Geoff White
Crime is changing, and technology is playing a major role
News last week that crime rates had fallen to a record low gives an indication as to how that shift is taking place.
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Geoff White
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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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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Data grab, annoying ad, or high street saviour?
As you walk down the high street, an advert pops up on your phone for the shop opposite. Handy, or intrusive? Watch the debate.
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‘Give kids a say about posting their pics online’
It is the world’s third most switched-on nation. But young Swedes say kids should have a choice about their photos being posted online. Do they have a point?
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Two MPs to sue government over data law ‘stitch-up’
Two MPs, Tom Watson and David Davis, are to sue the government for introducing “ridiculous” emergency legislation allowing police and security services access to people’s phone and internet records.
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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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Geoff White
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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New surveillance law: expanded powers to snoop?
After an EU ruling from April questioned current UK data law, the government wants to force through an emergency law allowing telecoms companies to go on collecting and storing data.
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How quantum mechanics can keep your data safe from spies
Quantum mechanics is famously complicated, but could it be the answer to keeping data – from banking and government communications – safe from prying eyes?
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Computer posing as teenage boy passes ‘Turing test’
He is 13-years-old, likes hamburgers and sweets, and has just passed the world famous ‘Turing test’ for the first time – meet the computer program Eugene Goostman.
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We are experiencing a ‘cyber plague’
The former head of the UK national e-crime unit, Charlie McMurdie, says that we are experiencing a cyber crime plague as gangs target individuals and businesses globally.
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Geoff White
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?
