US Congressional Committee Concludes Encryption Backdoors Won’t Work

“Any measure that weakens encryption works against the national interest,” reports a bipartisan committee in the U.S. Congress. https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/12/24/1649258/us-congressional-committee-concludes-encryption-backdoors-wont-work http://betanews.com/2016/12/23/ewg-encryption-report/

Yahoo’s billion-user database reportedly sold on the Dark Web for just $300,000

New York Times reports that a billion-user database was sold on the Dark Web last August for $300,000. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/12/16/142233/yahoos-billion-user-database-reportedly-sold-on-the-dark-web-for-just-300000—nyt http://thenextweb.com/security/2016/12/16/yahoos-billion-user-database-reportedly-sold-on-the-dark-web-for-just-300000/

Facebook Stops Collecting WhatsApp User Data in Europe After Government Pressure

Facebook has stopped collecting WhatsApp user data across Europe, bowing to pressure from privacy watchdogs across the continent. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/11/17/1620208/facebook-stops-collecting-whatsapp-user-data-in-europe-after-government-pressure http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/17/13662804/facebook-stops-collecting-whatsapp-data-government-pressure