Source: <span>Motherboard Vice</span>
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People are selling stolen Uber accounts on the dark web
Motherboard noticed some interesting activity on popular dark web marketplace AlphaBay recently. Apparently, at least two vendors are selling what appears to be active Uber accounts. Once you've purchased one of...
Idaho and Mississippi lead the nation in cybersecurity... I'm serious
Which state governments have the best cybersecurity policy? The answer may surprise you. According to a new report, Idaho and Mississippi are far above the other 48 states when it...
Judge rules that cops need warrants to access cellphone location data
If law enforcement wants to get its hands on someone's past cellphone location data, they'll need to get their hands on a warrant. This is due to a recent ruling...
This encrypted messaging app could be a nightmare for the NSA
The NSA has made its dislike of encryption abundantly clear, something made even clearer last week when the agency's director called for companies to allow the government to insert backdoors...
Why are women in developing nations less likely to have phones?
Mobile growth has remained steady in the developed world due to the fact that pretty much everyone already has a mobile device, but things are different in developing nations. These...
Gemalto claims the GCHQ/NSA hack isn't as bad as it seems
It was revealed last week that the GCHQ and the NSA conducted a joint operation that resulted in the theft of thousands of encryption keys from the world's largest manufacturer of...
This 3D-printed dress actually defends itself
Silk? Meh. Taffeta? Blergh. When it came time to craft her latest dress, Dutch artist Anouk Wipprecht instead turned to 3D printing and one of Intel's teensy Edison modules for...
This website will pay you to read pirated articles
Don't like that many of the big, traditional news outlets hide the online editions of their stories behind paywalls? Neither does artist Paolo Cirio, who designed Daily Paywall as a...
Sony is looking to sue Twitter and its users for "damaging" tweets
While Sony is still licking its post-hack wounds it’s going on the offensive about its leaked emails. Right now it looks like it’s going after Twitter and Twitter users. Vice’s tech...
Researchers create a farm for mushrooms that consume plastic
Biodegradable plastics exist because traditional ones take between 20 and 1,000 years to break down in the wild, often blocking waterways and killing animals as that all happens. That's why...