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Top Web Firms Form Global Anti-Surveillance Group

The CEOs of eight of the largest U.S. tech companies Monday announced the formation of a coalition that calls for the reform of “government surveillance practices worldwide” and urges the U.S. to take the lead by reining in unnecessary surveillance by the National Security Agency. The Reform Government Surveillance group is made up of AOL (AOL), Apple (AAPL), Facebook (FB), Google (GOOG), LinkedIn (LNKD), Microsoft (MSFT),Twitter (TWTR) and Yahoo

Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones powered by laughter

Amazon.com’s flying delivery robots are a big joke, to comedians at least. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the company’s Prime Air project during a widely-panned profile story on the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” last Sunday. The report, which played like an infomercial for the e-commerce giant ahead of Cyber Monday, was criticized by media pundits, who said interviewer Charlie Rose didn’t ask enough tough questions. As usual, humorists posted their snarky remarks first to Twitter (TWTR). One crafty wag, Matthew Keys, set up a parody Twitter account, @AmazonDrone , where a sentient machine cracked wise on his mission. “You didn’t think those Washington Post newspapers were going to deliver themselves, did you?” he wrote . Bezos bought the Post in October. Later he wrote , “Want to show someone how much you hate them? Send me to their house with a Nickelback CD. #DroneRevenge.” Rapper Snoop Dogg got in on the fun Sunday with a tweet that…

Security breaches raise concerns about online safety

For people concerned about online security, the headlines this week did little to convince them that it is safe to conduct their business on the Internet. On Wednesday, the BBC reported that more than 2 million passwords for sites including Facebook (FB)Yahoo (YHOO) Google (GOOG )Twitter (TWTR) and LinkedIn (LNKD) had been stolen and posted online. Security firm Trustwave discovered the trove of login credentials, email credentials and passwords. A criminal organization might have been behind the security breach that acquired the personal information. The data likely were taken from computers infected with malicious software that logged key presses, the BBC said. In October, Adobe Systems (ADBE) reported that hackers broke into its computer systems and stole user names, passwords and credit card numbers. That breach impacted about 38 million active users on Adobe’s network Business Insider reported. On Thursday, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) warned 465,000 holders of prepaid cash cards…