privacy
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Microsoft Says It’s Working To Address Xbox Bug That Exposes People’s Real Names
Xbox users have started to notice an unwelcome surprise: Their first and last names are suddenly visible to other people without their permission, a problem that Microsoft says it is fixing.
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How To Protect Your Information From The Internet
Do you know how much of your personal information is floating around? It’s more than you think and very easy to find. Phone numbers, home addresses, email accounts. As my recent story about gamers who got swatted showed, anybody can become a target. You don’t have to be someone with a million followers. Social networks…
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Japan’s ‘Privacy Visor’ Offers Internet Privacy And Incessant Giggles
When you step outside, anyone can snap your photo. And said photo could spread all over cyberspace — Twitter, Facebook, you name it. Heck, it could even end up here! Maybe you don’t want that. Maybe you want privacy. Maybe you don’t mind looking silly.
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Xbox One Kinect Privacy Concerns? Turn It Off
Responding to worries that an always-on Kinect sensor recording camera and audio information would be a threat to user privacy, Microsoft offers a simple solution: the ability to turn the Kinect off.