A US reporter for National Public Radio found that NSA-style broad surveillance enabled by a pen-testing device and software crunching picked up on his research (in spite of Google’s default search encryption), intercepted uncut interview tape, ferreted out his interview subjects’ phone numbers and email addresses, and more. Still think there’s nobody out there interested in your boring data points?
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Google to flag ‘right to be forgotten’ censored search results
Google is reportedly planning to put an alert on the bottom of every page where links have been removed in the wake of the recent “right to be forgotten” court ruling. 
Mobile malware, Gameover, CryptoLocker, and SSL/TLS holes – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
How long has mobile malware been around? Is it really game over for Gameover and CryptoLocker? Which cryptographic security libraries need patching? It’ll only take a minute to find out…
CryptoLocker wannabe “Simplelocker” scrambles your files, holds your Android to ransom
“If the crooks keep copying Windows threats that were financially lucrative,” you’re thinking, “we’ll soon see Android ransomware that doesn’t just lock your device, but locks up your data instead, or as well.” Guess what?
Google says half of email is sent unencrypted
It’s been an encryption-intensive start to the week – good news for all of us who are wary of snooping. 
SSCC 150 – TrueCrypt, Gameover, CryptoLocker and whither mobile malware? [PODCAST]
This week, Chet and Duck dig into the bafflement of the disappearing TrueCrypt encryption software: did it jump, or was it pushed? They also look at the takedown of Gameover and CryptoLocker, and look into what we can learn from ten years of mobile malware.
Prankster fakes pick axe murder for Google Street View
It took over a year for somebody to complain about the image. If you’re worried that Big Brother is watching, think of it as consolation that he’s not too quick on the uptake. 
12,000 Europeans ask Google to forget them
Those are the results from just Day 1 of a web form to allow Europeans to request that outdated information about them be removed from Google’s search results. Will those numbers continue, or is there just a pent-up demand of people wanting to blip their existence off the internet? 
From Cabir to Koler – 10 years of Mobile Malware
It’s 10 years since June 2004, when the first mobile malware appeared. We don’t want to *celebrate* this anniversary, you understand, but we thought we’d look back to see what we can learn…
Google unenthusiastically launches ‘right to be forgotten’ request form
Today, Google unenthusiastically launched a service that allows European citizens to request the removal of links that include their name and which are deemed “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were processed.” Google’s Larry Page slates the ruling as harmful to internet start ups and favourable to “oppressive governments”.