[ad_1] It costs a lot to keep Mark Zuckerberg safe. Facebook Inc. spent US$7.33 million last year protecting its chief executive officer at his homes and during his tour across the U.S. Last week, the social-media giant said it would provide an additional US$10 million a year for him to spend on personal security. The…
[ad_1] Timehop is admitting that additional personal information was compromised in a data breach on July 4. The company first acknowledged the breach on Sunday, saying that users’ names, email addresses and phone numbers had been compromised. Today it said it that additional information, including date of birth and gender, was also taken. To understand…
[ad_1] Several U.S. civil liberties groups on Tuesday complained that Amazon.com Inc’s real-time facial recognition system, Rekognition, is helping the government with surveillance targeting large crowds, violating civil and digital rights. “We demand that Amazon stop powering a government surveillance infrastructure that poses a grave threat to customers and communities across the country,” several organizations,…
[ad_1] Twitter Inc urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch exposed some in plain text on its internal computer network. The social network said an internal investigation had found no indication passwords were stolen or misused by insiders, but that it urged all users to consider changing their…