On Tuesday, Facebook published the latest transparency report, its third Government Requests Report. For anyone concerned about the government snooping on his or her data, the results are not pleasing. Privacy issues are the main concern in the age of big data. Governments used to be the privileged owners of large data sets, but private companies turned into competitors once the Internet … [Read more...]
Yahoo! and Google are Joining Efforts Towards Email & Personal Data Safety
Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., the most powerful tech giants of the digital world, will make a joint effort to offer a secure, encrypted email system by next year. On Thursday, Yahoo declared that it will work together with Google Inc. in order to provide an email system that would make it impossible for hackers or government officials to access. They also say that this measure will make it … [Read more...]