Internet pirates are moving away from safe havens such as Sweden to new territories that include China and Ukraine, as they try to avoid prosecution for illegal file sharing, according to experts. For several years, piracy groups that run services allowing music, video and software to be illegally shared online…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country completely after discovering that computer hackers had tricked human-rights activists into exposing their e-mail accounts to outsiders. The change of heart announced Tuesday heralds a major shift for the…
Facebook Privacy Changes Claimed as Unfair and Deceptive On December 17, 2009, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) petitioned the Federal Trade Commission claiming that changes to Facebook user privacy settings constituted an unfair and deceptive practice. In early November and December, 2009, Facebook changed the process by which users…
Dear Blog Members: In this first blog I have posted information that was obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s website relating cyber crimes and computer intrusions. As an attorney, I believe that consumers need to be aware of the risks involved in using computers at home or your workplace.…