There’s no doubt Google Photos is a massive landgrab for personal data — at a time when visual imagery is the biggest social currency of the web.
Source: Google Photos Reminder: Smile, It’s Free — You’re The Product! | TechCrunch
Category Archives: Privacy
What Happens to Your Data When You Monitor Your Personal Fitness | Robin Raskin
Wearing a fitness bracelet from FitBit, Jawbone, Microsoft, Withings, and others has become increasingly common. About one in ten people in the US now do some sort of fitness monitoring.
Source: What Happens to Your Data When You Monitor Your Personal Fitness | Robin Raskin
Thieves steal tax data for 100,000 from an IRS website
You might need to keep a closer eye than usual on your tax-related info. The Internal Revenue Service is warning that intruders stole tax data for 100,00
Source: Thieves steal tax data for 100,000 from an IRS website
NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones – The Intercept
The NSA and its partners developed a top-secret method to infect smartphones with spyware through Google and Samsung app servers, Snowden documents reveal.
Source: NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones – The Intercept
GPU-based rootkit and keylogger offer superior stealth and computing power | Ars Technica
Proof-of-concept malware may pave the way for future in-the-wild attacks.
Source: GPU-based rootkit and keylogger offer superior stealth and computing power | Ars Technica
Networking flaw opens ‘millions’ of iOS app users to data theft | Technology | The Guardian
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
PayPal wants to implant passwords in your stomach and your brain – Telegraph
“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
Failed Apple Rootpipe Fix Leaves Backdoor On All Macs, Researchers Claim – Forbes
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
DHS seeks bids for access to license-plate tracking systems
The Department of Homeland Security wants access to data about when and where suspects have traveled, and it could get that information from a license-pl
Source: DHS seeks bids for access to license-plate tracking systems
How Often Does an App Share Your Location? You May Be Surprised | Fox Business
Most of us are unaware of just how much location sharing is going on with our smartphones.
Source: How Often Does an App Share Your Location? You May Be Surprised | Fox Business