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The Trump effect on cybersecurity: Tough to tell

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Donald Trump’s effect on cybersecurity after he’s sworn in as president next month will likely be toward military uses of cyber weapons and stronger tools for law enforcement to crack encryption, but the impact is hard to predict due to the vagueness of his proposals so far.

The most detailed Trump cyber plan is just 175 words long and includes some initiatives that sound like what’s already in place.

On the campaign trail and during debates he occasionally hit the topic, but again with little detail and perhaps little understanding of how the internet works. For example, he called for Microsoft founder Bill Gates to find a way to shut off parts of the internet to ISIS as a way to halt its recruitment efforts.

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Network World Tim Greene

Did Facebook tell your friends that you had died?

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Did Facebook tell your friends that you had died?

Facebook has made a “terrible error.”

What is it this time? Oh, only that they’ve been telling folks that their friends and loved ones have died…

Graham Cluley

Don’t pardon Snowden, lawmakers tell Obama

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U.S. lawmakers are trying to stifle any hope that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden will receive a pardon. On Thursday, the House intelligence committee sent a letter to President Obama urging him to treat Snowden as a criminal.

“Mr. Snowden is not a patriot. He is not a whistleblower,” the letter said.

The letter was sent amid calls from tech leaders and liberal activists for Obama to pardon Snowden. The campaign, supported by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and celebrities including actor Daniel Radcliffe, argues that Snowden sparked an important debate about government mass surveillance.

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Chrome extensions will soon have to tell you what data they collect

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Google is about to make it harder for Chrome extensions to collect your browsing data without letting you know about it, according to a new policy announced Friday.

Starting in mid-July, developers releasing Chrome extensions will have to comply with a new User Data Policy that governs how they collect, transmit and store private information. Extensions will have to encrypt personal and sensitive information, and developers will have to disclose their privacy policies to users.

Developers will also have to post a “prominent disclosure” when collecting sensitive data that isn’t related to a prominent feature. That’s important, because extensions have tremendous power to track users’ browsing habits and then use that for nefarious purposes.

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