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Can the NSA hack your new iPhone?
German newspaper Der Spiegel launched a media frenzy last week with the provocative story that the NSA can (and probably has) compromise the iPhone in a way that gives them complete “ownership” of the device for the purposes of surveillance. Fueled by documents released by infamous informant Edward Snowden, the article details a specific program
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In-line video ads coming to Facebook
I can count on one hand the number of people that have said to me, “There’s not enough stuff on Facebook!” without using any fingers (and she was new to Facebook). More often, I hear, “I can’t keep up,” or “I have to sort through a lot of fluff to find anything good.” According to
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Gmail change thwarts some image tracking
Last week, Google made a change to it’s widely used webmail platform Gmail: instead of asking if you want to “show images” in emails, Gmail will automatically display them by default instead of asking permission. This particular behavior is also seen in the other two webmail titans (Yahoo and Microsoft), as well as a common
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Chrome not as safe as you might think
Back when Google’s Chrome browser was brand new in the browser market and demonstrating how poor Microsoft’s Internet Explorer security was in comparison, it was easy to recommend it as the faster, more secure option. However, with market share comes concessions to convenience and feature-creep, and it seems that Google may be stretching itself too
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Was your password exposed?
A new website entitled “HaveIBeenPwned.com” recently launched that indexes millions of accounts that have been exposed in some of the largest data breaches in the past 3 years, including the most recent data theft from Adobe, in which over 153 millions accounts were dumped onto the internet. This website allows anyone to punch in their
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Hacker Drone hacks and enslaves other drones
Just in time to ride the publicity wave created by Amazon Prime’s Delivery Drones, infamous MySpace hacker Samy Kamkar has created a flying drone that can hack other drones and take over control of them. Before you grab your bug-out bag and head to that bunker in Montana, it may ease your fears somewhat to
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