Researchers have come up with a new Chrome extension that muffles our key-press duration and typing lags.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Facebook ordered to allow pseudonyms by privacy watchdog
Good news for every Little Miss Hot Mess and Jemmaroid von Laalaa out there: a German privacy watchdog has ordered Facebook to allow users to take out accounts under pseudonyms.
Children should have the right to be forgotten, says iRights campaign
A new children’s privacy rights campaign has attracted backing from ministers, business leaders and academics.
NSA sets date for purge of surveillance phone records
Phone companies take over the records on 29 November, but NSA’s tech staff will have another three months “solely” to ensure data integrity.
AI and robotics researchers call for a ban on autonomous weapons
Hundreds of Artificial Intelligence experts have signed an open letter warning that pushing ahead with AI weapons will lead to an arms race that puts the technology in the hands of every army, terrorist and despot.
New Microsoft tool will hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates
Mandatory updates are a promising prospect for keeping the world free of systems full of known holes, but people really do need to choose which updates get installed, and when.
Malware on Linux – When Penguins Attack
If you really want to fan the flames of controversy, ask the question, “What about malware on Linux?” We asked…here’s what we found out.
The “Stagefright” hole in Android – what you need to know
Here’s what you can do to deal with the much-talked-up “Stagefright” messaging vulnerability on Android
iTunes and AppStore remote exploit fixed by Apple
The vulnerability posed “a significant risk to buyers, sellers or Apple website managers/developers”.
Dmail promises self-destructing Gmail messages
After an email has been “destroyed” (or, rather, encrypted), recipients will see a message that the email has been killed. Should we trust it will do what it says with personal data?