Whatâs the most terrifying thing you can imagine an Amazon Echo doing? Think realistically. Would it be something simple but sinister, like the artificially intelligent speaker recording a conversation between you and a loved one and then sending that recording to an acquaintance? That seems pretty bad to me. AndâŚ
For more than a week, PGP developers have been rapidly working to patch critical flaws in the legacy encryption protocol used for sending and receiving secure emails; a tool thatâs widely relied upon by lawyers, journalists, dissidents, and human rights advocates, many of whom operate at the highest levels of risk inâŚ
The European Unionâs digital privacy law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), officially went into effect today. But some websites in the U.S. have decided to block their services entirely rather than adhere to the new regulations. Dozens of American newspapers are currently blocked in Europe andâŚ
For a moment, Mark Zuckerbergâs appearance before members of the European Parliament looked like it was going to be a very bad day for the Facebook CEO. Then he started answering questions, a flood of pablum spewed from his mouth, and everyone got angry.
A troubling flaw in phone tracking company LocationSmartâs demo tool, used to advertise its services, let anyone take advantage of an easily exploited flaw to track phones from Americaâs top four carriers without the userâs consent or knowledge, according to KrebsOnSecurity. The demo site was reportedly taken downâŚ
A hacker has reportedly provided journalists with login credentials and other data stolen from the servers of Securus, a company that was recently revealed to be selling cellphone location information to U.S. law enforcement agencies without a warrant.
Cambridge Analytica, the shady UK-based election firm that shut down after it allegedly partnered with an app to scrape data on at least 87 million Facebook users without their consent and months of ensuing controversy, is rapidly seeing its problems grow worse. Already embroiled in trouble with authorities in the UK,âŚ
U.S. lawmakers are raising concerns over the Amazon Echo Kids Edition, a hands-free, voice-controlled hockey puck of a device that reads bedtime stories, plays Disney tunes, and programs our offspring to be tactful and courteous when interacting with artificial intelligent machinesâa useful survival skill to impart inâŚ
UK authorities have ordered Cambridge Analytica, the sketchy election firm at the center of a data scandal involving at least 87 million Facebook users, to hand over all of the information it acquired on a US voter in a move that could potentially open the floodgates for others to know what information the firmâŚ
Slack, the messaging service of choice for tens of thousands of organizations, has given employers a considerable amount of access to the data and communications of employees. A new tool called Shhlack finally gives employees the power to shield their private conversations with end-to-end encryption.
Code repository GitHub warned âa select number of usersâ on Tuesday that due to a flaw in its password reset system, the company had stored their passwords in plain text on internal logs.
Jan Koum, the billionaire CEO of Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp, is leaving the company following disputes over âthe popular messaging serviceâs strategy and Facebookâs attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption,â the Washington Post reported on Monday.
Companies throughout China are using brainwave sensors to train workers and screen for mental fitness, South China Morning Post reports. More than a dozen factories are requiring workers to wear devices that use artificial intelligence to monitor their emotions. While officials say this saves money, the implicationsâŚ
A critical flaw in electronic locks left millions of hotel rooms worldwide vulnerable to hackers. Now, the security researchers who developed the attack are helping hotels patch the problem, literally door to door.
Itâs never too early to have your identity stolen, unfortunately.
People love Google. Itâs so useful! You can just type a few words into the search engine and then find loads of relevant websitesâall for free. Itâs not exactly free, of course. Google, like Facebook, offers free online services in exchange for the privilege to serve its users targeted ads. So, unless youâre usingâŚ
In a pilot program launching soon, Uber will begin obscuring ridersâ exact pickup and drop-off locations in the trip history displayed to drivers. Instead, it will display a broader location area.
When Mark Zuckerberg appeared before Congress last week, several lawmakers grilled him on Facebookâs failures to comply with a 2012 consent decree that required the social media company to submit routine privacy audits to the Federal Trade Commission.
The European Unionâs General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a strict set of laws governing what data tech companies can collect on users, requiring them to seek explicit opt-in consent before doing so, and promptly disclose breaches, goes into effect on May 25th, 2018. Currently, the GDPR would require Facebook toâŚ
Lots of people have been freaking out in the wake of the massive Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal that broke weeks ago because we live in a world where people cherish the idea of keeping some parts of their lives to themselves. Anon happens in a world where itâs the opposite and all our data is public.
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