EFF's New Privacy Scorecard: Twitter wins, Foursquare loses
The EFF's new privacy and protection report card shows Twitter, Sonic and Google as today’s top trustworthy tech companies.
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Violet Blue unapologetically covers the intersection of tech trends and media stories about corruption, hypocrisy and redemption from tech's fault line, San Francisco.
Violet Blue
Violet Blue is an outspoken and controversial author and journalist; she contributes to ZDNet, CNET, CBS News and SF Appeal.
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Jay Leno uses indie YouTube video; NBC gets it taken down
Internet outcry rises after Jay Leno uses a YouTube video without permission and NBC removes it with a copyright claim takedown.
Sex Tech: Faceporn win, Parental revenge porn, Google: No Porn Filter
Google opposes UK porn filters, a fake porn profile nets felony charges, Faceporn trumps Facebook and iPads are for porn.
Sex Tech: IsAnyoneUp, UK ISP filter conspiracy theories, no porn for Coke
Hunter Moore investigated by FBI, UK porn filter conspiracy theories, Coca Cola vs. porn cybersquatters and Big Porn is sued for patent infringement.
On eve of Facebook IPO, Sunlight exposes $3 billion tax break
Facebook's IPO lets it use a tax loophole to get up to $3 billion in tax breaks; no need to pay taxes for the forseeable future.
San Francisco hates your startup: SceneTap
San Francisco denizens are angry that facial-detection cameras placed in bars by nightlife startup app SceneTap go live on Friday.
Flashmob privacy protests target Facebook tomorrow: New York, San Francisco
Privacy activists target pre-IPO Facebook for flash mob protests tomorrow in New York and San Francisco.
Sex Tech: Reddit vs. Romney, Sex Addiction, Spankable Robot, Tumblr Sued
Tumblr sued by Perfect 10, Reddit vs. Mitt Romney, Japanese robot butt for spanking, no science for sex addiction.
Seven popular Android camera apps reviewed and rated
Seven popular Android photo apps go up against each other in a test to see who's hot, and who's not.
Sex Tech: Dot-XXX Stats, Twitter Lawsuit, CP Tech, UK ISP Filter Abuse
Dot-XXX is a flop, religious websites riskier than porn for viruses, porn cases tossed as judge rules on IP filesharing prosecutions, Japanese porn star is sued for no Twitter follow-back.