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Trump-linked data firm Cambridge Analytica harvested data on 50 million Facebook profiles to help target voters

March 17, 2018
Written by J D
Category: News
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(Image: file photo) A data analytics company that helped propel Donald Trump to election victory harvested private information from 50 million Facebook profiles without their permission.

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The story exploded over the weekend after Facebook

Trump Campaign Data Consultants Cambridge Analytica Took 50 Million Facebook Users' Data

March 17, 2018
Written by J D
Category: News
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Cambridge Analytica, a data analysis firm that worked on President Trump's 2016 campaign, and its related company, Strategic Communications Laboratories, pilfered data on 50 million Facebook users and secretly kept it, according to two reports in

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Security News This Week: A Smartphone Botnet Army Keeps Growing Stronger

March 17, 2018
Written by J D
Category: News
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Arguably the biggest news in security this week was also the strangest; a company barely a year old announced a series of AMD vulnerabilities ^[1], giving the chip company only a day or so advance...

DroneMax 360 hands-on: A portable power station that does it all

March 17, 2018
Written by J D
Category: News
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I don't normally take a look at Kickstarter products, but in a moment of weakness when I was approached by the Energen team to take a look at the DroneMax 360, I decided to give it a...

Singapore industry needs stronger codes of conduct as consumer data gains value

March 17, 2018
Written by J D
Category: News
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With businesses fumbling, Singapore must take more care in data aspirations

With businesses capturing more data about their customers, Singapore needs to reassess its guidelines and codes of conduct for the industry to ensure personal information is used responsibly and securely.

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Pointing to the data "gold rush", Rajnesh

Open source news roundup for March 15, 2018

March 17, 2018
Written by J D
Category: News
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Take a look back at the biggest open source headlines of the past two weeks.

Hacker Adrian Lamo Has Died at 37

March 17, 2018
Written by J D
Category: News
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Hacker Adrian Lamo ^[1] died at the age of 37, according a Facebook post from his father. “With great sadness and a broken heart I have to let know all of Adrian’s friends and acquaintances that...

New Windows 10 'Redstone 5' test build includes a new way to push Edge

March 16, 2018
Written by J D
Category: News
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Microsoft has released another new Windows 10 "Redstone 5" test build that includes a new controversial change meant to get more people to use Microsoft's Edge browser.

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Windows 10 test build 17623 ^[1], which Microsoft

Youtube, Facebook, and Google Can't Expect Wikipedia to Cure the Internet

March 16, 2018
Written by J D
Category: News
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For the average internet user, Wikipedia operates in the background, its 44 million entries serving as a priceless resource, rarely thought of until you need to know the capital of Azerbaijan. This week, however, Wikipedia's volunteer editors...