Privacy


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Privacy

How to steal PGP encryption keys (using radio waves and pita bread)

How to steal PGP encryption keys (using radio waves and pita bread)

Privacy

How to steal PGP encryption keys (using radio waves and pita bread)

An ingenious team of Israeli security researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered a way to steal secret encryption keys using a gadget so small it can be hidden inside some pita bread.

Graham Cluley23 Jun 2015


Privacy

Reddit goes HTTPS, joins Wikipedia at security table

Reddit goes HTTPS, joins Wikipedia at security table

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Reddit goes HTTPS, joins Wikipedia at security table

Popular meme site Reddit has announced that it will soon encrypt all traffic with HTTPS by default.

Karl Thomas19 Jun 2015


Privacy

DuckDuckGo traffic up after Apple integration and privacy issues

DuckDuckGo traffic up after Apple integration and privacy issues

Privacy

DuckDuckGo traffic up after Apple integration and privacy issues

Privacy search engine DuckDuckGo has seen traffic rocket after recent widely publicized privacy scares, according to the company.

Karl Thomas18 Jun 2015


Privacy

EU data protection regulation overhaul inches closer

EU data protection regulation overhaul inches closer

Privacy

EU data protection regulation overhaul inches closer

The 28 EU member states have taken a significant step towards a historic overhaul of EU-wide data protection laws, first proposed three years ago.

Karl Thomas16 Jun 2015


Privacy

Wikipedia switches to HTTPS by default

Wikipedia switches to HTTPS by default

Privacy

Wikipedia switches to HTTPS by default

Wikimedia has announced that all of its web properties – including the enormously popular crowd-sourced dictionary Wikipedia – will now use HTTPS encryption by default.

Karl Thomas15 Jun 2015


Privacy

Snapchat bolsters security with optional Two-factor authentication

Snapchat bolsters security with optional Two-factor authentication

Privacy

Snapchat bolsters security with optional Two-factor authentication

Snapchat has added an option for two-factor authentication in its latest update, followed in the footsteps of Apple, Twitter and Facebook.

Karl Thomas12 Jun 2015


Privacy

Is your GoPro camera secretly spying on you?

Is your GoPro camera secretly spying on you?

Privacy

Is your GoPro camera secretly spying on you?

Poor choices of passwords can lead to your privacy being breached, after researchers revealed just how easy it could be for hackers to break into GoPro cameras.

Graham Cluley01 Jun 2015


Privacy, Cybercrime

IRS hacker attack puts US tax payers at risk

IRS hacker attack puts US tax payers at risk

Privacy, Cybercrime

IRS hacker attack puts US tax payers at risk

The IRS has admitted that for more than two months malicious hackers targeted its systems, and managed to gain access to information about more than 100,000 tax payers.

Graham Cluley26 May 2015


Privacy

Bluetooth fitness trackers 'a threat to privacy'

Bluetooth fitness trackers 'a threat to privacy'

Privacy

Bluetooth fitness trackers 'a threat to privacy'

Devices using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to transmit their data can be intercepted by hackers, potentially exposing a trove of fitness data from wearables, IT Pro reports.

Alan Martin26 May 2015