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Robot Curtain Makes Privacy Cool Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhbUjVyKIc Niklas Roy's workshop has a large window right in front. After getting fed up of passersby peering in, he...
You’ll Have To Walk the Walk To Talk the Talk
You think your phone is a target for would-be identity thieves now? Wait until this phone-as-method-of-payment madness touches down -...
Facebook Rolls Out Yet Yet More Privacy Features
Another day, another shipment of new Facebook features. But today is unlike any other day. Today, said features even dare...
UK ISPs Profit From Invading Customer Privacy
ISPs in the United Kingdom are making money from the process of anti-piracy groups taking legal action against copyright infringing...
Yesterday’s Twitter Worm Was All Just A Big Misunderstanding, Guys
Hey, remember yesterday's Twitter worm? Wasn't that fun? Oh, don't get all frowny, it was a blast. Apparently, it was...
Intel to Malware: “You Shall not Pass!”
You may have heard that Intel bought McAfee a few weeks ago. Well that decision had a lot of people...
RFID-Ready Trash Bins Can and Will Betray You
Remember when internet refrigerators were attempting to become popular, way back in, like... 2001? Or, rather, I'm pretty sure all...
Your Statuses Are Safe Again – Facebook Rolls Out Remote Logout Feature
Facebook is, as we speak, rolling out a remote logout feature that will aid those who have absent-mindedly forgotten to...
Will “Banks” For Data Solve Our Privacy Woes?
For years now, what web sites do with our data has become a serious problem in the online world. From...
Airport Security Goes All Total Recall
Continuing today's completely unintentional theme of movie technologies given flesh (er... or the lack thereof, in this case) is a...
The War On Privacy Goes Even Higher Tech
It's well known that Facebook and Google are in a war to see who invade their users privacy to the...
The Internet is Serious Business: Conservatives Conspire to Rig Digg
Who said the internet was a sunshiney liberal wonderland of free speech? In an attempt to steer the internet, a...
The Myth and Reality of Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick became notorious for his use of social engineering - the act of manipulating people into divulging information, rather...
Rushin’ Roulette – Ternovskiy Brings Down the Chathammer
"I believe that Chatroulette was great in the first honeymoon days after it was launched," says Andrey Ternovskiy, the founder...
Facebook Literally Shows You The Door
Oh, hey, that was slick, Facebook. Go to your account, guys. Right now. New tab. Check out your account options....
The Ultimate Privacy Issue: Facebook Hassles Your Friends After Death
Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg's own personal privacy invasion tool is known for failing to properly handle issues of security and personal...
Your Accessories Just Aren’t Safe Anymore
Better switch back to your old, yellowed PS/2 mouse. A trio of researchers have shown that USB devices represent in...
YouTube Hacked, Bieber Targeted
This morning it appears as though YouTube has been the subject of a malicious attack, with HTML in comments being...
Imagining A World Without Google
Google. It is unquestionably one of the most well-known companies in the world. It has empowered everyday people with information...
New Bike Add-On Allows For Phone Charging… The Green Way
The green movement has stopped being just about saving our dying planet and has become the fashionable thing to do....