Facebook Allows Advertisers To Republish User Posts
Facebook users who click the "like" button for a brand or check in to a store will soon find out that those actions will be posted to their friend's pages as a "Sponsored Story" which will be paid for by advertisers, with no way for users to decline the feature as of yet.
Hollywood Movie Studios Take New Approach To Deal With Piracy
Instead of sending out DVDs of movies currently playing in the movie theaters to be reviewed by the likes of Oscar, Golden Globe and other awards voters, Hollywood studios have been making these films accessible as a free download via Apple's iTune store. The downloads expire within 24 hours.
Google Instant Bans 'Bittorrent' Word
Google has decided to remove the word 'bittorent' from Google Instant which is the technology used to dynamically fill in word as you type. Along with bittorent are other words associated with porn and sites which are notorious for pirated software, movies and music. Manually typing out the blacklisted words and searching will yield results, it's only the automatic filling in the rest of the blacklisted word that has been removed.
Smart Cards Not a Problem For Hackers
Hackers devised a method of accessing networks that require the use of smart cards along with a password. The attack uses a method called 'smart card proxy'. The attacker first gains access to a system typically by sending an email with a malicious attachment that provides access to the network when executed. Once the network has been accessed, systems that use smart cards are located and keyloggers are installed on those systems to steal user passwords. Finally, when the victim uses their smart card and logins into the network from their compromised system, the hacker then attempts to login to the server requiring the smart card for authentication redirecting the servers request for a token to the compromised system where the token is accepted and the stolen password is used by the attacker.
Biometrics Helps to Secure The Android
Unlocking the Android phone using face & voice recognition technology will now be possible thanks to an application developed by Blue PlanetApps. The application is called BioLock and is expected to be released next year.
Department of Justice Wants Data Retention From ISPs
In an effort to thwart child pornography and other crimes in the U.S., the Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking legislation mandating ISPs to retain customer data usage for 2 years.
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