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Betaworks Acquires And Relaunches Hownow, The Semi-Anonymous Hyperlocal Social Network iPhone App

May 22nd 2012 - 06:41PM

On one end of the spectrum, networks like Twitter and Facebook have acted as catalysts to organizing events like the Arab Spring or the riots of London.

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Onion Browser: A Mobile Browser For The Truly Paranoid

By Frederic Lardinois Apr 26th 2012 - 05:47PM

If, for whatever reason, you need to cover your tracks while you are browsing the web on your desktop, you have plenty of options to keep anonymous.

internet privacy News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 iBoard Unveils Family iBoard, First Private Social... Source: Infospace Inc PENNINGTON, N.J.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Privacy, security, no advertising – these are the hallmarks of a social network whose time has arrived.
  • 05/30/12 This post is for Dennis in Peoria Source: emerge Peoria Recently, Dennis in Peoria suggested that Emerge Peoria has a problem with too many Anonymous commenters.
  • 05/30/12 The ABCs of cybersecurity Source: Globe and Mail Two years ago, a company called Medtronic unveiled a pacemaker that can be monitored via the tiny device's wireless connection.
  • 05/24/12 New York bid to ban web anonymity Source: BRW. - Australia New York politicians have launched a bid to ban the posting of anonymous comments on websites in a move quickly earning ridicule online.
  • 05/23/12 Anonymous claims to hack DOJ emai Source: Cleveland.com The hacker collective Anonymous claimed it has released nearly two gigabytes of data it procured from DOJ-owned servers.

Background on internet privacy

Internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, repurposing, providing to third-parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet.

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