Google Glass – the transparent truth
Google Glass: I’m not crowing about the project’s lack of success, but from the beginning I’ve doubted its ability to break through.
Geoff White
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A cut-out-and-keep guide to snooping in the digital age
After the Paris attacks, Britain’s spy bosses want more power to snoop. But what exactly would that involve? This may help.
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Apps, ads and what they get from your phone
Tech security experts working with Channel 4 News have discovered it is possible to use mobile app adverts to effectively hijack a mobile phone.
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How smartphone adverts can access kids’ photos
Adverts within smartphone apps downloaded by kids are sometimes able to access huge amounts of their personal data – we found out how.
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The hack, the film, its studio and North Korea – are they related?
As a cinema chain opts not to screen a movie about North Korea, over “terror threats”, can a cyber attack on the studio that made it really be traced back to the secretive nation?
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Is Facebook really capable of monitoring terrorists?
Bearing in mind Facebook moderators sometimes have trouble telling the difference between breastfeeding and porn, I reckon they’d struggle to distinguish angry boasts from genuine threats to life.
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‘The new Stuxnet’ – is GCHQ linked to Regin hacking campaign?
Reports emerge of a new highly advanced hacking tool that may be linked to the UK’s spying headquarters.
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Why May’s greater data powers plan is given a cautious thumbs-up
The home secretary announces new proposals she believes will help police track wrongdoers among the mess of internet traffic.
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Spy cable revealed: how telecoms firm worked with GCHQ
One of the UK’s largest communications firms had a leading role in creating the surveillance system exposed by Edward Snowden, it can be revealed.
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17 arrested over dark web drug deal claims
Six Britons are among those arrested across Europe and America on suspicion of selling drugs on illegal online market places on the Dark Web.
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Why your credit cards aren’t as safe as you think
Where does a cybercriminal go to fence their virtual stolen goods? Rescator.cc is a giant store of stolen credit card information, freely accessible to anyone who wants to buy.
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Thousands at risk from credit card fraud website
Thousands of British bank customers are at risk of fraud thanks to a website which offers a “one-stop shop” for anyone to buy credit card details stolen by hackers.
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Why GCHQ boss’s comments on internet security are a good thing
In public is precisely the place where the question of internet security should be decided – not in the secrecy of the Cheltenham doughnut, nor in Silicon Valley’s boardrooms.
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Kerching! The tech battle for your wallet
Tech giants hope to consign the grubby leather wallet/purse to the dustbin of history. The US is leading the charge and it’s a three-way fight.
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Whisper it quietly: who can you trust online?
The reason so many online services are free is because they are selling your data out the back door: to advertising agencies or, in the case of Whisper, to websites like Buzzfeed.
