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Facebook has rewarded the boy who saved Instagram. FACEBOOK has given a $13,300 reward to a 10-year-old boy who found a major flaw in Instagram that could let someone delete any comment on anyone’s account. Venture Beat today has reported the story that first appeared in the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti of the boy who says he learnt his computer security skills by watching YouTube videos. The boy, identified by the newspaper as Jani, reported the bug to Facebook by an email in which he demonstrated the flaw which let him delete any message. “I would have been able to remove anyone, even Justin Bieber,” he told the Iltalehti newspaper. Facebook, like other tech companies including Microsoft and Google, routinely pay rewards for people who identify software bugs. Earlier this year, Facebook said it had pad out more than US$4.3 million to more than 800 security researchers since 2011. But some commentators have said the latest reward for identifying such a major fl

Smartphone photos can help doctors share concerns with other experts — but they can also raise security and privacy concerns. As his patient lay unconscious on a surgical gurney, the Victoria, B.C., urologist whipped out his smartphone and photographed the location where he’d just attached a urinary catheter. Then, as a “joke,” the doctor texted the image of his patient’s genitals to various friends and acquaintances. The prank was a blatant ethical no-no, costing the specialist $20,000 in fines and a six-month suspension from medical practice last summer. But across Canada, doctors with more noble intentions are using personal mobile phones to snap frequently intimate pictures of their patients, a medical “revolution” that is reportedly saving lives — but also triggering serious concerns about privacy and consent. When plastic surgeons in Alberta surveyed colleagues throughout the country, they discovered that almost three quarters keep patient photos next to va

Charles Schumer is calling for a federal investigation into the advertising company's latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers with its so-called RADAR program which he calls "spying billboards”. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) NEW York senator Chuck Schumer wants people in his city to know that they’re being watched — by “creepy” billboards. The Democrat and cousin of comedian Amy Schumer has called for a federal investigation into the use of “spying billboards,” which he says use mobile phone location technology to track every move of unsuspecting consumers. “New spying billboards are being installed across the country, including right here in New York City, and they are being used to collect your mobile phone data,” the senator said. Speaking from Times Square — surrounded by the all seeing adverts — Mr Schumer said the billboard companies can then sell that information to marketing firms and companies. “Your personal cell phone should not

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Toronto actor/director Michael Mahonen is shown in an undated handout photo. Daily complaints on Twitter suggest lockdowns in so-called "Facebook jail" have been a regular occurrence for years, and often for unclear reasons. Mahonen says he received neither when he was forced to submit his driver's licence to prove his identity, even though he didn't use a pseudonym. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Stefan Bright TORONTO - Thousands of Sarah Bell's online friends knew her only by her roller derby nickname, R'effin Adora Bell. Facebook simply knew her as a brazen offender of its real-name policy. Bell was locked out of her account for using a pseudonym — for security reasons, she says — and was shocked to learn how Facebook demanded she prove her identity. Facebook insisted she share digital copies of her passport and driver's licence to get her account back. After a five-week battle to maintain her privacy, she reluctantly gave in. "Event

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to Google's online book library from authors who complained that the project makes it harder for them to market their work. The justices let stand lower court rulings in favour of Mountain View, California-based Google and rejected the authors' claim that the company's digitizing of millions of books amounts to "copyright infringement on an epic scale." Lower courts have said that Google can provide small portions of the books to the public without violating copyright laws. The Authors Guild and individual authors first filed their challenge to Google's digital book project in 2005. Google Inc. has made digital copies of more than 20 million books from major research libraries and established a publicly available search function. In October, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York agreed with a judge who concluded that Google was not violating copyright laws when it s

More than a third of Snapchat's daily users create "Stories," broadcasting photos and videos from their lives that last 24 hours. The majority of people using Snapchat Inc.’s application are making videos, fueling a boom in watching them, the company is telling its investors. More than a third of Snapchat’s daily users create “Stories,” broadcasting photos and videos from their lives that last 24 hours, according to people familiar with the matter. Now users are watching 10 billion videos a day on the application, up from 8 billion in February, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Snapchat is sharing the new stories statistic with investors to help explain that its app is focused on serving people who create and broadcast content, not just consume it. The first screen of the app is a camera, prompting users to share what they’re seeing or doing. Users can decide whether to send their snap directly to f

A digital vigilante is running a Facebook page naming and shaming alleged Gold Coast police informants — and police are warning it could have “serious ramifications for a lot of people”. LONG-TIME Glitter Strip figures say someone will ‘end up in a body bag’ over a digital vigilante’s Facebook page purporting to name alleged Gold Coast police informants. The new social media page, which names and shames high-profile bikies and other local identities as alleged snitches, thieves, gold diggers, hard drug users and women bashers, has created a “massive stir” among the inner-city underbelly since appearing two weeks ago. Run anonymously under the fake name “John Hicks”, the page contains multiple photos of bikies, strippers and bouncers. “Someone is going to end up in a body bag basically,” an insider told the Gold Coast Bulletin last night. A digital vigilante is running a Facebook page naming and shaming alleged Gold Coast police informants — and police are warnin

DID you know that your choice in smartphone could directly influence how much data you use? A report from American multinational software company Citrix found users of the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus consume twice as much data as those with the smaller 4.7-inch iPhone 6. Even more interesting is the fact that iPhone 6 Plus data usage is 10 times higher than data usage on the 3.5-inch iPhone 3GS. * news.com.au is partnering with Australia’s biggest consumer network to launch The Big Data Switch Campaign — a people-powered campaign that will reduce the cost of mobile and broadband data. Join the campaign here. In addition to the small screen, the iPhone 3GS is slower with hardware that’s more than six years old. The reported suggested data consumption is much higher on the iPhone 6 Plus because the larger screen makes it more enticing to stream video content. “iPhone 6 Plus subscribers generate the most data volume, double that of an iPhone 6. This increase impacts subscri

San Bernardino shooters Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik. THE FBI says it will not publicly disclose the method that allowed it to access a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, saying it lacks enough “technical information” about the software vulnerability that was exploited. The decision resolves one of the thorniest questions that had confronted the federal government since it revealed last month that an unidentified third party had come forward with a successful method for opening the phone. The FBI did not say how it had obtained access, leaving manufacturer Apple Inc. in the dark about how it was done. Federal Bureau of Investigation Executive Assistant Director for Science and Technology Amy Hess. Picture: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta The new announcement means details of how the outside entity and the FBI managed to bypass the digital locks on the phone without help from Apple will remain secret, frustrating public efforts to un

Kerbal Space Progam is an incredibly involved and realistic game IT’S Labour Day on Monday for anyone fortunate enough to be living in the Sunshine State of Queensland — which means a day off work and with it, the potential for some extended gaming time. To help make the most of this Labour Day long weekend, news.com.au gaming correspondent Royce Wilson has put together a list of PC games you should be playing. Some are older ones you might have missed the first time around and some newer ones that don’t always get a huge amount of attention. KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM (Squad) Actual rocket science can be a lot of fun and you don’t need to be a mad scientist or a Big Bang Theory character to enjoy it. Placed in charge of the space program on an Earth-like planet in a solar system almost identical to our own, your job in Kerbal Space Program is to take the Kerbals starwards, building rockets, space probes, satellites and space planes from a vast array of parts, mastering

Australians are being screwed over when it comes to geoblocking, says the Productivity Commission. AUSTRALIAN internet users will welcome a recommendation put forward by the Productivity Commission calling for geoblocking of online content to be done away with. It’s likely we’ve all had the frustrating experience of clicking on a video clip from one of our favourite shows only to be met with a screen telling us the particular content is not available in our region. It’s one of the more frustrating things for Australian netizens but if the recommendation is acted upon by the government, it would make it clear that it is not illegal for Australians to use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and proxies to access regionally restricted content on sites such as Netflix and HBO Now. The anti geoblocking sentiment was just one of the things to come from the 12-month inquiry into Australia’s intellectual property system. The draft report was released early this morning. Geob

Can you spot the problem with this photo? Picture: Google THIS is the embarrassing moment a Google Street View car photographed itself breaking the law. Can you see the incriminating evidence? The car’s camera captured the exact time it approached a speedometer while driving along a quiet residential street in Glasgow, Scotland. The vehicle zipped round St George’s Road to the west of the city in July 2015, but nobody noticed the error until now, The Sun reports. The car appeared to exceed the 30 miles per hour speed limit, according to the speedometer which reads 37mph. The picture, which can still be viewed on Street View, caught the attention of Dutch cyclist Twan van Duivenbooden, who tweeted the image. He wrote: “So it seems @google #Streetview car was doing 37mph on a 30mph street in #Glasgow #speeding.”

Imagine being able to hear your eyeballs move. Picture: Thinkstock THIS sounds like something out of a sci-fi film — tech giant Google is creating a computer which can be injected straight into people’s eyeballs. The company have already filed a patent for the invention, which has several uses. As well as improving sight, it will apparently also give people super powers. Well, that might be taking things a little far — let’s be honest, we’re not talking about invisibility or Hulk-like strength. Instead, people would be able to process information via the implant. No word on exactly what that means at the moment. Light would bounce onto the implant, which would help it improve any issues with sight people had. According to the patent, the tiny computer would also have some storage in it and a radio. There would be a special antenna which would power the computer. There’s no news on whether the injectable will actually be available to buy at the moment. This isn’t