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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Democrats to employers: Stop asking for Facebook passwords

The Password Protection Act of 2012 would make it illegal for employers to force current or potential employees to hand over access to their social network accounts.
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May 10, 2012

  Democrats to employers: Stop asking for Facebook passwords
The Password Protection Act of 2012 would make it illegal for employers to force current or potential employees to hand over access to their social network accounts.

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  Dutch court rules Pirate Bay must be blocked -- or else
A court in The Hague ruled today that all of the country's Internet service providers must block The Pirate Bay or face a fine of 10,000 euros per day.

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  AVG to pre-scan Livewire's Android market
Android may not have the walled garden of the iPhone, but a new partnership between AVG and Livewire looks to make third-party markets more secure without sacrificing openness.

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  Ustream outage due to DDoS aimed at citizen journalist
Hackers target streaming of anti-Putin protests with attack, Ustream says.

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  Cybercrooks bring their schemes to Tumblr and Pinterest
Digital criminals are expanding their social-networking nefariousness beyond Facebook and Twitter to try to trick users into downloading malicious payloads.

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  Cocoon sheathes iOS browsing in privacy layer
If you don't mind using a third-party browser on your iPhone, there's a new option called GetCocoon for people who want to surf more safely on iOS.

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