Back in 2011, cryptographers at the University of Cambridge were approached by a man whose bank refused to refund a series of disputed transactions. So they set out to answer the question, “Is it reasonable to assume the infallibility of Chip-and-PIN transactions?”
Daily Archives: May 20, 2014
UK convicts two child abusers who used Facebook to groom victims
Two UK men have been found guilty of grooming girls via Facebook, enticing them into meetings at hotels, cars and alleyways where they then raped and sexually abused victims as young as 13. 
Education data mining puts kids’ privacy at risk
The NSA? Bah! Private-sector education technology companies are making that lot look like rank amateurs when it comes to data-mining. 
US charges Chinese military officers with cyber espionage
Tensions between China and the United States over spying go back a long way. But – in a first – the US has indicted five Chinese military officials for alleged cyber espionage, which could ratchet up the tension to a new level.
Fitness apps are a “privacy nightmare”, shedding personal data to the highest bidder
Talk about sweating: privacy advocates say consumers are generally unaware of how much sensitive data fitness apps suck up, with just about zero data protection. 