Articles by Charles Arthur

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EU Court Backs ‘Right to Be Forgotten’: Google Must Amend Results on Request
Alan Travis and Charles Arthur – The Guardian, 19 May 2014

Individuals have right to control their data and can ask search engines to remove results, says European court.

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Major US Security Company Warns Over NSA Link to Encryption Formula
Charles Arthur and agencies – The Guardian, 23 Sep 2013

A major American computer security company has told thousands of customers to stop using an encryption system that relies on a mathematical formula developed by the National Security Agency.

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Google Chrome Security Flaw Offers Unrestricted Password Access
Charles Arthur – The Guardian, 12 Aug 2013

Plain text logon details for email, social networks and company systems stored in browser’s Settings panel. One security manager said: “The fact you can view the passwords means they are stored in reversible form which means that the dark coders out there will be writing a Trojan to steal that password store as we speak.”

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Google+ Isn’t a Social Network; It’s The Matrix
Charles Arthur – The Guardian, 10 Jun 2013

Yes – you know, the one from the film, which knows everything you’re thinking and guides what you see and experience. If you create a Gmail account, you’ll automatically get a Google+ account. Even if you don’t ever do anything with it, the Google+ account will track you wherever you’re signed in to your Google account.

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