November 29, 2016

The Tor Phone prototype: a truly private smartphone?

Security-focused Android fork only available for a few of Google's Nexus and Pixel phones - for now

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November 28, 2016

Who’s better at reading lips – humans or AI?

Technology's prowess at lip-reading opens up possibilities for better captions, hearing aids - and surveillance

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November 24, 2016

Facebook ‘quietly developing censorship tool’ for China

Tool would be offered to third parties to monitor stories that 'bubble up' as users share them

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November 17, 2016

How a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero can hack your locked laptop

PoisonTap is toxic even to the password-protected laptop - make sure it doesn't happen to you

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November 10, 2016

Infect every TorMail user? That’s not what the FBI’s warrant said

The judge authorized FBI agents to infect computers that were clearly seeking, accessing, or sharing child pornography

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November 08, 2016

Who needs a Stingray when Wi-Fi can do the job?

Ordinary Wi-Fi hotspots can be used to extract indentifiers from your cellphone, researchers have found

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November 04, 2016

Berners-Lee raises spectre of weaponized open data

Tim Berners-Lee warns hackers could use open data to create societal chaos. What's going on here? The fear of data sabotage, that's what.

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October 28, 2016

New FCC rules impose privacy boost for ISP customers

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has just issued long-awaited rules about how ISPs can use and share personal information.

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October 21, 2016

Online crime leads to losses of £10.9 billion a year

That estimate, based on criminal activity and losses reported to Action Fraud, represents an average of £210 for every UK resident age 16 and up.

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