Networking flaw opens ‘millions’ of iOS app users to data theft | Technology | The Guardian

June 10, 2015 smarc

Bug in open-source codebase found its way into at least 1,000 apps, potentially leaving millions of users open to man-in-the-middle attacks

Source: Networking flaw opens ‘millions’ of iOS app users to data theft | Technology | The Guardian

Tech, Weird

Backed By $3.5 Million, SnowShoe Debuts Clever, Plastic “Stamps” That Unlock Content On Mobile Phones | TechCrunch

June 10, 2015 smarc

Imagine being able to touch a toy figurine to your phone’s screen in order to see the character transported into your video game, or touching another small piece of plastic to the phone in…

Source: Backed By $3.5 Million, SnowShoe Debuts Clever, Plastic “Stamps” That Unlock Content On Mobile Phones | TechCrunch

Computer, Geeky, Privacy, Security, Weird

PayPal wants to implant passwords in your stomach and your brain – Telegraph

June 10, 2015 smarc

“Natural body identification” could one day replace passwords and other modern methods of identification, claims PayPal developer chief

Source: PayPal wants to implant passwords in your stomach and your brain – Telegraph

Computer, Mac, Privacy, Security, Tech

Failed Apple Rootpipe Fix Leaves Backdoor On All Macs, Researchers Claim – Forbes

June 10, 2015 smarc

Apple fails to fix a backdoor known as Rootpipe affecting all Macs, researchers claim. It had already been criticised for leaving anyone below Mac OS X Yosemite open to Rootpipe exploits, but will now have to re-engineer its patch if it wants to defend users from attacks.

Source: Failed Apple Rootpipe Fix Leaves Backdoor On All Macs, Researchers Claim – Forbes

Cool

A Historic House Opens Its Doors to the Words of Edgar Allan Poe

June 10, 2015 smarc

BALTIMORE — An immersive theater experience based on the brooding writing of Edgar Allan Poe is reopening a historic Baltimore house that has been closed for a decade.

Source: A Historic House Opens Its Doors to the Words of Edgar Allan Poe

Cool, People, Photography, Weird

The Suburban Dad Who Took the 1960s’ Eeriest Photos

June 10, 2015 smarc

Save for his unusual name, Ralph Eugene Meatyard had all the trappings of an ordinary man.

Source: The Suburban Dad Who Took the 1960s’ Eeriest Photos

Food

The Difference Between Green and Black Tea

June 10, 2015 smarc

Alex P. asks: What’s the difference between green and black tea? Isn’t it all just tea from the same plant? Both black and green tea is harvested from an evergreen, tree-like shrub known as camellia sinensis. Most likely originating in China, the camellia sinensis is thought to have first been used to brew a medicinal elixir during the Shang Dynasty […]