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Latest Internet security

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Watch out celebrities, 5m Gmail accounts have been hacked
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Usernames and passwords for the popular email service have been dumped online, prompting further security fears

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He's behind you! Peter Pan panto email is Cryptolocker scam
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New email scam purports to be booking confirmation but will attempt to install malware and steal passwords

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Why the Tor browser and your privacy are under threat
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Edward Snowden swears by it, the US has spent millions on it and the Russian's want to destroy it, but what is Tor and how do you use it?

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Want to report crime? Use this UNENCRYPTED police web form
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People reporting crimes online to City of London Police risked having confidential information stolen or altered by hackers

John McAfee: stop using Google and ditch your smartphone
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Eccentric antivirus founder John McAfee says people are lazy and don't care about their privacy

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Google scans emails for child abuse
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A man has been arrested after Google found images of child sexual abuse hiding in his Gmail account

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Lords: EU right to be forgotten is 'unworkable'
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Peers have slammed the EU's controversial right to be forgotten legislation, arguing it is trying to "enforce the impossible"

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Ofcom: Brits don't want web smut filters
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Less than ten per cent of new customers on BT, Sky and Virgin Media have turned on controversial new porn filters

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What you need to know about the new snooping law
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The government is trying to rush through new surveillance laws to collect communications data about each and every one of us

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BT will BLOCK BROWSERS if people don't make porn decision
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Failure to opt in or out of adult content filters will see BT customers unable "to continue using their browser", the company has said