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Hackers Post Mostly Inconsequential Twitter Account Data Online

in Social on May 8 at 5:59 pm PT

Someone claiming to be affiliated with the “Anonymous” hacker movement posted thousands of Twitter usernames and passwords to Pastebin on Monday evening. A Twitter spokesperson told AllThingsD that the company was looking into the matter, and pointed out that nearly half of the 55,000 accounts listed are duplicates and spam accounts. The company is pushing out new password requests to affected accounts.

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Web Privacy for the Dead

in News on October 9, 2009 at 8:47 am PT

Who takes down your email and Flickr accounts after you’re dead? As we increasingly live life on the Web, services are popping up to help people manage their online lives after they die. At the same time, regulators are cracking down on privacy violations for the deceased.