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The Facebook hack is way worse than previously thought

People are using your Facebook data to sell you corny T-shirts

Facebook’s not just changing the course of American presidential history, it’s also being used by T-shirt companies to make very customized, very targeted, and very corny T-shirts.

Cambridge Analytica researcher says the Facebook data is still out there: “someone did not delete it”

Aleksandr Kogan believes he'll be blackballed from academia and the tech industry, at least for a while

NYC says it needs Uber's data to make passengers safer. So why is Uber fighting back?

Are Data Breaches Becoming More Common?

Numbers from breach notification site Vigilante.pw indicates that data breaches really are becoming more frequent.

Twitter's New Timeline Isn't About Usability, It's About Tracking Your Behavior

Twitter's algorithm turns your timeline into an experiment and the test subject is you.

Everything We Know So Far About the Ashley Madison Hack

The personal info of millions of adulterers is out there somewhere, waiting to wreck some marriages.

Snowden Forced Silicon Valley to Value Privacy and Transparency

EFF's annual 'Who's Got Your Back' report thumbs Snapchat as the worst on privacy and transparency.