Jan 30
Google has been bumping into pockets of privacy violations across the globe recently, the latest of which has taken place in South Korea. This follows a recent issue in Canada, … Continue reading
Jan 30
What’s that buzz . . . tell me what’s happening? While the Internet of Thing’s clarion call has awakened the early
adopters, many of us still have it on snooze alarm. We may have seen
bits and pieces of it, like those that have popped up as apps on our
mobile devices. Perhaps we’ve recently purchased a Smart TV — or have
recently been intrigued by Nest’s Thermostat [after Google plopped down a hefty $3.2 billion to acquire it].
Jan 29
It seems like no matter how much companies may try to up their defenses, there will always be some industrious young hacker
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Jan 29
Naoki Hiroshima’s gripping account of how he was forced to give up his single character Twitter handle, @N, to an attacker re-exposes a fundamentally unaddressed issue of how easily companies’ customer support systems can be tricked into handing out password …
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Jan 29
Snowden Nobel Peace Prize nomination up for “stable and peaceful world order”
Posted in: Today's ChiliThis week it’s been made clear that two members of Norway’s Socialist Left Party intend on adding Edward Snowden to their shortlist for possible recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize … Continue reading
Jan 29
Twitter user claims user name worth $50k was stolen with help from PayPal and GoDaddy
Posted in: Today's ChiliA twitter user was recently extorted into giving up his twitter user name. It would be bad enough giving up your established twitter user name, but this one was worth … Continue reading
Jan 28
Gov loosens data grip, tech companies given go-ahead for better transparency
Posted in: Today's ChiliAs NSA-related news continued to surface, consumers demanded transparency and tech companies felt the heat. Bound on one end by the government and hounded on the other by users, Google, … Continue reading
Jan 28
NBC News has released some new information from documents it acquired via Edward Snowden, the media company has announced. According to the documents, which NBC has largely made available on … Continue reading
Jan 27
Many New Yorkers are still mourning the news that the body of Avonte Oquendo, a non-verbal autistic boy, was found on the banks of the East River. To meet—and partially assuage—the grief, Senator Charles Schumer has an idea: let’s put tracking chips on autistic children.
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Jan 27
The NSA likes it when mobile users download so-called “leaky” apps, a new report by The Guardian reveals. The reason? These apps, with Angry Birds being specified among them, allows … Continue reading
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