How your desk is a jackpot for spies…
The humble desk has a double life. On the one hand it is home to coffee rings and chewed biros. On the other, it is a window spies can use to access your private information. So how safe are you?
Geoff White
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Snapchat: what your kids need to know
The leaking of thousands of Snapchat users’ photos online gives parents a valuable opportunity to talk to their kids about privacy.
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Can Apple’s ‘two sizes fit all’ watch make customers tick?
The launch of Apple’s new watch had the audience in Cupertino on their feet. Hopefully, the company’s product supply chain proves more robust than its live webcasts.
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How phone users risk exposing themselves
After leaks of celebrity nudes exposed the downside of cloud-based image storage, Geoff White explains to how avoid the same thing happening to you.
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You don’t have to be a nude celebrity to be caught under a ‘dark cloud’
Celebrities or not, the devices in our hands are a window onto vast amounts of data gathered and stored all over the world.
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Real-life pop-up ads: coming to a phone near you
New smartphone technology can pick up adverts when shoppers pass nearby “beacons”. It is government funded, but privacy campaigners are worried about what happens to the data collected.
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The perils of not owning your mobile phone
Got your phone? It’s in your bag, right? Along with all the other things you own. Not quite: in fact, the vast majority of us don’t actually own our phones at all, we rent them.
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Data Baby at Latitude – how much would you share?
How much would you share with a stranger? Pictures of your children? Your home address? Financial details? Channel 4 News took the Data Baby to meet Latitude festival-goers.
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Data Baby: internet snooping at Latitude festival
Channel 4 News takes the Data Baby to Latitude and surprises festival-goers with their own online lives.
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How the government controls your data: a timeline of data law
The government has announced emergency legislation concerning the storing of our metadata. Here is a round-up of previous data laws – and how it has changed.
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Which tech company is dominant in a globalised world?
Does humanity have enough common ground to support truly global tech companies? Are there countries where Angry Birds just simply wouldn’t fly?
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Whose right is it to be forgotten, anyway?
The story surrounding Google’s removal of a link to BBC journalist Robert Peston’s blog becomes ever more intriguing.
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The truth about Facebook: it plays with your emotions all the time
It’s not just a clever use of technology, or a one-off experiment: tracking and manipulating your emotions are at the very heart of Facebook’s success.
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The man behind the ‘Swiss Army knife’ for hackers – GameOver Zeus
The life of Evgeny Bogachev, the inventor of the GameOver Zeus virus, offers a fascinating glimpse into the development of computer viruses from bedroom business into global industry.
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Five ways to protect your computer from cyber attack
If you saw the story earlier this week about the foiling of some of the world’s biggest cyber criminals, you might be on the hunt for tips to protect yourself online. Here are mine.
