March 11, 2021

S3 Ep23: Hafnium happenings, I see you, and Pythonic poison [Podcast]

New episode - listen now! (And find out what HAFNIUM really stands for.)

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January 27, 2020

Tinder to get panic button, catfish-fighting facial recognition

It's both a genius move to protect from assault and fraud and a personal data grab.

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September 03, 2019

China’s new face-swapping app Zao gets whiplash-fast privacy backlash

Fast trip: in two days, it debuted, shot to the top of China's App Store, sparked privacy outrage, and got banned by WeChat.

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March 07, 2018

Facebook photos expose “sick” couple as food poisoning fakers

Thanks to happy Facebook holiday photos, fraudsters have lost their compensation battle with holiday company Tui.

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July 22, 2016

“Selfie war” paramedics accused of taking photos with unconscious patients

The "sick game" included holding open the eyelid of a sedated patient and baring an elderly woman's breast for selfies.

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May 04, 2016

Prisoner takes selfies in police van, posts them to Facebook

"I think there might have been a cell phone involved … Let's just say I found it," Shane Holbrook said of the contraband maybe-phone.

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February 23, 2016

Texting-while-walking mishaps lead to relocation of giant sculpture

A sculpture installed on the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral had to be moved last week because people kept walking into it in the dark, and while looking at their mobile devices.

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January 20, 2016

Selfie-posting power grid workers are inadvertently exposing critical information

The selfie posters are giving away infrastructure information to potential electricity grid attackers, one expert has warned.

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January 18, 2016

The Facebook post that led directly to jail – for more than 15 years

Felons aren't supposed to have guns, but that didn't stop this guy from taking a selfie with his .45-caliber semiautomatic.

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