April 23, 2019

Hotspot finder app blabs 2 million Wi-Fi network passwords

If you used WiFi Finder, your passwords to both public and private networks have been left online in an unprotected database.

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November 08, 2018

Closed doors are no match for a Wi‑Fi peeping tom and a smartphone

Researchers have found that a smartphone and some smart number crunching can track people moving in their homes as they reflect radio waves.

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October 05, 2018

Wi-Fi versions to get names people can actually understand

The high priests of Wi-Fi just made your life - and the lives of wireless network equipment vendors everywhere - a little easier.

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January 10, 2018

Wi-Fi security overhaul coming with WPA3

Nearly 14 years after it ratified the Wireless Protected Access 2 (WPA2), the Wi-Fi Alliance has given the world a peek at what might be coming next for wireless security.

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April 07, 2017

WiFi-enabled adult toy comes up short on security

You'd hope that the makers of connected adult devices might have learned something from the WeVibe debacle. Apparently not, if this latest example is anything to go by

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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 02, 2016

86-year-old grandmother billed $5K, accused of pirating zombie game

An Ontario octogenarian has been caught up in Canada's institution of new copyright infringement rules.

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September 19, 2016

Password-protect your Wi-Fi hotspots and ask for user details too, rules ECJ

The ECJ has ruled that Wi-Fi hotspot operators aren’t liable for copyright infringements, but they may have to demand users' identities and password-protect their networks.

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April 24, 2015

FTC sanctions phone location tracking company for not allowing customer opt-out

Nomi has been ordered to tidy up its business practices as part of a settlement with the FTC over its tracking of retail customers' smartphones.

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