Yes you heard it right.Facebook privacy policy is longer than United States Constitution.
Facebook's Privacy Policy is 5,830 words long; the United States Constitution, without any of its amendments, is a concise 4,543 words.
Facebook, one of the most popular social networks in the world, has more than 400 million registered people on its Web site. Half of these users log in to the service every day, the company says, and users spend 500 billion minutes on the site each month.
Facebook's Privacy Policy is 5,830 words long; the United States Constitution, without any of its amendments, is a concise 4,543 words.
Facebook, one of the most popular social networks in the world, has more than 400 million registered people on its Web site. Half of these users log in to the service every day, the company says, and users spend 500 billion minutes on the site each month.
New complaints on facebook from europe
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Facebook is on the headlines over its privacy settings which its has been changing from time to time. Facebook, has faced sharp criticism from the European data protection officials for putting users' privacy at risk due to the changes it brought to its service, a media report said.
The Financial Times stated in a report that, "Officials advising European Commission said in a letter to the social networking company that changes to its default settings in December were 'unacceptable'."
It is the strongest rebuke yet for the US company from European data protection officials and indicates an increasing willingness to crack down on privacy violations, the report added.
The Financial Times stated in a report that, "Officials advising European Commission said in a letter to the social networking company that changes to its default settings in December were 'unacceptable'."
It is the strongest rebuke yet for the US company from European data protection officials and indicates an increasing willingness to crack down on privacy violations, the report added.
Google answers privacy questions
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Google has defended its privacy practices following a letter of complaint from data protection commissioners around the world.
The original letter expressed concerns on privacy issues surrounding Google's social networking tool Buzz and its Street View service.
In response Google said it was "committed to ensuring privacy is designed into our products".
But it admitted that mistakes were made with the launch of Buzz.
"We do not get everything 100% right - that is why we acted so quickly on Google Buzz," said the letter, signed by Jane Horvath and Peter Fleischer, global privacy counsel for Google.
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