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One of the first people to blow the whistle on phone hacking by News Corp.'s now-defunct News of the World tabloid was found dead Monday. Police said the death was being treated as unexplained but was not considered suspicious, according to Britain's Press Association.

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The hacking of one of Fox News' Twitter accounts today, July 4th, was disturbing, given the messages posted proclaimed President Obama was dead, and raises the need for tighter security within social media.

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"Each time Facebook's privacy settings change or a technology makes personal
information available to new audiences, people scream foul. Each time, their
cries seem to fall on deaf ears.

The reason for this disconnect is that in a
computational world, privacy is often implemented through access control. Yet
privacy is not simply about controlling access. It's about understanding a
social context, having a sense of how our information is passed around by
others, and sharing accordingly. As social media mature, we must rethink how we
encode privacy into our systems."

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"A mother from Colorado who doctors said had died while giving birth to her son, has said it is a Christmas miracle that both she and the boy are alive.

Tracey Hermanstorfer's heart stopped beating and her son Coltyn appeared lifeless after the Caesarean section on Christmas Eve (24 December).

However a few minutes after he was delivered, both began breathing again.

Dr Stephanie Martin told Good Morning America she could not explain how the pair survived.

Mrs Hermanstorfer and her husband Mike told the American television show that their baby was now healthy and they were doing "good" following the drama at Colorado Springs Memorial Hospital. "

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