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Facebook tag - fears over “Faceprints” after genetic match

Facebook tag - fears over “Faceprints” after genetic match

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Facebook tag - fears over “Faceprints” after genetic match

A young man who got an email from Facebook ‘identifying’ him via Facebook tag in a series of photographs which turned out to be his mother as a young woman, says the incident “opens the door to larger and more difficult questions.”

Rob Waugh11 Sep 2014


Privacy

Bitcoin creator - could he be 'outed' after email ransom?

Bitcoin creator - could he be 'outed' after email ransom?

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Bitcoin creator - could he be 'outed' after email ransom?

Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, who goes by the pseudonym ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’, could be about to have his identity made public, after a series of emails from the address that has been his only point of contact with the world since 2011.

Rob Waugh10 Sep 2014


Privacy

Chat apps leak: Billion app users from OKCupid to Grindr at risk

Chat apps leak: Billion app users from OKCupid to Grindr at risk

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Chat apps leak: Billion app users from OKCupid to Grindr at risk

Nearly a billion users of a dozen chat apps for Android including popular apps such as Instagram, Oovoo, OKCupid and Grindr could be at risk from eavesdroppers and snoopers after University of New Haven researchers found serious data leakage problems.

Rob Waugh09 Sep 2014


Privacy

Private browsing - Americans ‘care deeply’ about privacy

Private browsing - Americans ‘care deeply’ about privacy

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Private browsing - Americans ‘care deeply’ about privacy

A new Harris survey found that almost all Americans care about online privacy, and 71% said that they ‘care deeply’ about it. The survey found that the service that worries Americans most is Facebook.

Rob Waugh08 Sep 2014


Privacy, Cybercrime

Now your LinkedIn account can be better protected than ever before

Now your LinkedIn account can be better protected than ever before

Privacy, Cybercrime

Now your LinkedIn account can be better protected than ever before

LinkedIn may not have a spotless record when it comes to security and privacy, but we should give them credit when they do something right. Learn more now.

Graham Cluley04 Sep 2014


Malware, Privacy, Cybercrime

Week in Security: Game over in Korea, cellphone snoops and phishy Bitcoins

Week in Security: Game over in Korea, cellphone snoops and phishy Bitcoins

Malware, Privacy, Cybercrime

Week in Security: Game over in Korea, cellphone snoops and phishy Bitcoins

Gamers and cellphone users were targeted by criminal groups around the world this week - while retailers continued to suffer at the hands of POS malware, and a phishing campaign highlighted just how hot Bitcoin is right now.

Rob Waugh29 Aug 2014


Privacy

Internet privacy: Seven rules to keep secrets safe

Internet privacy: Seven rules to keep secrets safe

Privacy

Internet privacy: Seven rules to keep secrets safe

You are never truly invisible online - and even if you equip yourself with an arsenal of privacy tools, you'll still be watched. But there are ways to ensure that you and your business never "overshare". Here's seven of them.

Rob Waugh29 Aug 2014


Privacy, Cybercrime

Google dorks - FBI warning about dangerous ‘new’ search tool

Google dorks - FBI warning about dangerous ‘new’ search tool

Privacy, Cybercrime

Google dorks - FBI warning about dangerous ‘new’ search tool

The FBI has issued a warning to police and other emergency response personnel about a lethal new tool which 'malicious actors' have been using to deadly effect against American government institutions - Google dorks.

Rob Waugh28 Aug 2014


Privacy

Surveillance fears over systems which ‘follow’ cellphone users

Surveillance fears over systems which ‘follow’ cellphone users

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Surveillance fears over systems which ‘follow’ cellphone users

Concern is growing over the export of surveillance equipment which can track the movements of anyone carrying a cellphone. Such technnologies are freely on sale not only to oppressive regimes, but also to criminal gangs.

Rob Waugh27 Aug 2014