Privacy

The source of the bug, which has affected at least 500,000 sites and millions of users, was a small programming error made by a PhD student, who has spoken of his regret at the incident.

When parents post photographs and information about their children to social media, what are the privacy implications for those children when they're grown? What happens on the internet tends to stay on the internet, and not necessarily in a good way.

The Heartbleed bug – a flaw in an encryption technology used to protect major websites including Yahoo – has left a huge amount of private data at risk - and internet giants are scrambling to find fixes for a problem which could leave customer data exposed to criminals.

Samsung is the most popular brand of smartphone among a large portion of the adult population - adulterers, with the Korean handsets chosen by more than half of those conducting secret affairs.

A new Harris poll shows that revelations about the National Security Agency’s digital surveillance activities are changing online behavior for many Americans and some say they are doing less online banking and less online shopping because of what they have learned about the NSA.

Hackers could take control of Philips ‘smart TVs’ and broadcast their own ‘shows’ to watching famlies, thanks to a ‘fixed’ password which allows nearby attackers easy access to the set’s Wi-Fi adapter.

A young MIT student has invented a new system for storing data which could offer protection against unscrupulous colleagues - and even against the hi-tech tentacles of government organizations with “back doors” into corporate servers.

Starting today, Gmail will use an encrypted HTTPS connection to check or send email, regardless of what platform users employ to access the service - and will use security measures when moving mails internally, citing fears over government snooping.