Was Facebook & OKCupid’s research treating users like guinea pigs illegal?

Computerworld Security: September 25, 2014
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Was Facebook & OKCupid's research treating users like guinea pigs illegal?

Is it illegal to be guinea pigs for online research without our consent? A
Maryland law professor says Facebook and OKCupid's psychological experiments
were unethical and also illegal.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. IDG Contributor Network: 5 cybersecurity tips for consumers: Lessons learned in the enterprise
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2. Bot-herders can launch DDoS attacks from refrigerators, dryers, other Internet of Things devices
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3. Blackphone and Silent Circle offer bounty for security flaws
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4. Internet Crime Complaint Center warns that scam uses IC3 email as way to con victims
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Needle in a Datastack: The Rise of Big Security Data

Big data holds many answers, but only if an organization has the capability to
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IDG Contributor Network: 5 cybersecurity tips for consumers: Lessons learned in the enterprise

So many of our everyday consumer business processes -- finance, healthcare, etc.
-- are now online. They've become de-facto mission critical computing
processes. We need them constantly accessible, available and secure.
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Bot-herders can launch DDoS attacks from refrigerators, dryers, other Internet of Things devices

A new malware kit called Spike can infect not only traditional desktops but also
routers, smart thermostats, smart dryers and a host of other Internet of Things
devices to herd them into massive botnets.
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Blackphone and Silent Circle offer bounty for security flaws

Smartphone starts program on Bugcrowd
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9025662/823929835/694758/33/

Internet Crime Complaint Center warns that scam uses IC3 email as way to con victims

Fraudsters say e-mail sender is a representative of the IC3.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9025662/823929835/694759/34/



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