
Tag : information
Uber Shared Data on 13 Million Users With US Government
The Uber mobile application which allows smart phone users to travel to another location by an accredited driver has revolutionized transport and caused a great deal of anger from taxi drivers. These people feel they can’t…
Microsoft Is Suing The US Government Over Cloud Data Searches
Microsoft is but one of many technology firms that have recently moved their focus from internal hard drives to the cloud, allowing people to access their data from anywhere in the world given the right details.…
Executives Feel Like Cyber-Security is Just an IT Problem
Cyber-security is a big issue, with people and companies finding out the hard way that their security is exposed when it turns up online for sale or they receive phone calls advertising features with details they…
To Play With The Oculus Rift You Pay With Your Privacy
We all love the idea of virtual reality and augmented reality, the idea that technology can send us to the deepest parts of the earth or the farthest reaches of space inspires us to enjoy things…
FBI Doesn’t Want To Tell How It Tracked People Across The Tor Network
The FBI are known for their digital prowess, although they may require some help when it comes to breaking into an iPhone. One of their most recent successes was the tracking of people using the Tor…
Denver Police Caught Using Database For Personal Gain
In this day and age, we like to think that our information is well protected. We know that isn’t always true though with companies like TalkTalk and even children’s toy company VTech having their data exposed in…
Website Hopes To Explain Dyslexia
Technology can do wonderful things. From giving someone the ability to walk to letting you read news from anywhere in the world on a device as small as your palm. In the latest move to use…
Internet Service Providers Can’t Use Targeted Adverts Without Customers Permission
When you go online, you will often find yourself surrounded by targeted adverts that seem to want you browsing every site and buying every product on the planet. More often than not you will find that…
Data Leak Reveals 22,000 ISIS Members
In history there is a tale as old as time, no matter how large something gets, no matter what happens, when they start to perform questionable acts it will always be someone on the inside that…

Baidu Apps Leak Sensitive Information Online
People love their apps, from playing a quick game to doing your shopping while on the move or at work we all have them. Apps are designed to make your life easier, but sometimes things come…
FBI Employees Details Published by Hacker
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are known for being involved in all kinds of work, from exposing corrupt judges to fighting malware. They have also been known to take part in some hacking, from using ethically questionable equipment to zero-day…
France Gives Facebook Deadline to Act on User Data
Facebook is one of the world’s largest social networks, containing information about people from all over the world from their names and dates of births to pet hobbies and the messages they’ve sent to their friends.…
Internet Traffic Soon to Reach a Zettabyte
We use the internet every day, from checking your emails to watching the latest shows, the internet has become a default part of using a computer for a lot of people. With more and more using…
The US And Europe Can’t Agree On Data Sharing
It’s been well-known for a while now that information, online and offline, has always been searched for and monitored. From GCHQ to the NSA, it sometimes seems like the entire alphabet is watching your every move online.…
Security Firm Sued For Incorrect Forensics Report
Remember when you are watching those TV shows, you know the ones, where government agencies are trying to track down bad guys who have breached a “secure” network? Happens in real life too, with companies like…
Google Isn’t Happy With AVG’s Chrome Plugin
AVG have a give and take relationship when it comes to their attitudes and approach with security and privacy, from their creation of glasses that could hide you from facial recognition software to going so far as…
Companies Face Criminal Charges for Notifying You of Spying
The government is at the heart of a major debate regarding your information and their attempts to gain access to them. With everything from encryption to the latest in a long stream of bad ideas, making…
Wetherspoons Reveals Extent Of Hack
From phone calls made to and from prisons, to the details of thousands of children and their parents, hacks seem to be everywhere and are affecting everyone these days. The latest one to reveal they’ve been…

National Security Letters Are Starting To Be Exposed
Security and secrecy are commonplace these days, with hacks and threats all around the world coming together in the digital world. Not only does our information being accessible from all over the world pose a danger,…
NSA to End Blanket Mobile Surveillance by Deadline
In recent years, we have had several revelations in regards to how and what our governments and our agencies do in order to “protect us”, this has at times included activities which go against the very…
Amazon Passwords Could Have Been Leaked
It’s that time of the year again, when everyone goes crazy and starts buying ready for all the events and gift giving that is come over the next few months (some even preparing so much as…
Quantum Entanglement Is Real And At Room Temperature
Quantum Entanglement may sound like a term straight out of a science-fiction film, but it is real. Quantum entanglement is a term used to describe when you link two particles, this means that when you affect…
Artificial Skin with a Sense Of Touch Being Developed
The technology behind prosthetic limbs has dramatically evolved over time for the benefit of assisting individuals who have had the misfortune of losing a limb. The next step forward to that is a coined Bionic limb…
Big Brother Drone Is Watching Construction Workers
Big Brother is everywhere, from CCTV cameras on poles to the most cutting edge of democracy crushing surveillance which has been brought to you by the NSA, CIA, GCHQ and CITV, now a new American football…
Microsoft Nukes Most Patch Notes For Windows 10
When your computer begins to behave in an odd manner, one of the first trouble shooting places is to see if Microsoft has installed a patch which conflicts with a piece of software or process. Or…
Redditer Discovered Hidden Feature in iOS 9 and Mac OS X El Capitan
We got a lot of information out of what to expect from iOS 9 and El Capitan this fall at Apple’s WWDC in June. Even so, developers are said to be good at discovering Apple’s ‘hidden’…
Twitter Personal Information Requests Double In UK
The UK Government has made more than double the amount of requests about citizen’s data on Twitter compared to six months ago. Twitter’s open ethos means the company publishes a “Transparency Report” about the number of…