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The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, April 3

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Uber poaches Facebook’s Joe Sullivan for security chief

In an indication that the ride-hailing app company is aware that it had better get security right, Uber Technologies has hired away Facebook’s head of security, Joe Sullivan, to be its first CSO. Sullivan has been fairly high profile as Facebook’s CSO for the last five years, and besides time spent at PayPal and eBay, he has a background prosecuting cyber crime, re/code reports. Sullivan has his work cut out for him, with Uber facing challenges ranging from data privacy to its riders’ physical security.

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April Fools’ texting prank claimed Australian high school burned down

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If someone sends you a text message and awakens you at 2:30 a.m., then it had better be an emergency. But do you think well enough immediately upon waking to realize what the date is and to recognize an April Fools’ prank when you are staring at an emergency text message on your phone?
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Bitcoin, Snapchat and XP as you’ve never heard them before – special coverage for April the First!

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Instead of doing an April Fool, we’ve gone for some April Fun. We took three recent computer security stories, and turned them into poems!
Naked Security – Sophos

Microsoft to release 9 security bulletins on April 9 – Tech2

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The Guardian

Microsoft to release 9 security bulletins on April 9
Tech2
… Webcams, Speakers, Pen Drives, GPS Navigators, Bluetooth Headsets, Headsets, Gaming Consoles, Internet Security and Antivirus, Blu-ray Players, Routers, Games, Tablet/Slate PCs, Internet Service Providers, Mobile Tariff Plans, DTH Service Providers.
Microsoft's Windows Defender in Windows 8 barely passes AV-Test certificationWinBeta
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for April to address Windows 8 vulnerabilitiesTechworld.com

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