September 18, 2019

Teenage gamer jailed over lethal swatting

Casey Viner got into a spat over a $1.50 wager in a Call of Duty World War II game that led to the fatal shooting of an innocent man.

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May 22, 2019

Some Androids don’t call 911 when you tell them to call an ambulance

Sometimes you get a list of ambulance companies, sometimes a blog post on when it's OK to call an ambulance.

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January 03, 2019

Dark Overlord hackers release alleged 9/11 lawsuit documents

The extortionists leaked a “small sample” of what they say are 18k classified legal documents containing 9/11 “truth” stolen from a law firm.

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June 21, 2018

Apple to share location data during emergency calls in iOS 12

iOS 12 users will automatically share highly-detailed location information when calling 911.

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October 20, 2017

Teen hacker sentenced for serious disruption of Phoenix 911 system

He intended to build a “non-harmful but annoying bug that he believed was ‘funny.’”

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November 10, 2016

iPhone autodial bug parties like it’s 2008

A researcher who found an autodial bug in mobile Safari more than 8 years ago has found it's still there in another part of iOS.

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December 31, 2015

Naked Security’s top 10 most popular stories of 2015

From security bugs, via the Dark Web, to viral social media posts gone wrong, here are the Top 10 Naked Security stories of 2015. Bet you can't guess which story made #1!

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October 07, 2015

Google: 30% of wireless calls to 911 emergency services are butt dials

Butt dials can be awkward, but there are serious consequences too. As researchers from Google found recently, up to 30% of wireless calls to 911 in San Francisco are accidental butt dial calls.

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July 17, 2015

Does Siri have a secret signal to summon 911?

Siri gets a lot more publicity than other voice-recognition systems. Especially when there's a "911" consipiracy theory involved.

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