August 22, 2017

Fake news: Mozilla joins the fight to stop it polluting the web

How much responsibility do we bear for our own media literacy, and how much effort should firms like Mozilla, Google, Snopes, Facebook and others put into tackling fake news?

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August 10, 2017

Self-hosted search option is a new approach to bursting the filter bubble

An open-source, self-hosted search aggregator might be a good way both of avoiding being tracked and getting away from the echo chamber

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July 17, 2017

What does Imogen Heap have in common with mail? The blockchain

The blockchain isn't just for verifying Bitcoin transactions - a number of very different ventures are using it to cut out middlemen and keep people honest

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June 29, 2017

Hacking nuclear submarines – how likely is the nightmare scenario?

Nuclear submarines run on Windows XP - but is that the ships' weakest point?

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April 24, 2017

What happens when a vendor doesn’t patch its software?

Third-party 'guerilla' patching can be a good example of the community stepping up to fix flaws - but it could also compromise security

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April 18, 2017

Internet routing weakness could cost Bitcoin users

A flaw in the underlying design of the Internet could be very expensive for Bitcoin users, researchers find.

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April 13, 2017

Priorities clash over the call to encrypt the whole internet

What does 'encrypting the whole internet mean': can it be done and is it a good idea?

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April 11, 2017

Pwned at the factory: attackers think outside the box

There are steps you can take to avoid ending up with a device that's been compromised even before you've started up your new phone, but nothing can guarantee you'll get a clean device

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April 10, 2017

Hard-coded passwords put industrial systems at risk

Schneider Electric held up its hands to the revelation that it was hardcoding passwords into its equipment, but the problem goes beyond one vendor

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