An anonymous reader shares a CNET report: If you buy a product from Samsung’s online store, your name, address, order information and other data may be accessible to anyone who cares to look. Matt Metzger, a self-described “application security engineer”…

Instagram and owner Facebook update terms and conditions specifically to deny access to tools used by law enforcement for gathering intelligence on protesters

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Opposition growing to bill that would permit ‘invasive questions’ to be asked and penalise those who decline to answer

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Germany plans a new law calling for social networks like Facebook to remove slanderous or threatening online postings quickly or face fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 mln). From a report: “This (draft law) sets out binding standards…

What could possibly go wrong? Republican Tom Graves’ bill ‘might result in harm to innocent parties’, warns law professor