Tom Clarke
Spying, the seaside, sub-sea cables – and Rudyard Kipling
I’m down in Bude, in Cornwall, trying to find out what people think of the local GCHQ outpost’s spying on transatlantic data traffic.
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24 hours in the life of your phone: #datababy Twitter trial
As Channel 4 News monitors what your phone is up to over 24 hours, we want your help: tell us how you use your phone, and when, by following the #datababy Twitter trial.
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Never mind the spies: the security gaps inside your phone
Our security agencies are feeling the heat amid revelations about the extent of their surveillance programmes. But as the Data Baby project can reveal, spying is now cheap and relatively easy…
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Geoff White
Identity crisis – are we swiping away our own freedom?
Technology Producer Geoff White looks at real versus online identities and argues we may be sleep-walking into an online world where we are forced to be ourselves – not necessarily a good thing.
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‘Someone should be watching Big Brother’ – GCHQ in court
In a week where the NSA admitted tracking mobile phone locations, the solicitor behind a legal challenge against GCHQ tells Channel 4 News surveillance is understandable – but we need to regulate it.
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Geoff White
A lesson from the Silk Road – nothing dies online
Looking at the path the FBI investigators took to snare the suspected cyber criminal behind the Silk Road drugs marketing website raises questions about our own privacy online.
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Debate: who has your data – and should you care?
We share increasing amounts of data online but are horrified when it is stored. Who is watching you? Find out by watching the Data Baby Google Hangout.
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Data Baby treasure hunt: Can you find Rebecca Taylor?
Over the last few months, Channel 4 News has been building up a virtual identity. Now it’s time to put her to the test. Can you find Rebecca Taylor and win the prize?
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How hackers are hijacking your Facebook ‘likes’
Facebook likes are at the heart of the site’s interactive appeal. But Channel 4 News can reveal that cyber criminals are hijacking users’ accounts to like pages their victims want nothing to do with.
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Facebook fakery: how to protect your account
As Channel 4 News reveals the extent of fake fans and how hackers target your Facebook account to boost fake likes, security expert James Lyne gives his tips for keeping your account secure.
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How the Data Baby revealed Facebook’s fake ‘likes’
Technology Producer Geoff White explains how the Channel 4 News Data Baby helped discover a world of Facebook fake “likes”.
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Jimmy Wales: Cameron’s porn plan a ‘ridiculous idea’
Is the internet a wild west? Krishnan Guru-Murthy talks to Jimmy Wales, the free speech activist and internet pioneer who founded Wikipedia and who advises David Cameron.
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How to protect your digital footprint
After revelations about the extent to which government agencies monitor our online data, the Data Baby and MWR InfoSecurity has a list of hints and tips to help keep your searching private.
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What snoopers can see from your clicks and searches
After the Prism spying scandal exposed the vulnerabilities of our online data, we sent the Channel 4 News Data Baby to an information security company to find out the extent of her online footprint.
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Google: we do not run a general snooping programme
Exclusive: Google’s chief legal officer tells Channel 4 News his company has written to the US attorney general to be able to provide more detail about court orders requiring it to release user data.
