Privacy campaigners raise fears about transparency and explicit consent as health service shares patient data
Facebook ‘quietly developing censorship tool’ for China
Tool would be offered to third parties to monitor stories that ‘bubble up’ as users share them
‘Compromised’ laptop implicated in US Navy breach of 130,000 records
Names and social security numbers of more than 130,000 serving and former sailors “accessed by unknown individuals”
Don’t be a security turkey this Thanksgiving!
Here’s a plain-talking video to help you stay secure this weekend…and on into the New Year.
The malicious iPhone video with a silver lining
It might just be a video that crashes your iPhone so hard you have to do a force restart, but that’s enough of a risk to be worth noting
Fraudsters eat for free as Deliveroo accounts hit by mystery breach
Company blames credentials stolen from another company for string of rogue transactions
Russian Hacker Conspiracy Theory is Weak, But the Case For Paper Ballots is Strong
On Wednesday, J. Alex Halderman, the director of the University of Michigan’s Center for Computer Security & Society and a respected voice in computer science and information society, said that the Clinton Campaign should ask for a recount of the…
Apple Releases macOS 10.12 Sierra Open Source Darwin Code
An anonymous reader writes:Apple has released the open source Darwin code for macOS 10.12 Sierra. The code, located on Apple’s open source website, can be accessed via direct link now, although it doesn’t yet appear on the site’s home page….
Microsoft Set To Win EU Approval for LinkedIn Buy
Microsoft is set to gain EU approval for its $26 billion buy of professional social network LinkedIn with tweaks to concessions aimed at addressing competition concerns, three people close to the matter said on Wednesday. From a report on Reuters:…
Faraday Future's Factory Construction Paused; Shipping Timelines at Risk
Electric vehicle maker Faraday Future may not be able to make its first cars in time to hits its 2017 shipping deadlines, according to a new report by the Financial Times. From a report on TechCrunch: It’s hard to ship…