Only install mobile apps from trusted places, and always double-check the privacy settings to ensure you are not giving away too much information.
Black Friday: What to watch out for when you hit the stores
Here’s the first of three pieces we’ll be publishing this Thanksgiving weekend, to keep you more secure right into the New Year and beyond.
Every move you make, every click you take, we’ll be watching you
‘Subject, are you still there?’ Jaunty website aims to make clear just how closely our online movements are tracked
It’s the final countdown for SHA-1 SSL certificates
Apple, Microsoft, Google and Mozilla finally set roadmaps for deprecating venerable but outdated SHA-1 certificates
Surveillance Firm 'Geofeedia' Cuts Half of Staff After Losing Access To Twitter, Facebook
In mid-October, an American Civil Liberties Union issued a report accusing police of using Geofeedia — a CIA-backed social-media monitoring platform — to track protests and other large gatherings. As a result, Instagram, Facebook and eventually, Twitter cut the company…
Tor-Enabled Smartphone Is Antidote To Google 'Hostility' Over Android, Says Developer
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Tor Project recently announced the release of its prototype for a Tor-enabled smartphone — an Android phone beefed up with privacy and security in mind, and intended as equal parts…
Google Search Results Have Liberal Bias, Study Finds
According to a new study reported by The Wall Street Journal, Google’s search results tend to lean liberal. “An analysis by online-search marketer CanIRank.com found that 50 recent searches for political terms on Google surfaced more liberal-leaning webpages than conservative…
Facebook Said To Create Censorship Tool To Get Back Into China
The New York Times is reporting (Warning: may be paywalled, alternate source) that Facebook has created a censorship tool to automatically suppress certain posts in specific geographic areas of China, according to three current and former Facebook employees. The tool…
Malicious Video Link Can Cause Any iOS Device To Freeze
A new bug in iOS has surfaced that will cause any iOS device to freeze when trying to view a certain .mp4 video in Safari. YouTube channel EverythingApplePro explains the bug in a video titled “This Video Will CRASH ANY…
DoD Publishes Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
In the wake of the Pentagon and Army bug bounties, the government continues to engage researchers with the publication of the DoD’s vulnerability disclosure program.