Category Archives: Privacy

How Embarassing

The following is an email we received from Avast. It must be very embarrassing for a company which makes security software for consumers can’t secure their own Web site. If we were Avast users (which we are not) we’d  have second thoughts.  Dear Cloudeight, The AVAST forum is currently offline and will remain so for a brief period.… Read More »

Microsoft Has Your Back If You Are Important Enough

Microsoft swats away FBI request for Office 365 subscriber data Microsoft has successfully challenged a secret letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation ordering it to turn over data from one of its Office 365 customers, court documents made public on Thursday have revealed. The documents, which remained secret until they were unsealed by the US District Court… Read More »

“You Have the Right to Be Forgotten” Says Europe’s Highest Court

Google gets take-down requests after European court ruling: source SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc is already getting requests to remove objectionable personal information from its search engine after Europe’s top court ruled that subjects have the “right to be forgotten,” a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc is already getting… Read More »

NSA Used the Heartbleed Bug to steal passwords

Report: NSA Exploited Heartbleed to Siphon Passwords for Two Years The NSA knew about and exploited the Heartbleed vulnerability for two years before it was publicly exposed this week, and used it to steal account passwords and other data, according to a news report. Speculation had been rampant this week that the spy agency might have known about the… Read More »