Cyber Beat: Daily Roundup of Social Media and Tech Stories 3/11

 

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Social Media and Technology Trends.
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Personally, I think a “Dislike” button would reveal far more about me…

• Facebook ‘Likes’ reveal more about you than you think

Awwwwwww.

• Facebook Marriage Proposal: Social Media Helps Techie Boyfriend Pop The Question (VIDEO)

 

When guns and copyright mix.

• 3D printing gunmaker forms company to flout copyright law, à la the Pirate Bay

 

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Cyberstalking and Harassment.
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Probably just not a good idea to threaten bodily harm in your Facebook posts.

• Raymond man charged with cyberstalking JSU president

Don’t 12 year olds have anything better to do than SWAT celebrities these days?

• Boy, 12, admits to prank crime report at actor Ashton Kutcher’s home

And you all made fun of me for keeping that Band-aid over my webcam…

• Meet the men who spy on women through their webcams: The Remote Administration Tool is the revolver of the Internet’s Wild West.

 

 

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Hacks, Leaks and Hoaxes.
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Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson, Ashton Kutcher, VP Joe Biden, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck hacked and doxed. Maybe now Holder will take some interest? Nah…

• Prominent Celebrities and Political Figures – Including Eric Holder – Hacked, Finances Exposed
• OR – is it a hoax?  One news outlet suspects so, but police say they will continue investigating regardless.  Sometimes a hoax is just as damaging as a hacking.

 

This seems to be a growing trend.  And honestly, not just for stocks, either.

• Twitter, social media are fertile ground for stock hoaxes

 

University faculty don’t much like that their employer went through work emails to try and find the source of a cheating scandal leak.

• Harvard Leak Investigation Reminds World That Work Email Isn’t Very Private

 

The latest hacking attacks expand.

• Last month’s hacker attack on Apple and Facebook also hit car companies, US government agencies

 

Guccifer has been one busy hacker.

• Colin Powell’s Facebook hacker also breached Bush Family e-mail accounts

 

Godzilla AND hacking?  There’s always space for that story.

• Pakistani government websites breached by ‘Godzilla’ hacker over alleged support of terrorism

 

Fakes, fakes and more fakes.

• Fake Facebook pages promise free gifts in exchange for ‘Likes’

 

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Gamer-land.
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Oops.  TV station confuses screenshot depiction from Assassin’s Creed with the real city of Damascus, Syria.

• Danish News Mixes Up Syria and Video Game

 

That uncomfortable junction where politics and gaming meet…again:

• After Newtown, video game industry starts education campaign

 

More politics + gaming.

• PETA Asks Gamers To Be Kind To Zerglings

 

“From Anarchy Online to Diablo III, early server issues are nothing new.”

• Unready for takeoff: The five worst PC game launches (that aren’t SimCity)

 

No comment yet from LucasArts…

• Leaked Star Wars Game Is ‘Predecessor’ To Battlefront III, Source Says

 

For those who appreciate the music, too…

• BioWare Gives Away Mass Effect 3: Citadel Soundtrack