June 14, 2022

Murder suspect admits she tracked cheating partner with hidden AirTag

O! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive.

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May 19, 2020

Apple “MagicPairing” for AirPods – the magic isn’t perfect yet

Apple's efforts to overcome the limitations of Bluetooth is a proprietary system called MagicPairing, but there are flaws in the magic.

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April 28, 2020

Coronavirus tracking tool from Apple and Google embraced by Germany

Germany's ditched a homegrown alternative that featured a centralized database of location data, raising privacy concerns.

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March 30, 2020

Should governments track your location to fight COVID-19?

Google Maps data could help governments track patients that a newly-diagnosed COVID-19 sufferer has been in contact with.

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March 10, 2020

Google data puts innocent man at the scene of a crime

The man became a suspect because location data from his Android phone was swept up in a surveillance dragnet called a geofence warrant.

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February 21, 2020

S2 Ep27: Bluetooth holes, dodgy Chrome extensions and forgotten passwords – Naked Security Podcast

New episode - listen now!

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February 14, 2020

Bluetooth bugs – researchers find 10 “Sweyntooth” security holes

More trouble in the Internet of Things - Bluetooth firmware code in many devices is found to have numerous bugs.

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January 17, 2020

Google will now accept your iPhone as an authentication key

Google has updated its Smart Lock to let iOS users security-dongle-ize their iPhones.

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August 13, 2019

Hacked devices can be turned into acoustic weapons

Security researcher Matt Wixey found that many gadgets aren't protected from being turned into hearing-damaging weapons. Or melting.

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