Why wavelengths are the new billboards
Hey – hear that? It’s the Bluetooth signal from your phone. Here’s another: the Wi-Fi signal, carrying off your email. But who is in charge of them – and why does it matter?
Geoff White
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World’s biggest cyber crime gang thwarted by police
Exclusive: behind the scenes as police across the world hit a notorious group of cyber criminals responsible for hacking into computers, stealing up to half a billion pounds and blackmailing victims.
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How cyber criminals can steal your money
Cyber crime expert Don Smith shows Channel 4 News how criminals remotely get into your computer (“they almost certainly have better access to your computer than you do”) in order to steal “hard cash”.
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Why US state spying is good – and Chinese state spying is bad
China has come out fighting following news that five of its army officers have been charged by the FBI. But with no real chance of arrest, what is behind the FBI’s charges against individuals?
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Will the real Geoff White please stand up?
Like many other brands, Samsung will have paid an ad agency to get their phone in front of my eyes. But as far as the tech giant is concerned, there are four different Geoff Whites…
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Is it possible to create a digital identity based on trust?
If we could instantly assess a person’s trustworthiness, it would make money redundant. But things become tricky when we try to avoid using our legal identity.
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Data privacy gets the West End treatment
Ten years ago, if you’d said you were writing a play about privacy, people would probably have assumed you were looking at camera-wielding paparazzi or grubby red-top newspaper hacks.
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Heartbleed: why you should change passwords
The latest online bug has been around for some time – but now we know it’s out there, we should all act to protect our data.
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Did UK spooks use NSA data to spy on Britons?
A new report on how GCHQ and the UK’s other spy agencies used NSA data is published – but it leaves many questions still unanswered.
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Hull city council considering bitcoin-like currency
Hull’s decision to launch its own cyber-currency, called Hullcoins, may sound like an April fool’s joke, but it shows the kind of traction virtual currencies are gaining in the real world.
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Nuisance calls crackdown planned
Ministers want to make it easier to fine telemarketing companies that bombard people with unwanted calls.
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Google and Facebook fight for web supremacy with drones and balloons
Pilotless drones and high-altitude balloons are some of the ideas being mooted by the internet giants keen to dominate the infrastructure of the web.
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More than meets the eye: phones at the heart of retail technology
Do companies need to use technologies like iris recognition when it’s our mobile phones that have, in effect, become extensions of ourselves?
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Inside the shopping centre that tracks your every move
A UK shopping centre is one of the first to track where shoppers go and what shops they visit, through their phones: Channel 4 News paid a visit to find out what it is doing with the data.
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Tracked as you shop… through your smartphone
Shopping centres are now known to track customers through their Wi-Fi signals, but what are they doing with the data? Technology producer Geoff White reports.
