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Secret Service Grills Boy Who Warned President About Suicide Bombers on Facebook

There’s an old sketch from MTV’s brilliant The State, where a kid reprimands his obnoxious classmates, saying, “You can’t even joke about it! You just can’t say ‘Gee, wouldn’t it be great if we shot the President,'” which results in a swarm of Secret Service agents flooding the classroom and carrying him away. Well, that…

Social Media Seth Abramovitch

White House Says They’ll Attack If Enemies Hack

The White House released their International Strategy for Cyberspace document, which lays out a general platform for all things internet, but it also addresses their stance on enemies hacking the U.S. and its allies: attack if necessary. From the document: “States have an inherent right to self-defense that may be triggered by certain aggressive acts…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

Former NSA Genius Apologizes for His Super Spying Software

Long before 9/11, brilliant NSA crypto-mathematician Bill Binney had developed an algorithm to make sense of the unbelievably massive amounts of data American spies were pulling in—he called it ThinThread. And then it went very, very wrong. ThinThread, the New Yorker reports, proved to be too good: designed to track foreign enemies via their electronic…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Android’s Personal Data Leakage Problem

I own an Android. You own an Android. Heaps of people own Androids. But apparently 99 per cent of them can be easily attacked, every time we log into a website on an unsecured network. This is according to researchers at the University of Ulm, in Germany, who found that any phones running a version…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Dropbox Told Us Our Files Were Encrypted and Private. Turns Out They Aren’t?

Security researcher Christopher Sogohain believes Dropbox is lying in claiming that they encrypt uploaded files and keep them from employee eyes. So he filed an FTC complaint against them. According to Wired, the complaint alleges that the lack of encryption means that your files could be involved in possible government searches, copyright infringement lawsuits, or…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

You Can Now Whore Yourself Out by Tagging Products and Corporate Pages on Facebook

Holding a can of Coke in one of your photos? You can now tag Coke’s official page, so they can see you drinking it. Had a late-night stumble with a C-list actress, and snapped it? Tag her official page. I can’t imagine using this new feature seriously. Maybe I’d consider tagging something for humor-value (like…

Social Media Kat Hannaford

100,000 Facebook Apps Have Been Accidentally Leaking Personal Data For Years

Symantec, a security company, has found that third party Facebook apps have accidentally had access to Facebook users’ accounts for years. Specifically, they could see your profile, photographs, chat and also have the ability to post messages and mine personal information. Um, that’s not good at all. Luckily though, it seems like the third party…

Social Media Casey Chan

The Shadowy Life of a Stolen Credit Card Number

Even if you weren’t one of the 2.2 million people whose credit card was potentially ripped in the Sony PSN debacle, there’s still a good chance you’ve had your credit card data ganked before. What happens after your data’s been stolen? It’s sold. https://kotaku.com/sony-says-10-million-credit-card-accounts-may-have-been-5797552 Often in underground forums, for $5-$10 per stolen card. A crazy…

Privacy & Security Matt Buchanan

This Bike’s Transforming Handlebar Lock Makes it Unrideable for Potential Thieves

How do you ward off bike thieves from destroying a bike lock and making off with your pedal-powered set of wheels? Turn the handlebars into the bike lock, so that even if they break through your line of defense, they can’t actually ride the thing. And not only does the lock design keep both tires…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

How Osama bin Laden Was Found

In this age of GPS signals, Foursquare check-ins, and iPhone tracking, how did America’s most-wanted man, Osama bin Laden, stay hidden for almost a decade? A better question would ask how he was found, for that is the reason the world is rejoicing today. https://gizmodo.com/why-your-iphone-is-secretly-tracking-you-a-very-probab-5794457 Despite hiding in plain sight of a police station and…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

“Phased” Restoration of PlayStation Network Begins This Week

If you haven’t completely abandoned the PlayStation Network for good following the massive data breach and leak of user information that’s slowly, painfully come to light over the past couple of weeks, take note of this story! https://kotaku.com/sony-playstation-network-will-return-this-week-5797412 Late last night, you see, at about 1 a.m. EST, Sony’s Kaz Hirai took the stage in…

Privacy & Security Jack Loftus

Google Sued Over Android Phone Tracking

It’s not just iPhone customers who are going to court over the recent tracking scandal—two Android owners are suing Google for the very same reason. Like the two iPhone users, they’re hoping to represent other Android owners in a class-action suit. https://gizmodo.com/apples-already-being-sued-over-the-iphone-tracking-scan-5795685 The two Michigan-based HTC Inspire 4G-owners said in their complaint, which was filed…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Geohot: “I Sure Am Glad I Don’t Have a PSN Account About Now”

Not that Geohot, famed PS3 hacker who settled with Sony after they went after him with all their legal might, is laughing at those affected by the PSN hacking. Blogging that he feels sorry anyone affected, he also added that he most definitely isn’t behind the hacking: “And to anyone who thinks I was involved…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

Square’s Going to Have a More Secure Card Reader For iPhone Payments This Summer

I don’t think news that Square is releasing a safer card reader this summer should put off users of their existing reader, but it’s worth keeping an eye out for if you want to ensure all your credit card data is encrypted. This comes after Visa invested in the start-up, so it makes sense also…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

Sony Will Have PSN “Up and Running With a Week”

Within a week?! WITHIN A WEEK?! It’s already been over a week! Sony’s still hard at work attempting to restore operations after the security breach, and is moving the PSN network infrastructure and data center “to a new, more secure location.” As for your personal details which may or may not have been compromised, Sony…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

Yankees Accidentally Leak Personal Info Of 20,000 Season Ticket Holders

The New York Yankees accidentally distributed a file containing information on more than 20,000 season ticket accounts. The spreadsheet contains account numbers, names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, and was mistakenly sent to thousands of current clients. Read the full, sordid account here: [Deadspin] https://deadspin.com/yankees-accidentally-leak-personal-info-of-20-000-seaso-5796294

Privacy & Security Barry Petchesky

Why It Took Sony Seven Days to Alert PlayStation Network Users to the Security Breach

Personal details, and maybe even credit card details as well, have been stolen from the PlayStation Network after hackers broke into the system sometime before the 19th of April. But why did it take Sony so long to tell its customers—me! You! Your neighbor!—that they were hacked? http://gizmodo.com/5795923/sony-comes-clean-playstation-network-hackers-have-stolen-personal-data Sony took to its blog to explain…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

Inside a Google Data Center

This video gives a rare look inside one of Google’s data centers, you know the place where Google stores all your personal data. This video put out by Google wants to reassure you that all your deets are safe, secure and under control. In their data centers, Google has traditional security methods like physical road…

Tech News Casey Chan

A Man Was Accused of Downloading Child Porn Because He Left His Wi-Fi Network Open

If you need any reminder to lock up your home Wi-Fi network with a password, here it is: A man was accused of downloading thousands of images of child pornography. Disgusting and gross, right? Yup. But it wasn’t him! Turns out, it was his neighbor that had tapped into his home’s open Wi-Fi network who…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

Calling the Internet Police

Life in the cloud is all well and good until a server goes down. Tweetage Wasteland’s David Pell posits on the pitfalls of entrusting our offline lives to online services. A few months ago my friend Hudson was working on a new and promising internet business. He hired contractors for most of the work –…

Commerce Andrew Tarantola

Secret Service Grills Boy Who Warned President About Suicide Bombers on Facebook

White House Says They’ll Attack If Enemies Hack

Former NSA Genius Apologizes for His Super Spying Software

Android’s Personal Data Leakage Problem

Dropbox Told Us Our Files Were Encrypted and Private. Turns Out They Aren’t?

You Can Now Whore Yourself Out by Tagging Products and Corporate Pages on Facebook

100,000 Facebook Apps Have Been Accidentally Leaking Personal Data For Years

The Shadowy Life of a Stolen Credit Card Number

This Bike’s Transforming Handlebar Lock Makes it Unrideable for Potential Thieves

How Osama bin Laden Was Found

“Phased” Restoration of PlayStation Network Begins This Week

Google Sued Over Android Phone Tracking

Geohot: “I Sure Am Glad I Don’t Have a PSN Account About Now”

Square’s Going to Have a More Secure Card Reader For iPhone Payments This Summer

Sony Will Have PSN “Up and Running With a Week”

Yankees Accidentally Leak Personal Info Of 20,000 Season Ticket Holders

Why It Took Sony Seven Days to Alert PlayStation Network Users to the Security Breach

Inside a Google Data Center

A Man Was Accused of Downloading Child Porn Because He Left His Wi-Fi Network Open

Calling the Internet Police

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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