Mar 04
FreedomPop has unveiled its latest wares, introducing a modified Samsung Galaxy S II with a focus on security. The move comes at a time when privacy concerns are at an … Continue reading
Mar 03
It appears that at least one police department in Florida has failed to tell judges about its use of a cell phone tracking device because the department got the device on loan and promised the manufacturer to keep it all under wraps. But when police use invasive surveillance equipment to surreptitiously sweep up information about the locations and communications of large numbers of people, court oversight and public debate are essential. The devices, likely made by the Florida-based Harris Corporation, are called "stingrays," and unfortunately this is not the first time the government has tried to hide their use.
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Feb 28
The NSA has refused to detail exactly how much access to secret Yahoo webcam surveillance that snapped photos of millions of unwitting video chatters, including those involved in adult activities, … Continue reading
Feb 28
Internet anonymity service Tor is working on a messaging client to offer Skype, Google Hangouts, and other IM users concerned about who might be reading their conversations a little piece … Continue reading
Feb 28
It’s time for Congress to follow the Sixth Circuit’s lead and update one of the main online privacy laws—the Electronic Privacy Communications Act (ECPA).
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Feb 27
Boeing has detailed its new, ultra-secure smartphone, the Boeing Black, a locked-down Android handset promising defense and security agency standards of protection for user-data. Spotted clearing the FCC earlier this … Continue reading
Feb 27
Apple has further detailed the way security works in iOS, including how the Touch ID system handles keeping fingerprint data safe as biometrics come under renewed scrutiny following Samsung’s Galaxy … Continue reading
Feb 27
It’s been a while since we’ve had a shocking NSA revelation, so you probably thought all the madness was over. Welp, you were wrong. Very, very wrong.
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Feb 27
A clandestine security program run by the UK’s surveillance agency GCHQ with the aid of the NSA captured and stored still images of millions of global webcam users, a new … Continue reading
Feb 26
The White House is weighing four possible options for revamping the NSA’s phone-surveillance activities, security insiders say, including dumping such monitoring altogether or allowing the carriers themselves to operate it. … Continue reading
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