Apple has quietly extended its two-step verification feature to more of its ecosystem. If you have the “Apple two-step” turned on, then the iMessage and FaceTime services are now protected by it.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
NoFlyZone aims to keep the airspace over your home drone-free
NoFlyZone.org registers each address along with its GPS coordinates, which are then relayed to drone manufacturers to create a geofence around the home.
SSCC 185 – “I have a number for you: Eighty Million” [PODCAST]
Our weekly “Chet Chat” podcast is carefully prepared to fit into a quarter-hour, so it is clear and concise as well as being witty and amusing. Enjoy…
Facebook’s new ThreatExchange will rally companies to squash internet badness
Trying to share data on threats is currently a royal pain, Facebook said. The new platform will help companies to collaborate more easily on threats.
‘Revenge porn’ to be made illegal in England and Wales
England and Wales today amended the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to make revenge porn an offence punishable by up to two years in prison.
The Big Data picture – just how anonymous are “anonymous” records?
You know those “anonymous surveys” you may have filled in? They don’t tell anyone it was you. Or do they?
How one man could have deleted every photo on Facebook
Facebook is probably the biggest collection of photographs ever assembled so it would be pretty bad if one man could delete every last one of them with his phone. Thankfully that’s what Laxman Muthiyah thought too.
Twitter CFO Anthony Noto has account hijacked
Twitter’s Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto is making headlines again after having his Twitter account hijacked and used to send out spammy links.
Facebook is telling Native Americans their names are fake
Facebook’s still working on its name policy after problems with the LGBT community. Now Native Americans like Dana Lone Hill and Shane Creepingbear are being locked out while they’re forced to prove they’re for real.
Uber exposed customer data through online lost and found database
App-based taxi company Uber revealed customer names and phone numbers through its online lost and found database.