Privacy & Security

Here Are the Crazy Things the TSA Has Found in 2012: Gassed Up Chainsaws, Explosive Cannonballs, Bear Mace and More

A week in the life of the TSA is already ridiculously productive. What about seven months? The TSA published a 2012 year to date report to reveal what the apocalypse year has brought through airport security and it’s a doozy of bizarre weapons. Things like guns and bombs aren’t enough anymore, the TSA finds grenade…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

Watch Out: “We Know Your House” Uses Twitter to Find Out Where You Live and Then Posts It Online

You’ve been living with social media for long enough that you probably know most of the do’s and don’ts. Don’t post pictures of your debit card, or of your billionaire boss shirtless. But be careful when you use the word “home” too; people are watching. https://gizmodo.com/here-are-mark-zuckerbergs-nipples-5933760 WeKnowYourHouse.com is a recently launched website with an apt…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

How to Watch Porn Online and Get Away with It

A man’s home is his castle; his porn collection, his concubine. You’re going to want to keep your secret lover locked away, far from prying, judgmental eyes. Here’s how to ensure your spank bank is as secure as the Tower of London. Lock Down Your Existing Collection Unless you’ve hit puberty in just the last…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Do You Password Protect Your Phone?

Dirty pictures, dirty texts, top secret work info, contact information for who knows who—our phones are like little vaults containing all our most super top secret important info. And yet… A good friend of mine recently woke up to find he’d left his phone (a Blackberry, sucker!) at some girl’s apartment, in a state of…

Privacy & Security Molly Oswaks

Here Are Mark Zuckerberg’s Nipples

A Facebook employee just posted this picture of Zuck (on Facebook) and a bunch of other shirtless dudes doing what shirtless dudes do best: stand around shirtless. The hoodie is gone. Just nips. Just chest hair. Just pure, unfiltered Zuck. These are probably some of the most valuable nipples in the world, so get a…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Say Hello To America’s New Money-Minded Cyberweapon

Considering that Flame and Stuxnet have been gunning at Iran for a while, it should come as no suprise that there’s another cyberweapon lurking in the shadows. This one’s been dubbed ‘Gauss’ and it’s harvesting bank account information. https://gizmodo.com/meet-flame-the-massive-spy-malware-infiltrating-iran-5913779 Discovered by researchers at Kasperky Labs, Gauss is yet another cyber-spying weapon built on the Flame…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

Obama’s New iPhone App Is Questionably Loose With User Data and Privacy

The new Obama for America app for iOS, released by The Democratic Party last week, is troublingly loose with certain personal information of registered voters, reports Lois Beckett for Propublica. Of particular interest and/or concern is the canvassing tool, which uses GPS location data to bring up information—age, first name and first letter of surname,…

Privacy & Security Molly Oswaks

9 Things You Absolutely Must Do to Keep Your Online Identity Secure

We’ve been reeling a bit ever since Mat Honan was the victim of that ruthless social hack that wiped all his devices. Sure, that was an extreme case. But it’s also one that could happen to anyone, at any time. So we put together a list of the best ways to make sure your internet…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

Hackers Got Into Reporter’s iCloud Account With Deception, No Password Required

When Mat Honan was hacked, and the @Gizmodo Twitter account was compromised, we all assumed the weak link in the chain was on the user end. Turns out it may not have been; the hackers didn’t even need a password to get started. https://gizmodo.com/how-gizmodo-got-hacked-and-how-you-should-defend-yours-5931828 When everything first went down, the way the hackers made their…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

How @Gizmodo Got Hacked and How You Should Defend Yourself

If you follow Gizmodo on Twitter, you may have noticed our account started spewing some garbage last night. We got hacked. Here’s how it happened, and some steps you can take to keep it from happening to you. The weak link in the security chain turned out to be the seven digit alphanumeric password to…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

Dropbox Admits Spam Was Due to Security Breach

In mid-July, Dropbox users reported receiving spam in email accounts created exclusively for the service. Now, the company has admitted that, while it wasn’t hacked, the problem was the result of a security breach. https://gizmodo.com/dropbox-users-report-unusual-spam-and-possible-security-5926811 A blog post on the Dropbox website explains what happened: Our investigation found that usernames and passwords recently stolen from…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Everyone Will Leave Georgia Just To See This Beautiful Border Crossing

Border crossings are usually designed to suck your soul while you wait in endless lines for a customs agent to approve or cancel your travel plans. But if your journeys have you crossing between Georgia and Armenia in the near future, you’ll be treated to this amazing architectural wonder at the border. Designed by Luka…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski

Protect Your Home Like a Top Secret Government Facility With a Sweeping Laser Security System

A home alarm system will automatically call the police in the event of a break-in, but by the time officers arrive, the intruders may have already taken your valuables. So this laser security system serves as an additional visual deterrent that your home is as protected as the most secure government facility. The $220 unit…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski

Kid Opens a Gun Safe Just by Jostling It Around

A gun safe’s purpose is obvious in its name, but many readily available models fail to deliver, as this 3-year-old safe-cracker is quick to demonstrate. A number of consumer-grade safes already proven to be dangerously insecure are now due to be hacked apart at DefCon. One of the worst offenders includes the Amsec EST916 which…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

Air Traffic Control of the Future Is (Still) Incredibly Hackable

Automated Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, is the future of Air Traffic Control. It’s an automated system that allows hardware on planes to radio in the aircraft’s coordinates to the tower, instead of using radar to pick up each plan individually. Problem is, you can hack it to hell. While the ADS-B is safeguarded against more…

Privacy & Security Kyle Wagner

You Can’t Even See The Latest ATM Card Skimmers

While there have been plenty of terrifyingly realistic card skimmers in the past, we have bad news for you: the latest breed of skimmers are so thin that they’re inserted into the ATM, so you can’t see them at all. https://gizmodo.com/this-skimmer-is-why-you-should-be-nervous-at-atms-5904949/ Krebs on Security rounds up a handful or recent reports, and the news makes…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Judge: Your Seized Phone Can Be Used to Impersonate You to Spy on Your Friends

A judge has ruled that if your phone is seized by the police, it’s completely legal for them to send and receive text messages pretending to be you to try to convince your contacts to incriminate themselves. What? Story goes, in 2009, police seized a phone that belonged to Daniel Lee, a suspected drug dealer.…

Privacy & Security Kyle Wagner

Scientific Security: Storing Passwords in Your Subconscious

While creating a secure password isn’t all that difficult, remembering it often is. And while you could use a manager like 1password, here’s a new idea proposed by a team of scientists: try storing them in your subconscious memory instead. https://gizmodo.com/your-passwords-suck-5880448 A team of US neuroscientists and cryptographers from Stanford University, Northwestern University and SRI…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Could You Be Tracked With GPS and Taxed To Drive?

The San Francisco Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission wants to stick a GPS module on every resident’s car, track the total miles driven—and then tax the accordingly. Mass transit and carpooling are fine ideas, but this doesn’t seem like such a great thing. According to CBS Bay Area, the commission wants to launch a study…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

This Data Center Is Protected by a Fortress of Defense

If you want to know how to protect a data center in 2012 you don’t have to look further than the QTS Richmond Data Center. With what seems like a fortress surrounding it, the data center meets all the Department of Defense anti-terrorism force protection physical requirements. That’s serious stuff. Here’s what else the QTS…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

Here Are the Crazy Things the TSA Has Found in 2012: Gassed Up Chainsaws, Explosive Cannonballs, Bear Mace and More

Watch Out: “We Know Your House” Uses Twitter to Find Out Where You Live and Then Posts It Online

How to Watch Porn Online and Get Away with It

Do You Password Protect Your Phone?

Here Are Mark Zuckerberg’s Nipples

Say Hello To America’s New Money-Minded Cyberweapon

Obama’s New iPhone App Is Questionably Loose With User Data and Privacy

9 Things You Absolutely Must Do to Keep Your Online Identity Secure

Hackers Got Into Reporter’s iCloud Account With Deception, No Password Required

How @Gizmodo Got Hacked and How You Should Defend Yourself

Dropbox Admits Spam Was Due to Security Breach

Everyone Will Leave Georgia Just To See This Beautiful Border Crossing

Protect Your Home Like a Top Secret Government Facility With a Sweeping Laser Security System

Kid Opens a Gun Safe Just by Jostling It Around

Air Traffic Control of the Future Is (Still) Incredibly Hackable

You Can’t Even See The Latest ATM Card Skimmers

Judge: Your Seized Phone Can Be Used to Impersonate You to Spy on Your Friends

Scientific Security: Storing Passwords in Your Subconscious

Could You Be Tracked With GPS and Taxed To Drive?

This Data Center Is Protected by a Fortress of Defense

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