Google reports a 19% jump in US government data requests

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Sneak Peek: New features coming to Internet Explorer Apple Watch under scrutiny for privacy by Connecticut attorney general Network World Daily News AM September 16, 2014 Google reports a 19% jump in US government data requests Governments of many nations are increasingly asking Google to hand over information on its users READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Sneak Peek: New features coming to Internet Explorer 2. Apple Watch under scrutiny for privacy by Connecticut attorney general 3. 'Tiny banker' malware targets US financial institutions 4. Data loss detection tool mines the ephemeral world of 'pastes' 5. Facebook open sources its mcrouter data-caching tool 6. Uber doubles down on shared rides, enacts permanent pricing cut for UberX 7. Is SWAT raid on wrong house, based on open Wi-Fi IP address, unconstitutional? 8. Yahoo slams new 'digital will' law, says users have privacy when they die 9. Samsung's first open-source conference kicks off, with Tizen on its mind 10. 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READ MORE Apple Watch under scrutiny for privacy by Connecticut attorney general The attorney general of the U.S. state of Connecticut is concerned about the privacy implications of Apple Watch's handling of consumers' health information.In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, George Jepsen has asked for a meeting with company representatives to discuss his concerns about how personal consumer information collected through Apple Watch will be stored and safeguarded, the attorney general's office said Monday.Apple unveiled earlier this month a digital watch that will double as a fitness tracker and run a variety of apps.( The company said the watches will be available next year.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE 'Tiny banker' malware targets US financial institutions Its source code was leaked in July, which may have broadened its use among cybercriminals READ MORE WHITE PAPER: IBM Quintillion Case Study Hedge fund administration company Quintillion doubles its asset and investor portfolio while keeping staff levels almost flat, by working with Insight 2 Value to deploy an efficient content management solution, based on IBM Case Manager. Read Now Data loss detection tool mines the ephemeral world of 'pastes' It's not easy to figure out if your data has been collected by hackers, but an online tool has been expanded to hunt through one of the most prolific sources of leaked data, known as "pastes."The most well-known paste website, Pastebin, has long been used as a public yet relatively anonymous way for attention seekers to showcase data they've collected through intrusions.Similar sites, including Pastie and Slexy, publish pastes that contain more than 19,000 email addresses per day. Often passwords are also published with those email addresses, putting people at risk.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Facebook open sources its mcrouter data-caching tool Facebook is releasing mcrouter, its software for turning many cache servers around the world into one distributed system, as open source.The company announced the release on Monday at its @Scale conference in San Francisco, where it also launched a new open-source project called TODO (Talk Openly, Develop Openly) to make it easier for organizations to use open-source software.By offering mcrouter as open source, under a BSD (Berkeley Source Distribution) license, Facebook is making the tool available to more users. Facebook is already using it to handle traffic involving thousands of cache servers at the company's data centers around the world, and recent Facebook acquisition Instagram used it on AWS (Amazon Web Services) before switching over to its new parent company's infrastructure, Facebook engineer Rajesh Nishtala said at the conference.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE Uber doubles down on shared rides, enacts permanent pricing cut for UberX The company is promoting a service regulators have said violates the law READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Fortinet Security Concerns in the C-Suite Next-generation firewall technology (NGFW) addresses the most prevalent security issues. Fortinet's FortiGate NGFW integrates five crucial security protections, including strong authentication, antimalware and APT detection. View Now>> Is SWAT raid on wrong house, based on open Wi-Fi IP address, unconstitutional? 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