The documents provided by Edward J. Snowden seem to be never-ending: today’s drop is a set of secrets surrounding the NDA’s full code-breaking abilities on the internet: essentially speaking on how much they’re actually able to see of any and all web-based data. This information was reportedly restricted to those cleared for a highly classified […]
Bionym has announced the pre-order of its Nymi wristband, a small device that seeks to complement passwords and PINs as a personal authentication device. Falling solidly into the wearable technology category, Nymi works by using the wearer’s heartbeat to determine identity, using that information to log into computers, unlock car doors, and more. The idea […]
The Chief Privacy Officer of Policy for Facebook Erin Egan has this week begun setting down a series of changes to several of the key Facebook Governing Documents, with emphasis placed on their Data Use Policy and their Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. For the average Facebook user, this means you’ll be seeing Facebook make […]
3D printers are gradually working their way into the mainstream, and as they do so concerns regarding intellectual property and the theft of blueprints have increasingly become the substance of conversation. One startup company in California, Authentise, is offering a solution to this issue however, creating software that streams blueprint information directly to the printer. […]
League of Legends players are, unfortunately, being warned of a security breach that took place in recent times, resulting in the theft of some user data, with some affected payers receiving notifications depending on how they were affected. The security breach has prompted the implementation of some new security features that are now in development. […]
Earlier this month, it surfaced that Bitcoin wallets based on Android were vulnerable to being robbed, something Bitcoin.org warned users about in a security advisory. In the advisory, the organization stated that the problem originated from a security issue regarding the randomly-generated secure numbers, and it was the fault of Android, meaning a wallet created […]
Google has been caught up in a legal battle that claims the Internet giant uses Gmail as a “secret data mining machine,” something it is fighting against. In a legal briefing the company filed, it contends something that has caused users and others to get a bit riled: that individuals who send emails to a […]
Two encrypted emails services – Silent Circle and Lavabit – shut down last week, the latter for reasons said to be refusal to conspire against the American people, with Silent Circle pulling the plug on its own service as a preemptive strike against the same reality. Mega’s CEO Vikram Kumar calls this “privacy seppuku,” and […]
If you were worried that the universe presented in the smart city-toting Watch Dogs video game, you’ll be glad to know that the garbage bins wont be seeing you any time soon. That is to say: won’t be tracking you from now on. According to a report released by the group responsible for the bins […]
The Apple Developer Center has come fully back online today. This all connects back to the end of July when the system was taken down following an attempted intruder attack. The attack brought the possibility of “developers’ names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses” being accessed however Apple had had said that “sensitive personal information was […]
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